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Kodiak & Sheppard

Kodiak Cres & Sheppard Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

In York University Heights, Kodiak & Sheppard is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is Sheppard West Station (Line 1) 697 m away and Downsview Park GO 699 m away.

Traffic volume
17,550
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 15, 2010
78 pedestrians · 19 cyclists
Collisions
36
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
10 with an injury · 23 property damage · #2557 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Sheppard West Station 697 m · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 2,190 vehicles, 1.90× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 225 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 3.6 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 67%, from 27 in 2016–2020 to 9 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Kodiak & Sheppard

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Sheppard West Station (Line 1)697 m; Downsview Park Station (Line 1)730 m
GO Transit
Downsview Park GO — Barrie699 m
TTC bus
84106108107101105104 nearest 25 m
Express
984
Blue Night
384329
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at Kodiak Cres (North)
Regional
York Region Transit 105 Dufferin at Allen Rd / Rimrock Rd557 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Sheppard Ave W / Chesswood Dr 422 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 59 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)
  • William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 627 m
  • Blyth Academy School - Downsview ParkPrivate · 898 m
  • Centennial College - Downsview CampusCollege · 906 m
  • Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Adelfiha's Christian AcademyPrivate · 1 km
  • Tanenbaum Chat Wallenberg CampusPrivate · 1.3 km
  • and 1 more
Community centres
Parks (5)
  • Michael Feldman Parkette780 m
  • Kennard Parkette796 m
  • Banting Park1 km
  • Garthdale Parkette1.3 km
  • Irving W. Chapley Park1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 100. The nearest is Kin Sushi Japanese Restaurant, 95 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 100 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Grocery Outlet · 1150 Sheppard Ave W, Unit-9grocery95 mPassed, Mar 2024
Kin Sushi Japanese Restaurant · 1150 Sheppard Ave W Unit-795 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Taste of Vietnam Restaurant and Bar · 1 Whitehorse Rd Unit-19149 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Bakery Gateau · 1170 Sheppard Ave W Unit-13grocery223 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Goldstar Caribbean Restaurant · 40 Kodiak Cres Unit-6230 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Yk Foods Group · 37 Kodiak Cres, Unit-10grocery312 mPassed, Nov 2025
Mano Mano · 37 Kodiak Cres Unit-4313 mPassed, Jun 2026
Bunch of Fun Playland · 11 Kodiak Cres Unit-B334 mPassed, Feb 2026

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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 204 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (400 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 204 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre · 5 Yukon Lane
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    400 m
  • Children Are People Education · 272 Codsell Ave
    155 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    866 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (882 m), the nearest police station 31 Division (4.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 899 m away.

FireFire Station 143 · 882 m1009 Sheppard Ave W
Police31 Division · 4.7 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 899 m4330 Dufferin 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

Within a kilometre there are three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 107 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1042 Sheppard Ave W (710 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1950), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 1 final order naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings3 · 107 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 3
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1042 Sheppard Ave W · Firm Capital164195097 · Aug 20260710 m
750 Wilson Heights BlvdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation794199386 · Aug 20241778 m
229 Pannahill Rd · Sarossa Investments Inc123195092 · Jun 20250875 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 lots356 lots · ≈81,910 spaces · 245.7 ha
Within 500 m31 lots · ≈9,500 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 632 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface1.2 km632 *

Nearest lots: 148 m away, ≈162 spaces; 153 m away, ≈630 spaces; 166 m away, ≈561 spaces; 201 m away, ≈569 spaces; 221 m away, ≈118 spaces; 228 m away, ≈245 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 — 8-hour, Apr 15, 2010

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 9,388 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 53% of the total, against 671 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 2,872 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 2,457 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Trucks and buses were 7.5% 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 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 16 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2010, 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.

From the north671southbound · 2 bikes · 4.2% heavy
From the west9,388eastbound · 0 bikes · 7.4% heavy
Total vehicles17,55078 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · 7.5% heavy
From the east7,491westbound · 17 bikes · 7.8% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,457 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,872 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 15, 2010

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 most recent midblock count on Sheppard Ave W between Kodiak Cres and Chesswood Dr (210 m away, Sep 2014) recorded volume only — about 15,924 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sheppard Ave W · Kodiak Cres – Chesswood Dr · 210 mSep 2014 · 7 days15,924
Kodiak Cres · Sheppard Ave W – Whitehorse Rd · 278 mJun 2007 · 3 days2,680

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

The worst year was 2018, with 9 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 10 collisions (28%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions36#2557 of 5,508
With an injury10#1765 of 4,660
Property damage only23
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian1#3006 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201442latest Feb 12, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kodiak & Sheppard a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 36 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 Kodiak & Sheppard?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Apr 15, 2010, 1.90× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Kodiak & Sheppard?

The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (1.2 km away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 356 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 81,910 spaces — 31 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Kodiak & Sheppard by transit?

Sheppard West Station (Line 1) is 697 m away; Downsview Park GO is 699 m away; bus routes 84, 106, 108, 107, 101, 105, 104, 984 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave West at Kodiak Cres (North), 25 m); York Region Transit route 105 Dufferin at Allen Rd / Rimrock Rd.

What restaurants are near Kodiak & Sheppard?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 100 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Kin Sushi Japanese Restaurant (95 m), Taste of Vietnam Restaurant and Bar (149 m), Goldstar Caribbean Restaurant (230 m), Mano Mano (313 m) and Bunch of Fun Playland (334 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Kodiak & Sheppard?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 204 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (400 m, 49 spaces) and Children Are People Education (866 m, 155 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kodiak & Sheppard?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 107 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1042 Sheppard Ave W (710 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (778 m, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 229 Pannahill Rd (875 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 92 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.

What neighbourhood is Kodiak & Sheppard in?

Kodiak & Sheppard is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the DuKe Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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