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Don Mills & Steeles

Don Mills Rd & Steeles Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Hillcrest Village · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Don Mills & Steeles is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. It sits in Hillcrest Village. At the corner: a red-light camera in place since 2021 that issued 627 tickets in 2025, a live City traffic camera and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
26,417
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 16, 2023
1,402 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 3 property damage · #4991 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 5 before 2016
Red-light camera
627
tickets in 2025
since 2021 · 301 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 3,300 vehicles an hour, 2.9× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 19 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Police have logged an average of 0.5 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Don Mills & Steeles

Live traffic camera

The City's RESCU camera at Don Mills Rd & Steeles Ave E — a 320 × 240 still the City replaces every few minutes, with the frame's age and its four fixed reference views

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Live camera RESCU 8094 · Don Mills Rd & Steeles Ave E
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Fixed views the City's reference still for each direction

The City's own feed for Don Mills & Steeles, published as a 320 × 240 still that its server replaces every few minutes — the card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds while you are on the page (Reload checks now) and says whether the frame changed. The fixed views are the City's reference stills showing where the camera points in each direction.

Live camera · RESCU 8094 · Don Mills Rd & Steeles Ave E
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Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
255315142 nearest 27 m
Express
925953
Blue Night
325353
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Don Mills Rd at Steeles Ave East; Steeles Ave East at Don Mills Rd
Regional
York Region Transit 003 Thornhill090 Leslie090B Leslie412 Thornlea SS413 St Robert SS Via John at Don Mills Rd / Steeles Av50 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (7)
  • Arbor Glen Public SchoolEnglish Public · 448 m
  • St Matthias C.s. (Temporary Location)English Public · 498 m
  • Cliffwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 547 m
  • Highland Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 643 m
  • A Y Jackson Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 805 m
  • Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
  • and 1 more
Community centres
  • Cummer Park Community Centre1.5 km
Parks (5)
  • Cliffwood Park550 m
  • Duncan Creek Park686 m
  • Cresthaven Park1.4 km
  • Clara Will Park1.4 km
  • Cummer Parkette1.4 km
Signal
1038, activated 1974 · SA1 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 7 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 71 within a kilometre. The nearest is 3a Noodle, 478 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 1 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
3a Noodle · 3875 Don Mills Rd None478 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pizza Hot Wings · 3883 Don Mills Rd478 mPassed, Jun 2026
Sengyo Sushi · 3887 Don Mills Rd None478 mPassed, Jul 2026
Tastee · 3913 Don Mills Rd None478 mPassed, May 2026
Tea Time · 3905 Don Mills Rd478 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Freshco · 2395 Don Mills Rdgrocery495 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Hi Yogurt · 2395 Don Mills Rd495 mPassed, Jul 2026
Zhengyi Chinese Herbs Ltd · 3901 Don Mills Rd Unit-7527 mPassed, May 2026

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

No City washroom within 1 km.

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 261 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Arbor Glen Community Child Care Centre (448 m, 95 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km2 centres · 261 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Arbor Glen Community Child Care Centre · 55 Freshmeadow Dr
    95 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    448 m
  • Cliffwood Community Child Care · 140 Cliffwood Rd
    166 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    546 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 113 (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.5 km away.

FireFire Station 113 · 2.2 km700 Seneca Hill Dr
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 56 · 3.5 km3300 Bayview Ave

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 397 rental units — it is social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 4000 Don Mills Rd (86 m, 397 units, 6 storeys, built 1980), which scored 95 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings1 · 397 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20260 across the 1
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
4000 Don Mills RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation3976198095 · Jun 2024086 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots103 lots · ≈24,030 spaces · 72.1 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈2,340 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking4 post-and-rings within 300 m

Nearest lots: 84 m away, ≈124 spaces; 102 m away, ≈52 spaces; 204 m away, ≈66 spaces; 206 m away, ≈9 spaces; 240 m away, ≈3 spaces; 242 m away, ≈2 spaces.

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 8-hour, Feb 16, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 9,783 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 37% of the total, against 3,712 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,842 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 4,006 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north4,859southbound · 0 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the west8,063eastbound · 1 bikes · 4.6% heavy
Total vehicles26,4171,402 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 4.0% heavy
From the east9,783westbound · 0 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south3,712northbound · 0 bikes · 6.1% heavy
AM peak hour3,842 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour4,006 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 16, 2023

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

On Steeles Ave E between Purple Sageway and Edgar Woods Rd, 257 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2020 put the average speed at 60 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 68 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 74 km/h or more. That segment carries about 25,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Freshmeadow Dr (285 m away, 30 km/h limit), 8.4% of the 44,371 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Don Mills Rd · Freshmeadow Dr – Steeles Ave E · 150 mJun 2016 · 3 days28,161
Steeles Ave E · Purple Sageway – Edgar Woods Rd · 257 mNov 2020 · 3 days25,40960 km/h68 km/h74 km/h

School-zone speed sign 285 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct28 · 37 km/h
Over the limit27%
40 km/h or more8.4%

Freshmeadow Dr (eastbound), 6 Lofty Hillway · 44,371 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

The worst year was 2021, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (20%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (40%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 1, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#4991 of 5,508
With an injury1#4205 of 4,660
Property damage only3
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian2#1659 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20147latest May 1, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 5 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Sep 1, 2015.

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 4, 2025. Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see Hillcrest Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Don Mills & Steeles a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is Don Mills & Steeles?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 16, 2023, 2.9× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Don Mills & Steeles?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Don Mills & Steeles since 2021, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 627 tickets in 2025 (798 in 2024) and 301 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 2,328 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Don Mills & Steeles?

627 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 798 in 2024, and 301 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 2,328 tickets since 2021. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

How fast do cars go at Don Mills & Steeles?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Steeles Ave E between Purple Sageway and Edgar Woods Rd (November 2020), found an average of 60 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 68 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 285 m away (30 km/h), 8.4% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Don Mills & Steeles?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 103 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,030 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Don Mills & Steeles by transit?

Bus routes 25, 53, 151, 42, 925, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Don Mills Rd at Steeles Ave East, 27 m); York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie, 412 Thornlea SS at Don Mills Rd / Steeles Av.

What restaurants are near Don Mills & Steeles?

None within 300 m, and 7 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are 3a Noodle (478 m), Pizza Hot Wings (478 m), Sengyo Sushi (478 m), Tastee (478 m) and Tea Time (478 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Don Mills & Steeles?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 261 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Arbor Glen Community Child Care Centre (448 m, 95 spaces) and Cliffwood Community Child Care (546 m, 166 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Don Mills & Steeles?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 397 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 4000 Don Mills Rd (86 m, 397 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 95 out of 100. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Don Mills & Steeles?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Hillcrest Village page.

What neighbourhood is Don Mills & Steeles in?

Don Mills & Steeles is in Hillcrest Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 048). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined