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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
46,416
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 15, 2025
2,485 pedestrians · 57 cyclists · #54 busiest
Collisions
680
police-reported · 2016–2025
6 killed or seriously injured · #54 of 5,519
Getting there
5
TTC stops within 100 m
9 routes within 1 km · trail
Within a walk
63/100
city median 48 · #1,329 of 5,672
12 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 176 m

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Keele & Sheppard

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets, and the red-light camera

Live traffic camera RESCU 8128 · 25 m

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Live camera RESCU 8128 · Keele St & Sheppard Ave W
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Live camera · RESCU 8128 · Keele St & Sheppard Ave W
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 15, 2025 · weekend

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 16,177 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

Peak hours: 3,388 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 4,048 from 3:00 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

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, 62 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 26, 2026.

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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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions680#54 of 5,519
With an injury103#50 of 4,669
Property damage only505
Fail to remain84
Involving a pedestrian16#66 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist4#515 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
Severity not classified71
Since January 2026 (outside the window)62
Killed or seriously injured6#4 of 1,505
Fatal1
Involving a pedestrian4#5 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness233% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20067latest May 28, 2023

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

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), 4.3% of the 9,946 vehicles logged in August 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
Speed sign
Sharpecroft Blvd (northbound), 387 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 25 km/h, 85th percentile 34 km/h; 4.3% at 40 km/h or more. 9,946 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.

Red-light camera
In operation since 2009; 86 tickets in 2025, 48 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in North York.
The crossing
Signal 0600, activated 1962 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · bicycle signal

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
84 106 108 41 101 nearest 28 m
Express
984 941
Blue Night
384 341
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at Keele St; Keele St at Sheppard Ave West North Side
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail on Downsview Park Trl installed 2022
Bike Share
Sentinel Rd / Sheppard Ave W 464 m · 6 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 31 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
16 mapped lots within 500 m, 207 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

You can do a shop on foot from here: Ayasofya Turkish Supermarket is 176 m away. For everything else there are three convenience stores and gas bars within 300 m. There are 12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 54 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Dairy Queen, 102 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Wellcare Pharmacy, 180 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Downsview Long Term Care Centre, a long-term care home 878 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Dairy Queen · 1420 Sheppard Ave W102 m
  • Champion Doner · 3300 Keele St None131 m
  • Elias Restaurant · 3310 Keele St131 m
  • Pizza Hut · 3298 Keele St None131 m
  • Smoke 'n' Roti · 3320 Keele St131 m
12 within 300 m · 54 within 1 km
Grocery
Ayasofya Turkish Supermarket 176 m · 5 within 1 km
Food shops
Edward's Honey- From Farm Natural Honey & Bee Products 917 m · 11 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
3 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Wellcare Pharmacy 180 m · 3 within 1 km
Child care
  • Cast For Kids Child Care Centre · 120 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day229 m
  • St. Jerome Jr YMCA · 112 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day730 m · 9 min
  • Uptown Montessori School · 135 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day853 m · 10 min
3 licensed centres · 367 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed1 km · 12 min
Health and care
  • Downsview Long Term Care Centre · long-term care home878 m · 10 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 (8)
  • Sunfield Park485 m · 6 min
  • Diana Park617 m · 7 min
  • Seeley Greenbelt758 m · 9 min
  • Brookwell Park820 m · 10 min
  • Benjamin Boake Greenbelt1 km · 12 min
and 3 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (7)
  • Sheppard Public & Africentric AlternativeEnglish Public · 229 m
  • St Jerome Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 730 m · 9 min
  • Centennial College - Downsview CampusCollege · 1 km · 12 min
  • Blyth Academy School - Downsview ParkPrivate · 1.1 km · 14 min
  • Stilecroft Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 15 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Downsview ParkNature/ Park · 253 m · 3 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.

63of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,329 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food26/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 12 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit15/28

    9 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    1 place of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km

  • Schools and child care6/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · accessible signals

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

22 registered apartment buildings with 1,312 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1385 Sheppard Ave W (132 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.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
1385 Sheppard Ave W · 1846022 Ontario Limited404196090 · Aug 2026132 m
1395 Sheppard Ave W · 1846022 Ontario Limited404196091 · Jun 2025196 m
2 Wycombe Rd · 1846022 Ontario Limited404196093 · Jun 2025340 m · 4 min
3250 Keele St · 3250 Keele Apartments Inc594196390 · Aug 2026353 m · 4 min
10 Wycombe Rd · 1846022 Ontario Limited404196091 · Jun 2025416 m · 5 min
3400 Keele St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.1419196799 · Aug 2026430 m · 5 min

22 registered buildings · 1,312 units · 1 social housing · tallest 9 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 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.

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

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 5,519 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 #54 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.9× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Keele & Sheppard a walkable intersection?

Keele & Sheppard scores 63 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,329 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 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 9 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.

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 penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.

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), 4.3% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Keele & Sheppard?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 207 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 30,940 spaces — 16 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?

12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 54 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Dairy Queen (102 m), Champion Doner (131 m), Elias Restaurant (131 m), Pizza Hut (131 m) and Smoke 'n' Roti (131 m). 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, 1.0 km away.

Is there child care near Keele & Sheppard?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 367 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Cast For Kids Child Care Centre (229 m, 120 spaces), St. Jerome Jr YMCA (730 m, 112 spaces) and Uptown Montessori School (853 m, 135 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Keele & Sheppard?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,312 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1385 Sheppard Ave W (132 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 1395 Sheppard Ave W (196 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 2 Wycombe Rd (340 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 3250 Keele St (353 m, 59 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 90 out of 100.

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. 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

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