Toronto · intersection · signal 1427

Sentinel & Sheppard

Sentinel Rd & Sheppard Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Downsview · Ward 6, York Centre

Sentinel & Sheppard is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Downsview. It has a protected bikeway and parks at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
26,887
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 15, 2025
741 pedestrians · 44 cyclists · #463 busiest
Collisions
165
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
29 with an injury · 109 property damage · #634 of 5,508 · +13 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
3
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
2 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #55 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Bi-Directional Cycle Track, Cycle Track
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,920 vehicles an hour, 1.66× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 36 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 17 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 6.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. The pace has been steady: 82 collisions in 2016–2020 and 83 in 2021–2025. About one in 55 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Sentinel & Sheppard

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
8410810641101120 nearest 19 m
Express
984941
Blue Night
384341
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at Sentinel Rd; Sentinel Rd at Sheppard Ave West North Side
Cycling
Bi-Directional Cycle Track on Sheppard Ave W installed 2022; Cycle Track on Sheppard Ave W installed 2022; Cycle Track on Sentinel Rd installed 2022
Bike Share
Sentinel Rd / Sheppard Ave W 23 m · 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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (9)
  • Sheppard Public & Africentric AlternativeEnglish Public · 346 m
  • St Jerome Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 622 m
  • Stilecroft Public SchoolEnglish Public · 830 m
  • St Martha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 887 m
  • Blaydon Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Calico Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
  • Northwood Community Centre696 m
  • Grandravine Community Recreation Centre923 m
Parks (12)
  • Sunfield Park29 m
  • Seeley Greenbelt196 m
  • Brookwell Park289 m
  • Diana Park339 m
  • Benjamin Boake Greenbelt368 m
  • Northwood Park670 m
  • and 6 more
Places of interest
  • Downsview ParkNature/ Park · 614 m
Signal
1427, activated 1982 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval East/West · bicycle signal

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 24 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 71 within a kilometre. The nearest is Sickkids Ccmh Early On, 358 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sickkids Ccmh Early On · 1645 Sheppard Ave W358 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 1 infraction
Dairy Queen · 1420 Sheppard Ave W376 mPassed, Jun 2026
Downview Dells · 1651 Sheppard Ave W377 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction
Shell · 3330 Keele Stgrocery409 mPassed, Jul 2026
Champion Doner · 3300 Keele St None422 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
de Havilland Smoke and Gift · 3312 Keele St422 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Elias Restaurant · 3310 Keele St422 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pizza Hut · 3298 Keele St None422 mPassed, Jun 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

The nearest public washroom is Northwood Park Washroom, 601 m away — currently listed as closed (maintenance/repairs); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., and it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 350 m away at Diana Park.

  • Northwood Park Washroom · 140 Stilecroft Dr
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    601 m
  • Northwood Community Centre Washroom · 15 Clubhouse Crt
    View centre hours · accessible
    696 m
  • Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 23 Grandravine Dr
    View centre hours
    926 m
Drinking water
Diana Park drinking fountain · 350 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 286 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Cast For Kids Child Care Centre (346 m, 120 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 286 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • Cast For Kids Child Care Centre · 1430 Sheppard Ave W
    120 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    346 m
  • St. Jerome Jr YMCA · 111 Sharpecroft Blvd
    112 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    622 m
  • Stilecroft Superkids · 50 Stilecroft Dr
    54 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    830 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 144 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 144 · 1.2 km2945 Keele St
Police31 Division · 3.2 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 1.8 km2753 Jane 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

33 registered apartment buildings with 2,371 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 32 Brookwell Dr (201 m, 38 units, 4 storeys, built 1964), which scored 90 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 91 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings33 · 2,371 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202691 across the 33
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
32 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc.384196490 · Jul 20251201 m
1450 Sheppard Ave W · Cogir Real Estate1817196893 · Aug 202616211 m
39 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc.574196591 · Sep 20240219 m
35 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc.764196590 · Jul 20250221 m
34 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc.444196487 · Jul 20250249 m
25 Seeley Dr · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.714195997 · Aug 20264262 m
41 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc.384196695 · Jul 20250271 m
41-51 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc.484196694 · Jul 20250271 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 lots259 lots · ≈38,700 spaces · 116.1 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈2,630 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 95 m away, ≈52 spaces; 109 m away, ≈125 spaces; 167 m away, ≈17 spaces; 184 m away, ≈29 spaces; 192 m away, ≈111 spaces; 208 m away, ≈56 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)

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 13,380 eastbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 3,162. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,524 vehicles in the hour from 5:15 p.m., 39% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (1,815). Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% 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 north3,162southbound · 6 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the west13,380eastbound · 14 bikes · 2.3% heavy
Total vehicles26,887741 pedestrians · 44 cyclists · 2.7% heavy
From the east10,345westbound · 14 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the south0northbound · 10 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,815 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,524 vehicles from 5:15 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 Sheppard Ave W between Seeley Dr and Downsview Dells Park Trl (298 m away) recorded an average of 53 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 62 km/h. That segment carries about 30,900 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sentinel Rd · Sheppard Ave W – Inlet Mews · 20 mDec 2011 · 3 days6,630
Sheppard Ave W · Seeley Dr – Downsview Dells Park Trl · 298 mApr 2026 · 3 days30,90453 km/h62 km/h67 km/h

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 (24 collisions), and 2025 closed with 18. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 30 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 13 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 25, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 6.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions165#634 of 5,508
With an injury29#526 of 4,660
Property damage only109
Fail to remain30
Involving a pedestrian2#1474 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#943 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality2
Severity not classified25
Since January 2026 (outside the window)13
All since 2014204latest Jun 25, 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 three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, two were fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt; 2 collisions involved vehicle occupants only. All happened in daylight or lit conditions (citywide, 39% of KSI collisions occur in darkness). The most recent was on Jun 21, 2025. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions3#55 of 1,505
Fatal2#17 of 319
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness00% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20064latest Jun 21, 2025

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 eight thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 63% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle840street/outdoor (5), apartment parking (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 21, 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 Downsview.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sentinel & Sheppard a dangerous intersection?

By serious injuries, yes: it ranks #55 of 1,505 for killed-or-seriously-injured collisions in 2016–2025. 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 Sentinel & Sheppard?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #463 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.66× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Sentinel & Sheppard?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sheppard Ave W between Seeley Dr and Downsview Dells Park Trl (April 2026), found an average of 53 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 62 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Sentinel & Sheppard?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 259 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 38,700 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sentinel & Sheppard by transit?

Bus routes 84, 108, 106, 41, 101, 120, 984, 941 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave West at Sentinel Rd, 19 m).

What restaurants are near Sentinel & Sheppard?

None within 300 m, and 24 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sickkids Ccmh Early On (358 m), Dairy Queen (376 m), Downview Dells (377 m), Champion Doner (422 m) and de Havilland Smoke and Gift (422 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 Sentinel & Sheppard?

The nearest is Northwood Park Washroom, 140 Stilecroft Dr, 601 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: Northwood Community Centre Washroom (696 m); Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom (926 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 Sentinel & Sheppard?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 286 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Cast For Kids Child Care Centre (346 m, 120 spaces), St. Jerome Jr YMCA (622 m, 112 spaces) and Stilecroft Superkids (830 m, 54 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sentinel & Sheppard?

33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,371 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 32 Brookwell Dr (201 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 1450 Sheppard Ave W (211 m, 181 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 39 Brookwell Dr (219 m, 57 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 35 Brookwell Dr (221 m, 76 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 33 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 Sentinel & Sheppard?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and no 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 Downsview page.

What neighbourhood is Sentinel & Sheppard in?

Sentinel & 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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