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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, and the red-light camera
Live traffic camera RESCU 8075 · 31 m
Which way is it looking?4 reference views
Fixed shots from the City, not live.The City's own feed for Sheppard & Markham, replaced every few minutes. This card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds.
Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 19, 2025 · weekend
Traffic is heaviest from the south: 14,443 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 35% of the total, against 5,967 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 4,153 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 2,889 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% 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 Sunday, 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: 2,889 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 4,153 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
The worst year was 2016, with 111 collisions; 2025 recorded 99. 147 collisions (18%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 76 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 13 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 62 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 28, 2026.
Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. One of the two happened in darkness. The most recent was on Dec 24, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 4. The police all-collisions file records 2 fatal collisions here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places them just outside the 65 m radius.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 839 | #25 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 147 | #12 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 626 | |
| Fail to remain | 76 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 13 | #131 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 64 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 62 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 2 | #390 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 4 | latest Dec 24, 2023 |
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 Markham Rd between Ormerod St and Verne Cres, 169 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2026 put the average speed at 51 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 60 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 67 km/h or more. That segment carries about 42,800 vehicles a day. Sheppard Ave E between Scunthorpe Rd and Markham Rd measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Aug 2023).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppard Ave E · Scunthorpe Rd – Markham Rd · 117 m | Aug 2023 · 3 days | 16,610 | 40 km/h | 49 km/h | 55 km/h |
| Markham Rd · Ormerod St – Verne Cres · 169 m | Aug 2026 · 3 days | 42,819 | 51 km/h | 60 km/h | 67 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.
- Red-light camera
- In operation since 2017; 966 tickets in 2025, 490 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Scarborough.
- The crossing
- Signal 0701, activated 1964 · 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
- 85 102 134 132 131 nearest 25 m
- Express
- 902 985
- Blue Night
- 385
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave East at Markham Rd; Markham Rd at Sheppard Ave East
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920 921 Route 921 at Progress Northbound @ Milner Avenue763 m · 9 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
- 20 mapped lots within 500 m, 174 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 | 580 m | 24 * | — |
| 284 Milner Ave · Surface | 622 m | 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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Al-Nour Halal Meat and Grocery, 316 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 9 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 32. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 70 m away. Three pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Cure Ida Pharmacy, 176 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Sts. Peter and Paul Residence, a retirement home 824 m away. Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto - Golden Horizons Active Living Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 454 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 1641 Markham Rd70 m
- Markham Station · 5117 Sheppard Ave E185 m
- KFC · 5109 Sheppard Ave E216 m
- Chopstick House · 1780 Markham Rd Unit-C3221 m
- Harvey's · 1780 Markham Rd Unit-C1221 m
- Grocery
- Al-Nour Halal Meat and Grocery 316 m · 4 min · 3 within 1 km
- Pharmacy
- Cure Ida Pharmacy 176 m · 5 within 1 km
- Child care
- Kimbercroft Day Nursery 2 · 78 spaces, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day280 m · 3 min
- Sheppard Square Day Nursery · 118 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day288 m · 3 min
- Montessori Villa Wisdom Inc. · 58 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day716 m · 9 min
- Washrooms
- Burrows Hall Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed425 m · 5 min
- Health and care
- Sts. Peter and Paul Residence · retirement home824 m · 10 min
- Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto - Golden Horizons Active Living Centre · seniors' active living centre454 m · 5 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 Park797 m · 9 min
- Pinetree Park1 km · 12 min
- Burrows Hall Park1.4 km · 17 min
- Community centres
- Burrows Hall Community Centre435 m · 5 min
- Schools (12)
- Islamic Foundation SchoolPrivate · 581 m · 7 min
- Gibraltar Leadership Academy SchoolPrivate · 784 m · 9 min
- Vedic RootsPrivate · 813 m · 10 min
- Malvern Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 851 m · 10 min
- Afzal Islamic Montessori & AcademyPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Burrows Hall branch457 m · 5 min
- Places of interest
- Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater TorontoAttraction · 427 m · 5 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,382 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 three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 364 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 5600 Sheppard Ave E (288 m, 120 units, 10 storeys, built 1970), which scored 94 out of 100 at its October 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5600 Sheppard Ave E · Signet Group Inc. | 120 | 10 | 1970 | 94 · Oct 2024 | 288 m · 3 min |
| 30 Kimbercroft Crt · Davpart Inc | 94 | 8 | 1980 | 90 · Oct 2024 | 420 m · 5 min |
| 221 Milner Ave social housing | 150 | 10 | 1982 | 97 · Oct 2025 | 812 m · 10 min |
3 registered buildings · 364 units · 1 social housing · 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
Four thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 23, 2026.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 2 | 1 | street/outdoor (4) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 1 | 0 | commercial premises (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 Malvern East.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Sheppard & Markham a dangerous intersection?
By collision count, yes: it ranks #25 of 5,519 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, and 2 of those left someone killed or seriously injured. 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 & Markham?
A top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. It ranks #96 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.6× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Sheppard & Markham a walkable intersection?
Sheppard & Markham scores 63 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,382 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: library 457 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 9 places to eat within 300 m; nearest school 0.6 km · 2 licensed child care within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
Is there a red-light camera at Sheppard & Markham?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Sheppard & Markham since 2017, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 966 tickets in 2025 (822 in 2024) and 490 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 6,235 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Sheppard & Markham?
966 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — up from 822 in 2024, and 490 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 6,235 tickets since 2017. A red-light camera penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.
How fast do cars go at Sheppard & Markham?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Markham Rd between Ormerod St and Verne Cres (August 2026), found an average of 51 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 60 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Sheppard & Markham?
The nearest Green P car park is 1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite (580 m away, 24 spaces). The City's mapping shows 174 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 51,870 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Sheppard & Markham by transit?
Bus routes 85, 102, 134, 132, 131, 902, 985 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave East at Markham Rd, 25 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Progress Northbound @ Milner Avenue.
What restaurants are near Sheppard & Markham?
9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 32 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (70 m), Markham Station (185 m), KFC (216 m), Chopstick House (221 m) and Harvey's (221 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Sheppard & Markham?
The nearest is Burrows Hall Community Centre Washroom, 1081 Progress Ave, 425 m away.
Is there child care near Sheppard & Markham?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 254 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kimbercroft Day Nursery 2 (280 m, 78 spaces), Sheppard Square Day Nursery (288 m, 118 spaces) and Montessori Villa Wisdom Inc. (716 m, 58 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Markham?
Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 364 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5600 Sheppard Ave E (288 m, 120 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 30 Kimbercroft Crt (420 m, 94 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 221 Milner Ave (812 m, 150 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 94 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Sheppard & Markham?
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Malvern East page.
What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Markham in?
Sheppard & Markham is in Malvern East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 146). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers. The corner falls inside the Sheppard East Village Business Improvement Area.
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; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026); live image from Traffic Cameras (RESCU).
- 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 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: 43.79387, -79.23875 · centreline node 13444062.