Toronto · intersection · signal 1296

Sheppard & John Drury

Sheppard Ave W & John Drury Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Downsview · Ward 6, York Centre

In Downsview, Sheppard & John Drury is a moderately heavy crossing. It has a multi-use trail at the corner. Nearby: Downsview Park Station (Line 1) 647 m away and Downsview Park GO 692 m away.

Traffic volume
24,353
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 15, 2025
196 pedestrians · 7 cyclists · #592 busiest
Collisions
127
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
14 with an injury · 81 property damage · #853 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
Downsview Park Station 647 m · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,740 vehicles an hour, 1.50× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 124 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 13 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions rose 35%, from 54 in 2016–2020 to 73 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Sheppard & John Drury

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Downsview Park Station (Line 1)647 m
GO Transit
Downsview Park GO — Barrie692 m
TTC bus
8410110610841 nearest 21 m
Express
941984
Blue Night
384341
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at John Drury Dr
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail on Downsview Park Trl installed 2019
Bike Share
Keele St / Dovehouse Ave - SMART 364 m · 16 docks · 4 stations, 71 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 (8)
  • St Jerome Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 498 m
  • Centennial College - Downsview CampusCollege · 535 m
  • Sheppard Public & Africentric AlternativeEnglish Public · 545 m
  • Blyth Academy School - Downsview ParkPrivate · 658 m
  • Stilecroft Public SchoolEnglish Public · 896 m
  • Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1.4 km
  • and 2 more
Community centres
  • Grandravine Community Recreation Centre754 m
Parks (8)
  • Brookwell Park639 m
  • Grandravine Park800 m
  • Sunfield Park907 m
  • Diana Park927 m
  • Seeley Greenbelt1 km
  • Benjamin Boake Greenbelt1.2 km
  • and 2 more
Places of interest
  • Downsview ParkNature/ Park · 502 m
Signal
1296, activated 1980 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 37 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores, and 91 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Cafe Camino, 291 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés37 within 300 m · 91 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Cafe Camino · 40 Carl Hall Rd Unit-232 C291 mPassed, Apr 2026
Caribbean Cuisine · 40 Carl Hall Rd Unit-E10291 mPassed, Jul 2026
Casa Del Churros · 40 Carl Hall Rd Unit-228291 mPassed, Apr 2026
Chinese and Vietnamese Food · 40 Carl Hall Rd Unit-E21grocery291 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Comida Ecuatoriana · 40 Carl Hall Rd E 14291 mPassed, Jul 2026
Corn Stand · 40 Carl Hall Rd291 mPassed, May 2026
Edward's Honey- From Farm Natural Honey & Bee Products · 40 Carl Hall Rd Unit-20k291 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
European Cuisine · 40 Carl Hall Rd Unit-E3291 mPassed, Jul 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

The nearest public washroom is Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 725 m away, View centre hours.

  • Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 23 Grandravine Dr
    View centre hours
    725 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 451 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Uptown Montessori School (412 m, 165 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 451 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Uptown Montessori School · 39 Carl Hall Rd
    165 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    412 m
  • St. Jerome Jr YMCA · 111 Sharpecroft Blvd
    112 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    498 m
  • Cast For Kids Child Care Centre · 1430 Sheppard Ave W
    120 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    545 m
  • Stilecroft Superkids · 50 Stilecroft Dr
    54 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    896 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 144 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (3.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 144 · 1.4 km2945 Keele St
Police31 Division · 3.7 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 52 · 1.9 km170 Plewes Rd

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

13 registered apartment buildings with 1,252 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 3400 Keele St (416 m, 141 units, 9 storeys, built 1967), which scored 99 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 70 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings13 · 1,252 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202670 across the 13
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3400 Keele St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.1419196799 · Aug 20266416 m
3390 Keele St · Sterling Karamar Property Management25811196594 · Oct 202518484 m
3444 Keele St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.619196791 · Jul 20245490 m
1385 Sheppard Ave W · 1846022 Ontario Limited404196090 · Aug 20265589 m
1395 Sheppard Ave W · 1846022 Ontario Limited404196091 · Jun 20252640 m
3470 Keele Stsocial housing · Affordable Property Management Inc.594199481 · Sep 20252647 m
1450 Sheppard Ave W · Cogir Real Estate1817196893 · Aug 202616681 m
10 Wycombe Rd · 1846022 Ontario Limited404196091 · Jun 20253683 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 lots328 lots · ≈72,120 spaces · 216.4 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈6,990 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (2 km)

Nearest lots: 181 m away, ≈248 spaces; 210 m away, ≈6 spaces; 226 m away, ≈7 spaces; 253 m away, ≈4,266 spaces; 264 m away, ≈300 spaces; 337 m away, ≈12 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 west leg. The south leg carries the load — 12,652 northbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 3,087. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,272 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 29% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (1,760). Heavy vehicles made up 2.1% 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 north8,614southbound · 1 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles24,353196 pedestrians · 7 cyclists · 2.1% heavy
From the east3,087westbound · 0 bikes · 0.6% heavy
From the south12,652northbound · 6 bikes · 2.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,760 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,272 vehicles from 2:00 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 most recent midblock count on Sheppard Ave W between Tuscan Gt and Downsview Park Trl (340 m away, Apr 2014) recorded volume only — about 12,220 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sheppard Ave W · Tuscan Gt – Downsview Park Trl · 340 mApr 2014 · 3 days12,220

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

2024 was the peak year (24 collisions), and 2025 closed with 16. 11% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 33 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 26% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 21, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions127#853 of 5,508
With an injury14#1313 of 4,660
Property damage only81
Fail to remain33
Involving a pedestrian3#1395 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2359 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified32
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014155latest Jun 21, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Aug 7, 2015.

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 15 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.5 a year. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 10, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1551street/outdoor (10), commercial premises (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 10, 2026. 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 Sheppard & John Drury a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 127 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 & John Drury?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #592 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.50× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Sheppard & John Drury?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 328 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 72,120 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sheppard & John Drury by transit?

Downsview Park Station (Line 1) is 647 m away; Downsview Park GO is 692 m away; bus routes 84, 101, 106, 108, 41, 941, 984 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave West at John Drury Dr, 21 m).

What restaurants are near Sheppard & John Drury?

37 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 91 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Cafe Camino (291 m), Caribbean Cuisine (291 m), Casa Del Churros (291 m), Comida Ecuatoriana (291 m) and Corn Stand (291 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 Sheppard & John Drury?

The nearest is Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 23 Grandravine Dr, 725 m away (View centre hours). 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 Sheppard & John Drury?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 451 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Uptown Montessori School (412 m, 165 spaces), St. Jerome Jr YMCA (498 m, 112 spaces) and Cast For Kids Child Care Centre (545 m, 120 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & John Drury?

13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,252 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3400 Keele St (416 m, 141 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 3390 Keele St (484 m, 258 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 3444 Keele St (490 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 1385 Sheppard Ave W (589 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 13 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 & John Drury?

Toronto Police place 15 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Sheppard & John Drury in?

Sheppard & John Drury 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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