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Lillian & Steeles

Lillian St & Steeles Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Ward 18, Willowdale

Lillian & Steeles, in Toronto, is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby are 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
24,391
vehicles · 14-hour count, Aug 18, 2026
169 pedestrians · 38 cyclists · #604 busiest
Collisions
3
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
8 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
32/100
city median 48
7 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 884 m

Map

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Lillian & Steeles

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume14-hour count · Aug 18, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 13,710 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 56% of the total, against 228 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,978 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,125 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north302southbound · 0 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the west10,151eastbound · 11 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles24,391169 pedestrians · 38 cyclists · 4.1% heavy
From the east13,710westbound · 25 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the south228northbound · 2 bikes · 1.8% heavy

Peak hours: 1,978 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,125 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

The worst year was 2023, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (33%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Nov 18, 2023.

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

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3
With an injury1
Property damage only2
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 Steeles Ave E between Lillian St and Maxome Ave, 109 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2026 put the average speed at 54 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 61 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 67 km/h or more. That segment carries about 28,500 vehicles a day. Lillian St between Otonabee Ave and Abitibi Ave measured slower: 41 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 52 km/h (May 2019). At the school-zone speed sign on Lillian St (330 m away, 30 km/h limit), 2.6% of the 4,957 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority. 8 speed humps slow traffic on Lillian Street between Steeles Ave E and Centre Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Steeles Ave E · Lillian St – Maxome Ave · 109 mAug 2026 · 3 days28,52954 km/h61 km/h67 km/h
Lillian St · Otonabee Ave – Abitibi Ave · 289 mMay 2019 · 3 days1,01041 km/h52 km/h59 km/h
Speed sign
Lillian St (northbound), 330 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 5 km/h, 85th percentile 31 km/h; 2.6% at 40 km/h or more. 4,957 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Traffic calming
Lillian Street (Steeles Ave E – Centre Ave): 8 speed humps

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 32 Brampton Trinity Common / North York at Yonge St. @ Steeles Ave. W.710 m · 8 min
TTC bus
53 98 97 60 nearest 22 m
Express
953 960
Blue Night
353 320
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Jewell St; Steeles Ave East at Lillian St East Side
Regional
York Region Transit 002 Milliken 005 Clark 023 Thornhill Woods 077 Highway 7 088 Bathurst 091 Bayview 098|099 Yonge (Late Night) 099 Yonge 360 Vaughan Mills / Wonderland blue B Viva Blue B blue Viva Blue at Steeles Av / Jewell St20 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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
3 mapped lots within 500 m, 82 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.

Steeles Avenue is the city limit. Everything on the north side of the street is in Vaughan or Markham and outside every Toronto dataset on this page — the restaurants, shops and services across the road are not counted, on the map or in the score below.

Food, shops and services

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Gwangjang Market, 884 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 7 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizzaville, 767 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Galleria Pharmacy, 786 m away. The nearest hospital site is St. John's Rehab, 1.9 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Pizzaville · 6369 Yonge St767 m · 9 min
  • Bamaze · 6353 Yonge St862 m · 10 min
  • Starbucks · 6355 Yonge St872 m · 10 min
  • Tazza · 6347 Yonge St884 m · 11 min
  • The Laterna Restaurant · 6301 Yonge St1 km · 12 min
0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Grocery
Gwangjang Market 884 m · 11 min
Pharmacy
Galleria Pharmacy 786 m · 9 min
Child care
  • The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre · 74 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day248 m
  • Forest Grove Montessori Preschool · 30 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day920 m · 11 min
2 licensed centres · 104 spaces within 1 km
Health and care
  • St. John's Rehab · hospital site1.9 km · 23 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 (6)
  • Lillian Park825 m · 10 min
  • Aneta Circle Parkette1.1 km · 13 min
  • Wedgewood Park - North York1.3 km · 16 min
  • Creekside Park1.3 km · 16 min
  • Caswell Park1.4 km · 17 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Schools (6)
  • Lillian Public SchoolEnglish Public · 265 m · 3 min
  • Brebeuf College SchoolEnglish Separate · 872 m · 10 min
  • St Agnes Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
  • Centrepoint LINCEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Alborz Education CentrePrivate · 1.4 km · 17 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km

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 community centre, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

32of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is, and nothing north of Steeles.

  • Groceries and food7/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 7 within 1 km

  • Transit15/28

    7 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation2/10

    nearest park 0.8 km

  • Schools and child care6/8

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

  • Crossing on foot2/10

    traffic calming

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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lillian & Steeles a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Lillian & Steeles?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #604 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.51× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Lillian & Steeles a walkable intersection?

Lillian & Steeles scores 32 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 7 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 7 within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming. Steeles Avenue is the city limit, so nothing on the north side of the street is counted.

How fast do cars go at Lillian & Steeles?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Steeles Ave E between Lillian St and Maxome Ave (August 2026), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 61 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 330 m away (30 km/h), 2.6% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Lillian & Steeles?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 82 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,670 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lillian & Steeles by transit?

Bus routes 53, 98, 97, 60, 953, 960 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Jewell St, 22 m); York Region Transit routes 002 Milliken, 005 Clark, 023 Thornhill Woods, 077 Highway 7 at Steeles Av / Jewell St.

What restaurants are near Lillian & Steeles?

None within 300 m, and 7 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Pizzaville (767 m), Bamaze (862 m), Starbucks (872 m), Tazza (884 m) and The Laterna Restaurant (1.0 km). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours, and nothing on the north side of Steeles, which is outside Toronto, is in it.

Is there child care near Lillian & Steeles?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 104 spaces in total; none accepts City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre (248 m, 74 spaces) and Forest Grove Montessori Preschool (920 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What ward is Lillian & Steeles in?

Lillian & Steeles is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

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