Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Live traffic camera
The City's RESCU camera at Sheppard Ave E & McCowan Rd — a 320 × 240 still the City replaces every few minutes, with the frame's age and its four fixed reference views
The City's own feed for McCowan & 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.
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- TTC bus
- 8512913013116913221 nearest 25 m
- Express
- 985939
- Blue Night
- 385316
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave East at McCowan Rd; McCowan Rd at Sheppard Ave East
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Pitfield Rd / McCowan Rd 258 m · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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 (10)
- Excel High SchoolPrivate · 292 m
- Canadian Tamil AcademyPrivate · 467 m
- Town Centre LINCEnglish Public · 538 m
- C D Farquharson Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 818 m
- Afzal Islamic Montessori & AcademyPrivate · 822 m
- White Haven Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
- and 4 more
- Community centres
- Commander Recreation Centre941 m
- Parks (7)
- Farquharson Park614 m
- White Haven Park808 m
- Snowhill Park1 km
- Garden Avenue Parkette1.2 km
- Hillsborough Park1.2 km
- McDairmid Woods Park1.3 km
- and 1 more
- Signal
- 0938, activated 1971 · SA1 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
There are 6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 76 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Folura Bashardost, 121 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2025.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Folura Bashardost · 4630 Sheppard Ave E | 121 m | Passed, Jul 2025 |
| Francesca Bakery · 2 Invergordon Avegrocery | 260 m | Passed, Jul 2025 |
| Island Spice Flavour · 363 Pitfield Rd | 289 m | Passed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Lucky Pooja Convenience & Grocery · 367 Pitfield Rdgrocery | 289 m | Passed, Dec 2025 |
| Mario Pizza Kitchen · 355 Pitfield Rd Bldg-1 | 289 m | Passed, Aug 2026 |
| The Roti Hut · 351 Pitfield Rd | 289 m | Passed, Dec 2025 |
| On the Run Meals · 55 Nugget Ave Unit-I-M | 293 m | Passed, Aug 2026 |
| Twilight Family Restaurant & Bar · 55 Nugget Ave Unit-12 | 293 m | Passed, 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
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 181 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Immanuel Child Care Centre (649 m, 86 spaces, toddler, preschool).
- Immanuel Child Care Centre · 21 Channel Nine Crt
86 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day649 m - C.d.farquharson Jr YMCA · 1965 Brimley Rd
95 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day817 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 243 (335 m), the nearest police station 42 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 335 m away.
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
One registered apartment building with 246 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 22. The nearest is 360 Pitfield Rd (179 m, 246 units, 18 storeys, built 1974), which scored 84 out of 100 at its October 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 360 Pitfield Rd · Nanak Holdings Inc. | 246 | 18 | 1974 | 84 · Oct 2024 | 6 · 4 fire | 179 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
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 284 Milner Ave · Surface | 1.6 km | 92 | 18% (Q1 2026) |
| 101 Grangeway Ave · Surface | 1.7 km | 255 | 7% (Q1 2026) |
| 40 Bushby Dr · Surface | 1.8 km | 215 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 158 Borough Drive · Surface | 1.9 km | 16 * | — |
Nearest lots: 86 m away, ≈155 spaces; 130 m away, ≈794 spaces; 208 m away, ≈136 spaces; 209 m away, ≈175 spaces; 226 m away, ≈148 spaces; 243 m away, ≈23 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, Oct 19, 2025 (a weekend day)
The south leg carries the load — 14,238 northbound vehicles, or 33% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 6,559. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 4,147 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 50% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (2,766). Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.
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 McCowan Rd between Sheppard Ave E and Nugget Ave (120 m away, Jan 2016) recorded volume only — about 22,356 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCowan Rd · Sheppard Ave E – Nugget Ave · 120 m | Jan 2016 · 7 days | 22,356 | — | — | — |
| Sheppard Ave E · McCowan Rd – Shorting Rd · 131 m | Apr 2014 · 3 days | 16,343 | — | — | — |
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
2019 was the peak year (130 collisions), and 2025 closed with 73. 16% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 122 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 35 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 29, 2026.
By year
Exposure-adjusted: 21.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 912 | #20 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 144 | #14 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 662 | |
| Fail to remain | 122 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 10 | #238 of 3,193 |
| Involving a cyclist | 3 | #850 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 2 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 106 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 35 | |
| All since 2014 | 1,184 | latest Jun 29, 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
Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Apr 13, 2009.
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 20 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.2 a year. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 20 | 6 | 0 | street/outdoor (12), commercial premises (7) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (2) |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 27, 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 — see Agincourt South-Malvern West.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is McCowan & Sheppard a dangerous intersection?
By collision count, yes: it ranks #20 of 5,508 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, though none involved a death or serious injury. 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 McCowan & Sheppard?
One of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It ranks #86 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.6× the median for a counted intersection.
Is there a red-light camera at McCowan & Sheppard?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at McCowan & Sheppard since 2017, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 307 tickets in 2025 (417 in 2024) and 200 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 5,037 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at McCowan & Sheppard?
307 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 417 in 2024, and 200 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 5,037 tickets since 2017. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.
Where can I park near McCowan & Sheppard?
The nearest Green P car park is 284 Milner Ave (1.6 km away, 92 spaces, 18% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 298 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 103,690 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to McCowan & Sheppard by transit?
Bus routes 85, 129, 130, 131, 169, 132, 21, 985 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave East at McCowan Rd, 25 m).
What restaurants are near McCowan & Sheppard?
6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 76 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Folura Bashardost (121 m), Island Spice Flavour (289 m), Mario Pizza Kitchen (289 m), The Roti Hut (289 m) and On the Run Meals (293 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 McCowan & Sheppard?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 181 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Immanuel Child Care Centre (649 m, 86 spaces) and C.d.farquharson Jr YMCA (817 m, 95 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near McCowan & Sheppard?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 246 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 360 Pitfield Rd (179 m, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 84 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 McCowan & Sheppard?
Toronto Police place 20 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. 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 Agincourt South-Malvern West page.
What neighbourhood is McCowan & Sheppard in?
McCowan & Sheppard is in Agincourt South-Malvern West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 128). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers. The corner falls inside the Sheppard East Village Business Improvement Area.
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 Oct 19, 2025.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026); live image from Traffic Cameras (RESCU).
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (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 Dec 27, 2025.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 23 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: 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. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: 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.
- Coordinates: 43.78962, -79.25884 · centreline node 13444619.