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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 · Mar 25, 2009
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 11,208 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 318 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,084 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 3,328 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.0% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 18 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2009, 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: 3,084 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 3,328 from 4:45 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
The worst year was 2018, with 7 collisions; 2025 recorded 5. 10 collisions (26%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (10%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 30, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 39 | #2424 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 10 | #1714 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 21 | |
| Fail to remain | 8 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 3 | #818 of 2,576 |
| Severity not classified | 8 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
How fast traffic moves here
On Keele St between Wandle Ave and Lane S of Keelegate and E of Keele, 310 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2026 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 54 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 59 km/h or more. That segment carries about 38,700 vehicles a day. Paxtonia Blvd between Keele St and Hawksdale Rd measured slower: 41 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Oct 2014). At the school-zone speed sign on Keele St (75 m away, 30 km/h limit), 54% of the 330,076 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paxtonia Blvd · Keele St – Hawksdale Rd · 123 m | Oct 2014 · 24 h | 1,727 | 41 km/h | 49 km/h | 55 km/h |
| Keele St · Wandle Ave – Lane S of Keelegate and E of Keele · 310 m | Apr 2026 · 3 days | 38,738 | 45 km/h | 54 km/h | 59 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Keele St (northbound), 75 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 40 km/h, 85th percentile 52 km/h; 54% at 40 km/h or more. 330,076 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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
- GO Transit
- GO bus 27 Milton / North York 33 Guelph / North York 19 Mississauga / North York 36 Brampton / North York Express 94 Pickering / Square One at Hwy. 401 @ Keele St.693 m · 8 min
- TTC bus
- 41 101 120 96 118 119 165 400 nearest 40 m
- Express
- 941 996
- Blue Night
- 341 396
- Nearest stops
- 7 surface stops within 300 m — Keele St at Victory Dr; Keele St at Paxtonia Blvd North Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Keelegate Dr / Keele St 473 m · 6 min · 19 docks · 3 stations, 53 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 34 mapped lots within 500 m, 191 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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
Two grocery stores are within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Market-Tino, 23 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 49. The nearest is Istanbul Cafe 34, 23 m away. Two pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Downsview Park Pharmacy, 191 m away. The nearest hospital site is Humber River Hospital, 1.0 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Istanbul Cafe 34 · 2801 Keele St Unit-10623 m
- Bento Nouveau · 1090 Wilson Ave167 m
- King Lechon · 2766 Keele St227 m
- Pizza Pizza · 1080 Wilson Ave233 m
- Costa Verde BBQ & Portuguese Grill · 2762 Keele St248 m
- Grocery
- Market-Tino 23 m · 2 within 300 m
- Food shops
- The Not Ordinary Cake 558 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Downsview Park Pharmacy 191 m · 6 within 1 km
- Child care
- The Neighbourhood Group Downsview Child Care · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day274 m · 3 min
- Air-O-Down Child Care Centre · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day412 m · 5 min
- Columbus Early Learning - St Raphael · 86 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day683 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Stanley Greene Park Pavilion Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible939 m · 11 min
- Health and care
- Humber River Hospital · hospital site1 km · 12 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 (7)
- Downsview Memorial Parkette371 m · 4 min
- Dubray Parkette439 m · 5 min
- Stanley Greene Park1 km · 12 min
- Langholm Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Roding Park1.2 km · 15 min
- Community centres
- Roding Community Centre1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools (7)
- Downsview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 274 m · 3 min
- Downsview Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 412 m · 5 min
- Madonna Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 472 m · 6 min
- St Raphael Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 683 m · 8 min
- Pierre Laporte Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Downsview branch72 m
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 care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,368 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
Within a kilometre there are 36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,166 rental units, 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 2808 Keele St (28 m, 54 units, 4 storeys, built 1950), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Five buildings of the 36 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2808 Keele St · 709 Keele Holdings Limited | 54 | 4 | 1950 | 94 · Jul 2025 | 28 m |
| 2816 Keele St · Marsha Switzer | 12 | 3 | 1955 | 91 · Jul 2025 | 60 m |
| 2788 Keele St · Greenwin Corp. | 41 | 4 | 1962 | 90 · Jul 2025 | 94 m |
| 2818 Keele St · Meckk Properties Limited | 11 | 3 | 1972 | 83 · Aug 2026 | 110 m |
| 2782 Keele St · Marsha Switzer | 27 | 4 | 1965 | 87 · Jul 2024 | 170 m |
| 27 Paxtonia Blvd · Akelius Canada Ltd | 50 | 4 | 1953 | 96 · Aug 2026 | 172 m |
36 registered buildings · 1,166 units · tallest 15 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
Nine thefts from vehicles and seven bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 1.9 a year before that. 44% of the vehicle thefts were from apartment-building parking; 57% of the bike thefts were from other premises. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 5, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 9 | 1 | 0 | apartment parking (4), street/outdoor (3) |
| Bicycle theft | 7 | 2 | 1 | other (4), street/outdoor (3) |
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 Downsview.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Keele & Paxtonia a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 39 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 Keele & Paxtonia?
A heavily travelled arterial crossing at the City's last count here, in 2009. Its latest count is from Mar 25, 2009, 2.4× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Keele & Paxtonia a walkable intersection?
Keele & Paxtonia scores 63 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,368 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: 3 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 300 m · 6 places to eat within 300 m; 7 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Keele & Paxtonia?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Keele St between Wandle Ave and Lane S of Keelegate and E of Keele (April 2026), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 75 m away (30 km/h), 54% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Keele & Paxtonia?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 191 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,800 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Keele & Paxtonia by transit?
Bus routes 41, 101, 120, 96, 118, 119, 165, 400 and 2 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Keele St at Victory Dr, 40 m).
What restaurants are near Keele & Paxtonia?
6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 49 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Istanbul Cafe 34 (23 m), Bento Nouveau (167 m), King Lechon (227 m), Pizza Pizza (233 m) and Costa Verde BBQ & Portuguese Grill (248 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Keele & Paxtonia?
The nearest is Stanley Greene Park Pavilion Washroom, 55 Stanley Greene Blvd., 939 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.
Is there child care near Keele & Paxtonia?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 378 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Neighbourhood Group Downsview Child Care (274 m, 71 spaces), Air-O-Down Child Care Centre (412 m, 49 spaces) and Columbus Early Learning - St Raphael (683 m, 86 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Keele & Paxtonia?
36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,166 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2808 Keele St (28 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 2816 Keele St (60 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 2788 Keele St (94 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 2818 Keele St (110 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 36 is 85 out of 100; 5 scored below 70.
How many thefts are reported at Keele & Paxtonia?
Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Downsview page.
What neighbourhood is Keele & Paxtonia in?
Keele & Paxtonia is in Downsview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 155), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. 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 Mar 25, 2009.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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: 43.72907, -79.48259 · centreline node 13453864.