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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 · Oct 19, 2025 · weekend
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 5,646 eastbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 730. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,174 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 48% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (792). Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 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.
Peak hours: 792 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 1,174 from 2:00 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
2024 was the peak year (13 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 25% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 12% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 10 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 9, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Apr 6, 2016. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 77 | #1430 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 19 | #941 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 48 | |
| Fail to remain | 11 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 6 | #609 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 3 | #888 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 3 | |
| Severity not classified | 10 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 10 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Apr 6, 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 Gateforth Dr between Rayward Crt and Mammoth Hall Trl (204 m away) recorded an average of 31 km/h in its 3-day count in July 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 38 km/h. That segment carries about 2,000 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Burrows Hall Blvd (228 m away, 30 km/h limit), 15% of the 45,578 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppard Ave E · Gateforth Dr – East Highland Creek Trl · 35 m | Apr 2014 · 3 days | 14,453 | — | — | — |
| Gateforth Dr · Rayward Crt – Mammoth Hall Trl · 204 m | Jul 2026 · 3 days | 2,045 | 31 km/h | 38 km/h | 42 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Burrows Hall Blvd (westbound), 228 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 32 km/h, 85th percentile 40 km/h; 15% at 40 km/h or more. 45,578 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 1789, activated 1998 · 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
- 85 134 102 132 131 nearest 16 m
- Express
- 985 902
- Blue Night
- 385
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave East at Gateforth Dr
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920 921 Route 921 at Progress Northbound @ Milner Avenue806 m · 10 min
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- no station 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
- 2 car parks · about 116 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 11 mapped lots within 500 m, 131 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite · Surface | 1.1 km | 24 * | — |
| 284 Milner Ave · Surface | 1.1 km | 92 | 18% (Q1 2026) |
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
You can do a shop on foot from here: New Spiceland Super Market is 114 m away. There are 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 17 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Popular Pizza, 114 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Lapsley Ida Pharmacy, 365 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto - Golden Horizons Active Living Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 309 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Popular Pizza · 5790 Sheppard Ave E114 m
- Veerar Takeout & Catering · 5790 Sheppard Ave E Unit-1114 m
- Madurai Pandiyas · 5780 Sheppard Ave E144 m
- Cccgt Catering Kitchen · 5183 Sheppard Ave E303 m · 4 min
- Pizza Pizza · 23 Lapsley Rd338 m · 4 min
- Grocery
- New Spiceland Super Market 114 m · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Bun King Bakery 306 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Lapsley Ida Pharmacy 365 m · 4 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Family Day St Barnabas Child Care Centre · 105 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day413 m · 5 min
- Sheppard Square Day Nursery · 118 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day553 m · 7 min
- Kimbercroft Day Nursery 2 · 78 spaces, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 12 min
- Washrooms
- Burrows Hall Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed495 m · 6 min
- Health and care
- Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto - Golden Horizons Active Living Centre · seniors' active living centre309 m · 4 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
- Cynthia Lai Park435 m · 5 min
- Pinetree Park594 m · 7 min
- Burrows Hall Park684 m · 8 min
- Major Abbas Ali Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Berner Trail Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Community centres
- Burrows Hall Community Centre505 m · 6 min
- Berner Trail Community Centre1.4 km · 16 min
- Schools (12)
- Vedic RootsPrivate · 107 m
- St Barnabas Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 412 m · 5 min
- Malvern Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 421 m · 5 min
- Burrows Hall Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 791 m · 9 min
- Al Azhar Islamic SchoolPrivate · 1 km · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Burrows Hall branch527 m · 6 min
- Places of interest
- Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater TorontoAttraction · 362 m · 4 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 #1,007 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
One registered apartment building with 120 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 5600 Sheppard Ave E (553 m, 120 units, 10 storeys, built 1970), which scored 94 out of 100 at its October 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5600 Sheppard Ave E · Signet Group Inc. | 120 | 10 | 1970 | 94 · Oct 2024 | 553 m · 7 min |
1 registered building · 120 units · tallest 10 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 11 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 7 in 2023–2025, about 2.3 a year, against 0.7 a year before that. 64% 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 | 11 | 6 | 0 | street/outdoor (7), other (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 0 | apartment parking (1) |
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 Malvern West.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Sheppard & Gateforth a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 77 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 & Gateforth?
An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Oct 19, 2025, 73% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Sheppard & Gateforth a walkable intersection?
Sheppard & Gateforth scores 68 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,007 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: 3 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; library 527 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Sheppard & Gateforth?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Gateforth Dr between Rayward Crt and Mammoth Hall Trl (July 2026), found an average of 31 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 228 m away (30 km/h), 15% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Sheppard & Gateforth?
The nearest Green P car park is 1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite (1.1 km away, 24 spaces). The City's mapping shows 131 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 39,410 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Sheppard & Gateforth by transit?
Bus routes 85, 134, 102, 132, 131, 985, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave East at Gateforth Dr, 16 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Progress Northbound @ Milner Avenue.
What restaurants are near Sheppard & Gateforth?
3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 17 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Popular Pizza (114 m), Veerar Takeout & Catering (114 m), Madurai Pandiyas (144 m), Cccgt Catering Kitchen (303 m) and Pizza Pizza (338 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Sheppard & Gateforth?
The nearest is Burrows Hall Community Centre Washroom, 1081 Progress Ave, 495 m away.
Is there child care near Sheppard & Gateforth?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 301 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Family Day St Barnabas Child Care Centre (413 m, 105 spaces), Sheppard Square Day Nursery (553 m, 118 spaces) and Kimbercroft Day Nursery 2 (1.0 km, 78 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Gateforth?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 120 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 5600 Sheppard Ave E (553 m, 120 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 94 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Sheppard & Gateforth?
Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Malvern West page.
What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Gateforth in?
Sheppard & Gateforth is in Malvern West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 145). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.
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 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 23 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: 43.79561, -79.23030 · centreline node 13443821.