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Sheppard & De Boers

Sheppard Ave W & De Boers Dr · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

Sheppard & De Boers, in York University Heights, is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is Sheppard West Station (Line 1) 313 m away.

Traffic volume
29,722
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 24, 2024
540 pedestrians · 83 cyclists · #344 busiest
Collisions
44
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 35 property damage · #2253 of 5,508 · +9 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Sheppard West Station 313 m · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,120 vehicles an hour, 1.84× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 55 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 4.4 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 1.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 44%, from 18 in 2016–2020 to 26 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Sheppard & De Boers

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Sheppard West Station (Line 1)313 m
TTC bus
84106107108104105101 nearest 85 m
Express
984
Blue Night
384329
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at Kodiak Cres (South)
Regional
York Region Transit 105 Dufferin at Sheppard Av W / Dufferin St313 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
60 Carl Hall Rd - SMART 791 m · 20 docks · 2 stations, 39 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 (6)
  • William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 444 m
  • Blyth Academy School - Downsview ParkPrivate · 826 m
  • Centennial College - Downsview CampusCollege · 891 m
  • Adelfiha's Christian AcademyPrivate · 1.3 km
  • Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1.4 km
  • Tanenbaum Chat Wallenberg CampusPrivate · 1.4 km
Community centres
  • Irving W. Chapley Community Centre1.4 km
Parks (6)
  • Banting Park623 m
  • Michael Feldman Parkette646 m
  • Kennard Parkette948 m
  • Joel Swirsky Parkette1.3 km
  • Robert Leek Memorial Park1.5 km
  • Irving W. Chapley Park1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Bubble PlanetAttraction · 1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 64. The nearest is Berry's Moss Cafe, 126 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 64 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Berry's Moss Cafe · 20 de Boers Dr Unit-219126 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Mr. Tasty Fries · 1 de Boers Dr 206187 mPassed, May 2026
Pick N Pay Convenience · 1 de Boers Dr 108grocery187 mPassed, Jan 2026
Bunch of Fun Playland · 11 Kodiak Cres Unit-B244 mPassed, Feb 2026
Toronto Military Family Resource Centre · 5 Yukon Lane314 mPassed, Jul 2026
Gateway Newstand · 1035 Sheppard Ave W335 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
The Grocery Outlet · 1150 Sheppard Ave W, Unit-9grocery384 mPassed, Mar 2024
Kin Sushi Japanese Restaurant · 1150 Sheppard Ave W Unit-7384 mPassed, Jun 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 204 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (314 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 204 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre · 5 Yukon Lane
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    314 m
  • Children Are People Education · 272 Codsell Ave
    155 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    721 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (542 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 143 · 542 m1009 Sheppard Ave W
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 1.2 km4330 Dufferin 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

Within a kilometre there are two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 95 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1042 Sheppard Ave W (357 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1950), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings2 · 95 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 2
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1042 Sheppard Ave W · Firm Capital164195097 · Aug 20260357 m
750 Wilson Heights BlvdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation794199386 · Aug 202411 km

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 lots273 lots · ≈66,200 spaces · 198.6 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈5,820 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 632 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface756 m632 *

Nearest lots: 106 m away, ≈95 spaces; 120 m away, ≈74 spaces; 132 m away, ≈61 spaces; 142 m away, ≈79 spaces; 165 m away, ≈48 spaces; 191 m away, ≈1,130 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 24, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 16,664 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 56% of the total, against 1,783 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the south (45 of 83). Evening rush dominates here: 2,709 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 2,380 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 7.0% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north16,664southbound · 35 bikes · 7.1% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles29,722540 pedestrians · 83 cyclists · 7.0% heavy
From the east1,783westbound · 3 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the south11,275northbound · 45 bikes · 7.7% heavy
AM peak hour2,380 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,709 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 24, 2024

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 Sheppard Ave W between William R Allen Rd and de Boers Dr (153 m away, Sep 2014) recorded volume only — about 20,089 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Sheppard Ave W (358 m away, 50 km/h limit), 1.9% of the 53,347 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sheppard Ave W · William R Allen Rd – de Boers Dr · 153 mSep 2014 · 7 days20,089

School-zone speed sign 358 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct40 · 49 km/h
Over the limit5.4%
60 km/h or more1.9%

Sheppard Ave W (eastbound) · 53,347 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

The worst year was 2022, with 10 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 3 collisions (7%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions44#2253 of 5,508
With an injury3#3467 of 4,660
Property damage only35
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1360 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)9
All since 201460latest Jun 24, 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

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

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

15 thefts from vehicles and seven bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 2.4 a year before that. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from apartment-building parking; 86% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1550apartment parking (10), street/outdoor (5)
Bicycle theft700apartment parking (6), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 4, 2023. 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 York University Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard & De Boers a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 44 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 Sheppard & De Boers?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #344 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.84× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Sheppard & De Boers?

The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (756 m away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 273 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 66,200 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sheppard & De Boers by transit?

Sheppard West Station (Line 1) is 313 m away; bus routes 84, 106, 107, 108, 104, 105, 101, 984 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave West at Kodiak Cres (South), 85 m); York Region Transit route 105 Dufferin at Sheppard Av W / Dufferin St.

What restaurants are near Sheppard & De Boers?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 64 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Berry's Moss Cafe (126 m), Mr. Tasty Fries (187 m), Bunch of Fun Playland (244 m), Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (314 m) and Gateway Newstand (335 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 Sheppard & De Boers?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 204 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (314 m, 49 spaces) and Children Are People Education (721 m, 155 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & De Boers?

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 95 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1042 Sheppard Ave W (357 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (1.0 km, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 92 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 Sheppard & De Boers?

Toronto Police place 15 thefts from vehicles and seven 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 York University Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard & De Boers in?

Sheppard & De Boers is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the DuKe Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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