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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 volume8-hour count · Apr 4, 2019
The east leg carries the load — 9,061 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 377. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,928 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 17% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (2,512). Trucks and buses were 6.5% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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.
Peak hours: 2,512 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,928 from 4:45 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
2019 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 8% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Aug 18, 2025.
One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Jan 17, 2016.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 49 | #2083 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 9 | #1805 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 36 | |
| Fail to remain | 4 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 4 | #849 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | #611 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | #295 of 879 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Jan 17, 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
The City's counter on Commons Dr between Esquire Rd and Foxhill Rd (151 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 45 km/h. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppard Ave E · Victoria Park Ave – Commons Dr · 109 m | Sep 2014 · 8 days | 15,105 | — | — | — |
| Commons Dr · Esquire Rd – Foxhill Rd · 151 m | Mar 2025 · 3 days | 1,204 | 38 km/h | 45 km/h | 51 km/h |
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
- TTC bus
- 85 167 24 169 nearest 204 m
- Express
- 904 985 924
- Blue Night
- 385 324
- Nearest stops
- 11 surface stops within 300 m
- Regional
- York Region Transit 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Sheppard Av256 m · 3 min
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Victoria Park Ave / Patrick Blvd 527 m · 6 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 34 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
- 24 mapped lots within 500 m, 214 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
The nearest grocery store is Fresh Value Market, 469 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 44 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Dairy Queen, 179 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Green Cross Pharmacy, 187 m away, one of three within 300 m. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Dairy Queen · 2924 Sheppard Ave E179 m
- Pizza Nova · 2922 Sheppard Ave E183 m
- Chennai Super Kings Restaurant · 2912 Sheppard Ave E198 m
- Eggsmart · 2904 Sheppard Ave E216 m
- Tasty Shawarma · 2993 Sheppard Ave E221 m
- Grocery
- Fresh Value Market 469 m · 6 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Athens Pastries 421 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Green Cross Pharmacy 187 m · 8 within 1 km
- Child care
- Eyes Abacus Child Care · 20 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day258 m · 3 min
- Top Mandarin Day Care Centre · 49 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day400 m · 5 min
- Young Talents Academy · 70 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day677 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Wishing Well Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible753 m · 9 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 (10)
- Hickorynut Parkette519 m · 6 min
- Wishing Well Woods680 m · 8 min
- Farmcrest Parkette733 m · 9 min
- Atria North Park742 m · 9 min
- Wishing Well Park747 m · 9 min
- Schools (14)
- Unique Chinese School & Gracepoint ChurchPrivate · 400 m · 5 min
- Victoria Park LINC CentreEnglish Separate · 536 m · 6 min
- Bridlewood Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 890 m · 11 min
- St Gerald Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 906 m · 11 min
- A R S Armenian Private SchoolPrivate · 932 m · 11 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 community centre, a library or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. 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
Eight registered apartment buildings with 1,713 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 8 Chichester Pl (80 m, 210 units, 20 storeys, built 2012), which scored 98 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Chichester Pl · The Brown Group of Companies Inc. | 210 | 20 | 2012 | 98 · Nov 2025 | 80 m |
| 10 Chichester Pl · The Brown Group of Companies Inc. | 220 | 16 | 1971 | 92 · Aug 2026 | 145 m |
| 2008 Pharmacy Ave Toronto Community Housing · Del Management | 293 | 13 | 1975 | 97 · Sep 2025 | 182 m |
| 20 Chichester Pl · Park Property Management Inc | 189 | 14 | 1970 | 96 · Sep 2024 | 258 m · 3 min |
| 2727 Victoria Park Ave · Ranee Management | 178 | 13 | 1972 | 95 · Aug 2026 | 514 m · 6 min |
| 2743 Victoria Park Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 201 | 15 | 1971 | 86 · Sep 2025 | 561 m · 7 min |
8 registered buildings · 1,713 units · 3 social housing · tallest 20 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
Toronto Police place 23 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 11 in 2023–2025, about 3.7 a year, against 2.4 a year before that. 57% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 60% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 2, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 23 | 8 | 3 | street/outdoor (13), apartment parking (9) |
| Bicycle theft | 5 | 3 | 0 | apartment parking (3), street/outdoor (2) |
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 Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Sheppard & Commons a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#611 of 1,505), out of 49 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 & Commons?
A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2019. Its latest count is from Apr 4, 2019, 1.95× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Sheppard & Commons a walkable intersection?
Sheppard & Commons scores 43 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 · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 9 places to eat within 300 m; 11 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Sheppard & Commons?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Commons Dr between Esquire Rd and Foxhill Rd (March 2025), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Sheppard & Commons?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 214 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,870 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Sheppard & Commons by transit?
Bus routes 85, 167, 24, 169, 904, 985, 924 within 1 km; York Region Transit route 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Sheppard Av.
What restaurants are near Sheppard & Commons?
9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 44 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Dairy Queen (179 m), Pizza Nova (183 m), Chennai Super Kings Restaurant (198 m), Eggsmart (216 m) and Tasty Shawarma (221 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Sheppard & Commons?
The nearest is Wishing Well Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 1700 Pharmacy Ave, 753 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.
Is there child care near Sheppard & Commons?
Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 357 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Eyes Abacus Child Care (258 m, 20 spaces), Top Mandarin Day Care Centre (400 m, 49 spaces) and Young Talents Academy (677 m, 70 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Commons?
Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,713 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 8 Chichester Pl (80 m, 210 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 10 Chichester Pl (145 m, 220 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 2008 Pharmacy Ave (182 m, 293 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 20 Chichester Pl (258 m, 189 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 91 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Sheppard & Commons?
Toronto Police place 23 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 3 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan page.
What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Commons in?
Sheppard & Commons is in Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan (City of Toronto neighbourhood 118). It is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.
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 Apr 4, 2019.
- 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.
- 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 22 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: 43.77587, -79.32044 · centreline node 13446472.