Toronto · intersection · signal 1115 · red-light camera

Hilda & Steeles

Hilda Ave & Steeles Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Ward 18, Willowdale

Hilda & Steeles is a high-volume crossing. It sits in Toronto. It has a red-light camera in place since 2007 that issued 889 tickets in 2025, a school within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
40,406
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 14, 2026
3,667 pedestrians · 92 cyclists · #109 busiest
Collisions
129
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
34 with an injury · 90 property damage · #830 of 5,508
KSI collisions
3
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 2 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #160 of 1,505
Red-light camera
889
tickets in 2025
since 2007 · 620 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 2,890 vehicles, 2.5× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 11 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. That comes with about 13 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 3.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 81%, from 108 in 2016–2020 to 21 in 2021–2025. About one in 43 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Hilda & Steeles

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 32 Brampton Trinity Common / North York32 Brampton Trinity Common / North York at Yonge St. @ Steeles Ave. W.761 m
TTC bus
609798537 nearest 22 m
Express
960953
Blue Night
353320307
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave West at Hilda Ave; Hilda Ave at Steeles Ave West
Regional
York Region Transit 002 Milliken005 Clark023 Thornhill Woods077 Highway 7088 Bathurst091 Bayview098|099 Yonge (Late Night)099 Yonge360 Vaughan Mills / Wonderlandblue B Viva Blue Bblue Viva Blue at Steeles Av / Hilda Av19 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 (11)
  • Alborz Education CentrePrivate · 231 m
  • Newtonbrook Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 368 m
  • St Paschal Baylon Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 478 m
  • Centrepoint LINCEnglish Public · 553 m
  • Pleasant Public SchoolEnglish Public · 798 m
  • Alpha Quality Education SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
  • Goulding Community Centre832 m
Parks (4)
  • Moore Park695 m
  • Goulding Park796 m
  • Centre Park1.1 km
  • Fairchild Parkette1.4 km
Signal
1115, activated 1974 · SA2 · 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; 49 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Pinoy Hub, 498 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 49 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pinoy Hub · 6330 Yonge St Bldg-120498 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Grill It UP · 6464 Yonge St 115553 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Lee's Dumpling House · 6464 Yonge St 114553 mPassed, Jun 2026
Lova Cafe & Bakery · 6464 Yonge St 164grocery553 mPassed, Jun 2026
Mang Mars Chicharon · 6464 Yonge St 109553 mPassed, Jun 2026
Matsumi All You Can Eat Lounge · 6464 Yonge St 160553 mConditional pass, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Asian Gourmet Wok & Grill · 6228 Yonge St, Unit-2739 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 1 infraction
Carlo's No Frills · 6464 Yonge Stgrocery739 mPassed, Sep 2024

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

The nearest public washroom is Goulding Community Centre Washroom, 802 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Goulding Community Centre Washroom · 45 Goulding Ave
    View centre hours · accessible
    802 m

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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 245 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Tiki's Day Care Centre (231 m, 63 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km3 centres · 245 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Tiki's Day Care Centre · 20 Tangreen Crt
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    231 m
  • St. Paschal Baylon · 15 St Paschal Crt
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    478 m
  • Pleasant Child Care of North York · 288 Pleasant Ave
    110 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    798 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 112 (2.5 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.5 km away.

FireFire Station 112 · 2.5 km5700 Bathurst St
Police32 Division · 2.9 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 55 · 2.5 km5700 Bathurst St

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

Three registered apartment buildings with 511 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 22. The nearest is 5 Tangreen Crt (322 m, 214 units, 18 storeys, built 1968), which scored 87 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 21 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 15 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings3 · 511 units
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202621 across the 3
Open fire-code violations15
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
5 Tangreen Crt · CAPREIT21418196887 · Jun 202414322 m
15 Tangreen Crt · CAPREIT21418196890 · Jun 20245339 m
6210 Yonge St · Better Living Homes Inc.837196888 · Aug 20252 · 15 fire792 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 lots176 lots · ≈26,970 spaces · 80.9 ha
Within 500 m13 lots · ≈5,280 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 2,475 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces · Surface1.9 km900 *
Finch West Lot - 18 Hendon Ave · Surface1.9 km1,552 *
5667 Yonge Street · Surface2 km23 *

Nearest lots: 95 m away, ≈389 spaces; 112 m away, ≈939 spaces; 171 m away, ≈312 spaces; 173 m away, ≈571 spaces; 290 m away, ≈201 spaces; 299 m away, ≈212 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 — 14-hour, Apr 14, 2026

The east leg carries the load — 16,537 westbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 3,234. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,345 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,547 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north6,770southbound · 24 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the west13,865eastbound · 28 bikes · 3.8% heavy
Total vehicles40,4063,667 pedestrians · 92 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east16,537westbound · 23 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south3,234northbound · 17 bikes · 2.1% heavy
AM peak hour3,345 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,547 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 14, 2026

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

The City's counter on Hilda Ave between Crossen Dr and Fontainbleau Dr (314 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 7,400 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Hilda Ave (284 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 30,144 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Steeles Ave W · Tangreen Crt – Hilda Ave · 121 mApr 2014 · 3 days23,420
Hilda Ave · Crossen Dr – Fontainbleau Dr · 314 mMar 2026 · 3 days7,44234 km/h39 km/h43 km/h

School-zone speed sign 284 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct33 · 37 km/h
Over the limit0.4%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Hilda Ave (southbound), 162 Hilda Ave · 30,144 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

2019 was the peak year (31 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 26% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 4% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Nov 17, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions129#830 of 5,508
With an injury34#432 of 4,660
Property damage only90
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian5#800 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1380 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
All since 2014166latest Nov 17, 2022

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

None of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 2 pedestrians were among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. 2 of the 3 happened in darkness — 67%, above the citywide 39%. The most recent was on Aug 26, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions3#160 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian2#156 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness267% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20064latest Aug 26, 2023

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

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 28, 2024. 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Hilda & Steeles a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 3 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#160 of 1,505), out of 129 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Hilda & Steeles?

A high-volume crossing. It ranks #109 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.5× the median for a counted intersection, and #500 for pedestrians.

Is there a red-light camera at Hilda & Steeles?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Hilda & Steeles since 2007, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 889 tickets in 2025 (936 in 2024) and 620 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 15,783 since it was switched on.

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

889 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — about the same as 936 in 2024, and 620 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 15,783 tickets since 2007. 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 Hilda & Steeles?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Hilda Ave between Crossen Dr and Fontainbleau Dr (March 2026), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 284 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Hilda & Steeles?

The nearest Green P car park is Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces (1.9 km away, 900 spaces). The City's mapping shows 176 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,970 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Hilda & Steeles by transit?

Bus routes 60, 97, 98, 53, 7, 960, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave West at Hilda Ave, 22 m); York Region Transit routes 002 Milliken, 005 Clark, 023 Thornhill Woods, 077 Highway 7 at Steeles Av / Hilda Av.

What restaurants are near Hilda & Steeles?

None within 300 m, and 49 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pinoy Hub (498 m), Grill It UP (553 m), Lee's Dumpling House (553 m), Mang Mars Chicharon (553 m) and Matsumi All You Can Eat Lounge (553 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Hilda & Steeles?

The nearest is Goulding Community Centre Washroom, 45 Goulding Ave, 802 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Hilda & Steeles?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 245 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Tiki's Day Care Centre (231 m, 63 spaces), St. Paschal Baylon (478 m, 72 spaces) and Pleasant Child Care of North York (798 m, 110 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Hilda & Steeles?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 511 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5 Tangreen Crt (322 m, 214 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 15 Tangreen Crt (339 m, 214 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 6210 Yonge St (792 m, 83 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 88 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 Hilda & Steeles?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 neighbourhood page.

What ward is Hilda & Steeles in?

Hilda & Steeles is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

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