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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Oct 27, 2021
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 7,856 eastbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 966. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,429 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 10% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (2,216). Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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.
Peak hours: 2,216 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,429 from 5:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).
Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m
2019 was the peak year (12 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 11% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 4% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 29, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Aug 7, 2009.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 46 | #2202 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 5 | |
| Property damage only | 40 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Aug 7, 2009 |
A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.
Speeds here, last measured in 2021
The City's counter on Sheppard Ave W between Yeomans Rd and Maxwell St (269 m away) recorded an average of 58 km/h in its 24-hour count in May 2008; 85% of drivers were at or under 66 km/h. That segment carries about 24,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 18 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Hove St between Cocksfield Ave and Codsell Ave measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Oct 2021) — a much more recent reading than the one above.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hove St · Cocksfield Ave – Codsell Ave · 250 m | Oct 2021 · 3 days | 2,389 | 35 km/h | 44 km/h | 49 km/h |
| Sheppard Ave W · Yeomans Rd – Maxwell St · 269 m | May 2008 · 24 h | 24,911 | 58 km/h | 66 km/h | 72 km/h |
Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 84 7 160 104 nearest 18 m
- Express
- 984
- Blue Night
- 384 307
- Nearest stops
- 8 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at Hove St
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Bathurst St / Sheppard Ave W 285 m · 3 min · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 docks within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 1 car park · about 632 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- 1 post-and-ring within 300 m
- Other lots
- 35 mapped lots within 500 m, 209 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface | 2 km | 632 * | — |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
You can do a shop on foot from here: Metro is 181 m away. Two specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Fish On the Flame at 99 m. There are 12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 24 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Noon Moment, 42 m away. The nearest pharmacy is New Canyon Pharmacy, 339 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: L'chaim Retirement Homes Inc., a retirement home 357 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Noon Moment · 654 Sheppard Ave W42 m
- Bun Bo Hue O Nom · 656 Sheppard Ave W54 m
- Orly Restaurant & Grill · 660 Sheppard Ave W61 m
- Bagel Plus · 634 Sheppard Ave W84 m
- Starbucks Coffee · 638 Sheppard Ave W Unit-A84 m
- Grocery
- Metro 181 m
- Food shops
- Fish On the Flame 99 m · 2 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- New Canyon Pharmacy 339 m · 4 min · 5 within 1 km
- Child care
- Fantasia Child Care Center · 79 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day147 m
- The Toronto Heschel School · 96 spaces, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day871 m · 10 min
- Moshava Ba'ir Day Camp of Toronto - Preschool · 74 spaces, preschool, kindergarten871 m · 10 min
- Washrooms
- Earl Bales Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed762 m · 9 min
- Earl Bales Park Barry Zukerman Amphitheatre Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.941 m · 11 min
- Health and care
- L'chaim Retirement Homes Inc. · retirement home357 m · 4 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (9)
- McAllister Park364 m · 4 min
- Ellison Park918 m · 11 min
- Earl Bales Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Maxwell Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Burnett Park1.4 km · 16 min
- Community centres
- Earl Bales Park Senior Centre572 m · 7 min
- Earl Bales Community Centre762 m · 9 min
- Schools (7)
- Bnei Akiva School - Ulpanat OrotPrivate · 613 m · 7 min
- The Toronto Heschel SchoolPrivate · 871 m · 10 min
- Montessori Jewish Day SchoolPrivate · 907 m · 11 min
- St Robert Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
- Dublin Heights Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Places of interest
- Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education CentreMuseum · 1.3 km · 16 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a library.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,468 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
20 registered apartment buildings with 2,152 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 4350 Bathurst St (351 m, 35 units, 6 storeys, built 1969), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4350 Bathurst St · Alexis Court Apartments | 35 | 6 | 1969 | 98 · Sep 2024 | 351 m · 4 min |
| 569 Sheppard Ave W · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 144 | 13 | 1961 | 97 · Jun 2025 | 403 m · 5 min |
| 4415 Bathurst St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc | 167 | 14 | 1962 | 94 · Oct 2025 | 441 m · 5 min |
| 4340 Bathurst St · Sterling Karamar Property Management | 50 | 6 | 1960 | 88 · Aug 2024 | 454 m · 5 min |
| 4300 Bathurst St social housing · Greenwin Corp. | 164 | 11 | 1989 | 91 · Oct 2025 | 472 m · 6 min |
| 1 Canyon Ave · Cando Apartments Ltd. | 202 | 18 | 1960 | 92 · Sep 2025 | 486 m · 6 min |
20 registered buildings · 2,152 units · 3 social housing · tallest 21 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 2 | 0 | street/outdoor (1), other (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1) |
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 Clanton Park.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Hove & Sheppard a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 46 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 Hove & Sheppard?
A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2021. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2021, 1.73× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Hove & Sheppard a walkable intersection?
Hove & Sheppard scores 52 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,468 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 1 grocery store within 300 m · 12 places to eat within 300 m; 1 park within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m; nearest school 0.6 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m.
How fast do cars go at Hove & Sheppard?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sheppard Ave W between Yeomans Rd and Maxwell St (May 2008), found an average of 58 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 66 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Hove & Sheppard?
The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (2.0 km away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 209 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 10,350 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Hove & Sheppard by transit?
Bus routes 84, 7, 160, 104, 984 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave West at Hove St, 18 m).
What restaurants are near Hove & Sheppard?
12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 24 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Noon Moment (42 m), Bun Bo Hue O Nom (54 m), Orly Restaurant & Grill (61 m), Bagel Plus (84 m) and Starbucks Coffee (84 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Hove & Sheppard?
The nearest is Earl Bales Community Centre Washroom, 4169 Bathurst St, 762 m away. Next nearest: Earl Bales Park Barry Zukerman Amphitheatre Washroom (941 m).
Is there child care near Hove & Sheppard?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 443 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Fantasia Child Care Center (147 m, 79 spaces), The Toronto Heschel School (871 m, 96 spaces) and Moshava Ba'ir Day Camp of Toronto - Preschool (871 m, 74 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Hove & Sheppard?
20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,152 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4350 Bathurst St (351 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 569 Sheppard Ave W (403 m, 144 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 4415 Bathurst St (441 m, 167 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 4340 Bathurst St (454 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 92 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Hove & Sheppard?
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Clanton Park page.
What neighbourhood is Hove & Sheppard in?
Hove & Sheppard is in Clanton Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 033). It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 27, 2021.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 6 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.75494, -79.44140 · centreline node 13449693.