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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 · Nov 15, 2025 · weekend
Traffic is heaviest from the east: 11,851 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 43% of the total, against 1,267 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 2,604 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:30 p.m., against 1,808 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.
Peak hours: 1,808 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 2,604 from 5:30 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 2019, with 18 collisions; 2025 recorded 15. 23 collisions (20%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 25 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 22% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 24, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Nov 13, 2016. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 113 | #978 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 23 | #732 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 76 | |
| Fail to remain | 25 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1393 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 14 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 8 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Nov 13, 2016 |
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 Sheppard Ave W between Buckland Rd and Yatescastle Dr, 306 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2023 put the average speed at 52 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 25,800 vehicles a day. Northover St between Slater Crt and Sheppard Ave W measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Apr 2022). At the school-zone speed sign on Sheppard Ave W (104 m away, 50 km/h limit), 11% of the 205,036 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arleta Ave · Sheppard Ave W – Anchor Dr · 73 m | Aug 2012 · 24 h | 5,326 | 38 km/h | 47 km/h | 51 km/h |
| Northover St · Slater Crt – Sheppard Ave W · 86 m | Apr 2022 · 3 days | 2,477 | 35 km/h | 43 km/h | 47 km/h |
| Sheppard Ave W · Buckland Rd – Yatescastle Dr · 306 m | Oct 2023 · 24 h | 25,836 | 52 km/h | 61 km/h | 67 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Sheppard Ave W (westbound), 104 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 48 km/h, 85th percentile 58 km/h; 11% at 60 km/h or more. 205,036 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.
- The crossing
- Signal 1010, activated 1973 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 84 108 120 106 35 99 nearest 18 m
- Express
- 984 935
- Blue Night
- 384 335
- Nearest stops
- 10 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at Northover St; Arleta Ave at Sheppard Ave West
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Sheppard Ave W / Magellan Dr 705 m · 8 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 30 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
- 8 mapped lots within 500 m, 138 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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Wonder Food Mart, 857 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 6 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Rona Tuck Shop, 57 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Pharma Trust Drug Mart, 895 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. Lumacare - Northwood Community Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 559 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Rona Tuck Shop · 7-11 Arleta Ave57 m
- Mozia Food Pantry · 7-11 Arleta Ave201 m
- Downview Dells · 1651 Sheppard Ave W439 m · 5 min
- Sickkids Ccmh Early On · 1645 Sheppard Ave W473 m · 6 min
- The Parrots Nest Restaurant · 1931-1933 Sheppard Ave W856 m · 10 min
- Grocery
- Wonder Food Mart 857 m · 10 min
- Pharmacy
- Pharma Trust Drug Mart 895 m · 11 min
- Child care
- Calico Saints Child Care Centre · 161 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day662 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Northwood Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible556 m · 7 min
- Health and care
- Lumacare - Northwood Community Centre · seniors' active living centre559 m · 7 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 (11)
- Benjamin Boake Greenbelt615 m · 7 min
- Reading Sprouts Garden794 m · 9 min
- Spenvalley Park814 m · 10 min
- Sunfield Park852 m · 10 min
- Northwood Park1 km · 12 min
- Community centres
- Northwood Community Centre557 m · 7 min
- Schools
- St Martha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 115 m
- Calico Public SchoolEnglish Public · 662 m · 8 min
- Blessed Margherita of Citta Di Castello Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 813 m · 10 min
- St Jane Frances Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km · 15 min
- Sheppard Public & Africentric AlternativeEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 15 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Jane/Sheppard branch752 m · 9 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 care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,691 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
Within a kilometre there are eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 816 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 7 Arleta Ave (103 m, 201 units, 4 storeys, built 1972), which scored 96 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Arleta Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 201 | 4 | 1972 | 96 · Sep 2025 | 103 m |
| 11 Arleta Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 171 | 4 | 1972 | 93 · Sep 2024 | 201 m |
| 35 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc. | 76 | 4 | 1965 | 90 · Jul 2025 | 635 m · 8 min |
| 1900 Sheppard Ave W Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 27 | 4 | 2008 | 87 · Jun 2024 | 717 m · 9 min |
| 18 Seeley Dr · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 99 | 5 | 1959 | 100 · Jun 2025 | 833 m · 10 min |
| 25 Seeley Dr · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 71 | 4 | 1959 | 97 · Aug 2026 | 884 m · 11 min |
8 registered buildings · 816 units · 3 social housing · tallest 5 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
Four thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 3 | 0 | street/outdoor (3), house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Glenfield-Jane Heights.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Sheppard & Arleta a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 113 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Sheppard & Arleta?
An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #441 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.71× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Sheppard & Arleta a walkable intersection?
Sheppard & Arleta scores 50 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,691 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: nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 10 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Sheppard & Arleta?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sheppard Ave W between Buckland Rd and Yatescastle Dr (October 2023), found an average of 52 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 104 m away (50 km/h), 11% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Sheppard & Arleta?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 138 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 10,570 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Sheppard & Arleta by transit?
Bus routes 84, 108, 120, 106, 35, 99, 984, 935 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave West at Northover St, 18 m).
What restaurants are near Sheppard & Arleta?
2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 6 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Rona Tuck Shop (57 m), Mozia Food Pantry (201 m), Downview Dells (439 m), Sickkids Ccmh Early On (473 m) and The Parrots Nest Restaurant (856 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Sheppard & Arleta?
The nearest is Northwood Community Centre Washroom, 15 Clubhouse Crt, 556 m away, with an accessible washroom.
Is there child care near Sheppard & Arleta?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 161 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Calico Saints Child Care Centre (662 m, 161 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Arleta?
Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 816 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 7 Arleta Ave (103 m, 201 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 11 Arleta Ave (201 m, 171 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 35 Brookwell Dr (635 m, 76 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 1900 Sheppard Ave W (717 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 95 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Sheppard & Arleta?
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Glenfield-Jane Heights page.
What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Arleta in?
Sheppard & Arleta is in Glenfield-Jane Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 025), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek, represented by Councillor Anthony Perruzza.
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 Nov 15, 2025.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (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 Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 7 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: 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; 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. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.74150, -79.50150 · centreline node 13451923.