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Keele & Sheppard

Keele St & Sheppard Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Downsview · Ward 6, York Centre

In Downsview, Keele & Sheppard is one of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It has a red-light camera in place since 2009 that issued 86 tickets in 2025, a live City traffic camera and a multi-use trail at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. It is among the hundred Toronto intersections with the most reported collisions.

Traffic volume
46,416
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 15, 2025
2,485 pedestrians · 57 cyclists · #53 busiest
Collisions
680
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
103 with an injury · 505 property damage · #54 of 5,508 · +37 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
6
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 4 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #4 of 1,505
Red-light camera
86
tickets in 2025
since 2009 · 48 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
5
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 3,320 vehicles, 2.9× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 19 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Police have logged an average of 68 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 14.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 3.0× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged down 13%, from 363 in 2016–2020 to 317 in 2021–2025. About one in 113 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Keele & Sheppard

Live traffic camera

The City's RESCU camera at Keele St & Sheppard Ave W — 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 8128 · Keele St & Sheppard Ave W
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Fixed views the City's reference still for each direction

The City's own feed for Keele & Sheppard, 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 8128 · Keele St & Sheppard Ave W
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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
8410610841101 nearest 28 m
Express
984941
Blue Night
384341
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at Keele St; Keele St at Sheppard Ave West South Side
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail on Downsview Park Trl installed 2022
Bike Share
Sentinel Rd / Sheppard Ave W 443 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 71 docks 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)
  • Sheppard Public & Africentric AlternativeEnglish Public · 162 m
  • St Jerome Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 492 m
  • Centennial College - Downsview CampusCollege · 873 m
  • Stilecroft Public SchoolEnglish Public · 884 m
  • Blyth Academy School - Downsview ParkPrivate · 1 km
  • Blaydon Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 1 more
Community centres
  • Grandravine Community Recreation Centre862 m
  • Northwood Community Centre1.1 km
Parks (10)
  • Brookwell Park308 m
  • Diana Park440 m
  • Sunfield Park455 m
  • Seeley Greenbelt519 m
  • Benjamin Boake Greenbelt802 m
  • Grandravine Park886 m
  • and 4 more
Places of interest
  • Downsview ParkNature/ Park · 209 m
Signal
0600, activated 1962 · SA1 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · bicycle signal

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 65 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Dairy Queen, 79 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 65 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Shell · 3330 Keele Stgrocery64 mPassed, Jul 2026
Dairy Queen · 1420 Sheppard Ave W79 mPassed, Jun 2026
Champion Doner · 3300 Keele St None106 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
de Havilland Smoke and Gift · 3312 Keele St106 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Elias Restaurant · 3310 Keele St106 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pizza Hut · 3298 Keele St None106 mPassed, Jun 2026
Subway · 3316 Keele St106 mPassed, Jun 2026
Tim Hortons · 3286 Keele St Bldg--106 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 849 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 441 m away at Diana Park.

  • Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 23 Grandravine Dr
    View centre hours
    849 m
  • Northwood Park Washroom · 140 Stilecroft Dr
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    895 m
Drinking water
Diana Park drinking fountain · 441 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 451 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Cast For Kids Child Care Centre (162 m, 120 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 451 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Cast For Kids Child Care Centre · 1430 Sheppard Ave W
    120 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    162 m
  • St. Jerome Jr YMCA · 111 Sharpecroft Blvd
    112 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    492 m
  • Uptown Montessori School · 39 Carl Hall Rd
    165 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    727 m
  • Stilecroft Superkids · 50 Stilecroft Dr
    54 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    884 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 144 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (3.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 144 · 1.1 km2945 Keele St
Police31 Division · 3.6 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 52 · 1.7 km170 Plewes Rd

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

29 registered apartment buildings with 1,899 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1385 Sheppard Ave W (102 m, 40 units, 4 storeys, built 1960), which scored 90 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 81 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings29 · 1,899 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202681 across the 29
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1385 Sheppard Ave W · 1846022 Ontario Limited404196090 · Aug 20265102 m
1395 Sheppard Ave W · 1846022 Ontario Limited404196091 · Jun 20252157 m
10 Wycombe Rd · 1846022 Ontario Limited404196091 · Jun 20253194 m
2 Wycombe Rd · 1846022 Ontario Limited404196093 · Jun 20250206 m
1450 Sheppard Ave W · Cogir Real Estate1817196893 · Aug 202616265 m
3390 Keele St · Sterling Karamar Property Management25811196594 · Oct 202518290 m
3250 Keele St · 3250 Keele Apartments Inc594196390 · Aug 20261320 m
3400 Keele St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.1419196799 · Aug 20266378 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 lots299 lots · ≈54,380 spaces · 163.1 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈2,710 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 87 m away, ≈455 spaces; 116 m away, ≈124 spaces; 133 m away, ≈20 spaces; 139 m away, ≈471 spaces; 155 m away, ≈12 spaces; 155 m away, ≈132 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, Nov 15, 2025 (a weekend day)

The south leg carries the load — 13,951 northbound vehicles, or 30% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 9,731. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 4,048 vehicles in the hour from 3:00 p.m., 19% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (3,388). Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north11,382southbound · 23 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the west11,352eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles46,4162,485 pedestrians · 57 cyclists · 2.5% heavy
From the east9,731westbound · 13 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the south13,951northbound · 21 bikes · 1.7% heavy
AM peak hour3,388 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour4,048 vehicles from 3:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 15, 2025 · weekend

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 Keele St between Wycombe Rd and Sheppard Ave W (107 m away) recorded an average of 45 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 57 km/h. That segment carries about 32,800 vehicles a day. Sheppard Ave W between Keele St and Sentinel Rd measured slower: 44 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 54 km/h (Oct 2023). At the school-zone speed sign on Sharpecroft Blvd (387 m away, 30 km/h limit), 4.4% of the 10,666 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Keele St · Wycombe Rd – Sheppard Ave W · 107 mApr 2024 · 3 days32,82345 km/h57 km/h63 km/h
Sheppard Ave W · Keele St – Sentinel Rd · 225 mOct 2023 · 24 h37,70144 km/h54 km/h59 km/h

School-zone speed sign 387 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct25 · 34 km/h
Over the limit20%
40 km/h or more4.4%

Sharpecroft Blvd (northbound), 81 Sharpecroft Boulevard · 10,666 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

2016 was the peak year (89 collisions), and 2025 closed with 71. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 84 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 37 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 28, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 14.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions680#54 of 5,508
With an injury103#50 of 4,660
Property damage only505
Fail to remain84
Involving a pedestrian16#66 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist4#515 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality1
Severity not classified71
Since January 2026 (outside the window)37
All since 2014835latest Jun 28, 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

Of the six serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 4 pedestrians were among those hurt; 2 collisions involved vehicle occupants only. 2 of the 6 happened in darkness — 33%, about the citywide 39%. 2020 alone accounted for 2 of them. The most recent was on May 28, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 7.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 0.13 KSI collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles.

2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions6#4 of 1,505
Fatal1#167 of 319
Involving a pedestrian4#5 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness233% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20067latest May 28, 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 four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 6, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle401street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 6, 2026. 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 & Sheppard a dangerous intersection?

By collision count, yes: it ranks #54 of 5,508 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, and 6 of those left someone killed or seriously injured. 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 & Sheppard?

One of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It ranks #53 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.9× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Keele & Sheppard?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Keele & Sheppard since 2009, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 86 tickets in 2025 (113 in 2024) and 48 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 1,348 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Keele & Sheppard?

86 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 113 in 2024, and 48 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 1,348 tickets since 2009. 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 Keele & Sheppard?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Keele St between Wycombe Rd and Sheppard Ave W (April 2024), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 387 m away (30 km/h), 4.4% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Keele & Sheppard?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 299 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 54,380 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Keele & Sheppard by transit?

Bus routes 84, 106, 108, 41, 101, 984, 941 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave West at Keele St, 28 m).

What restaurants are near Keele & Sheppard?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 65 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dairy Queen (79 m), Champion Doner (106 m), de Havilland Smoke and Gift (106 m), Elias Restaurant (106 m) and Pizza Hut (106 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 Keele & Sheppard?

The nearest is Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 23 Grandravine Dr, 849 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Northwood Park Washroom (895 m). 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 Keele & Sheppard?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 451 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Cast For Kids Child Care Centre (162 m, 120 spaces), St. Jerome Jr YMCA (492 m, 112 spaces) and Uptown Montessori School (727 m, 165 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Keele & Sheppard?

29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,899 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1385 Sheppard Ave W (102 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 1395 Sheppard Ave W (157 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 10 Wycombe Rd (194 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 2 Wycombe Rd (206 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 29 is 90 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 Keele & Sheppard?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Downsview page.

What neighbourhood is Keele & Sheppard in?

Keele & Sheppard 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

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