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Sheppard & Maxwell

Sheppard Ave W & Maxwell St · Toronto, Ontario · Clanton Park · Ward 6, York Centre

Sheppard & Maxwell, in Clanton Park, is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
17,114
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 17, 2019
352 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
40
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 24 property damage · #2401 of 5,508
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,140 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.85× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 49 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 4 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 108%, from 13 in 2016–2020 to 27 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Sheppard & Maxwell

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
841047160 nearest 20 m
Express
984
Blue Night
384307
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at Maxwell St; Sheppard Ave West at Harlock Blvd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Bathurst St / Sheppard Ave W 628 m · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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 (11)
  • The Toronto Heschel SchoolPrivate · 448 m
  • St Robert Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 501 m
  • Dublin Heights Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 550 m
  • Montessori Jewish Day SchoolPrivate · 712 m
  • Bnei Akiva School - Ulpanat OrotPrivate · 766 m
  • Yeshiva Or Chaim Bnei Akiva Boys SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
Parks (17)
  • McAllister Park483 m
  • Ellison Park641 m
  • Joel Swirsky Parkette922 m
  • Maxwell Park926 m
  • Midvale Parkette1 km
  • Hinder Area1 km
  • and 11 more
Places of interest
  • Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education CentreMuseum · 1.2 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 45 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 223 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 45 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 680 Sheppard Ave W223 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 674 Sheppard Ave W265 mPassed, Jun 2026
Wolfie's · 670 Sheppard Ave W286 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Fish On the Flame · 664 Sheppard Ave Wgrocery303 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Ana's Sweet Creations · 664 Sheppard Ave W304 mPassed, Jun 2025
Orly Restaurant & Grill · 660 Sheppard Ave W314 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Bun Bo Hue O Nom · 656 Sheppard Ave W327 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Noon Moment · 654 Sheppard Ave W332 mPassed, Mar 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 Earl Bales Community Centre Washroom, 949 m away, View centre hours.

  • Earl Bales Community Centre Washroom · 4169 Bathurst St
    View centre hours
    949 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 666 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Fantasia Child Care Center (2724826 Ontario Inc) (256 m, 79 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km7 centres · 666 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 7
  • Fantasia Child Care Center (2724826 Ontario Inc) · 678 Sheppard Ave W
    79 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    256 m
  • The Toronto Heschel School · 819 Sheppard Ave W
    96 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    448 m
  • Moshava Ba'ir Day Camp of Toronto - Preschool · 819 Sheppard Ave W
    74 spaces · preschool, kindergarten
    448 m
  • St. Robert School Age YMCA · 70 Bainbridge Ave
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    501 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 143 · 1.2 km1009 Sheppard Ave W
Police32 Division · 3.2 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 1.1 km4135 Bathurst 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

24 registered apartment buildings with 2,353 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1 Wilmington Ave (508 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1959), which scored 93 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 39 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings24 · 2,353 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202639 across the 24
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1 Wilmington Ave · Ryis Properties Inc123195993 · Jul 20260508 m
15 Wilmington Ave243195899 · Jul 20250509 m
4350 Bathurst St · Alexis Court Apartments356196998 · Sep 20241583 m
4340 Bathurst St · Sterling Karamar Property Management506196088 · Aug 20243590 m
10 Wilmington Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.414196093 · Jul 20260599 m
20 Wilmington Ave134196576 · Jul 20250608 m
4300 Bathurst Stsocial housing · Greenwin Corp.16411198991 · Oct 20251619 m
4266 Bathurst Stsocial housing · Greenwin Corp.1309198392 · Sep 20252666 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 lots286 lots · ≈30,810 spaces · 92.4 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈1,300 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 1,517 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface1.3 km632 *
Wilson Main Lot - 50 Wilson Heights Blvd · Surface2 km885 *

Nearest lots: 30 m away, ≈28 spaces; 48 m away, ≈4 spaces; 56 m away, ≈23 spaces; 59 m away, ≈14 spaces; 61 m away, ≈12 spaces; 98 m away, ≈33 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 — 8-hour, Dec 17, 2019

The west leg carries the load — 8,374 eastbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 153. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,552 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,543 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 7.1% 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 16,183 vehicles. The count is 7 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.

From the north337southbound · 0 bikes · 8.3% heavy
From the west8,374eastbound · 1 bikes · 6.4% heavy
Total vehicles17,114352 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 7.1% heavy
From the east8,250westbound · 1 bikes · 7.8% heavy
From the south153northbound · 0 bikes · 6.5% heavy
AM peak hour2,552 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,543 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 17, 2019

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 counter on Sheppard Ave W between Gorman Park Rd and Blairville Rd (296 m away) recorded an average of 49 km/h in its 2-day count in July 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 58 km/h. That segment carries about 18,400 vehicles a day. Maxwell St between Cocksfield Ave and Codsell Ave measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Sep 2023).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Maxwell St · Cocksfield Ave – Codsell Ave · 207 mSep 2023 · 3 days1,48537 km/h44 km/h48 km/h
Sheppard Ave W · Gorman Park Rd – Blairville Rd · 296 mJul 2023 · 2 days18,41549 km/h58 km/h64 km/h
Harlock Blvd · Reiner Rd – McAllister Rd · 296 mJul 2023 · 3 days45231 km/h39 km/h44 km/h

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

2023 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 8% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Oct 15, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions40#2401 of 5,508
With an injury7#2328 of 4,660
Property damage only24
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian2#2002 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2358 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
All since 201446latest Oct 15, 2025

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place 16 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 8 in 2023–2025, about 2.7 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 69% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1660street/outdoor (11), apartment parking (3)
Bicycle theft220street/outdoor (1), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 5, 2025. 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 Clanton Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard & Maxwell a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 40 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 & Maxwell?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 17, 2019, 1.85× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Sheppard & Maxwell?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sheppard Ave W between Gorman Park Rd and Blairville Rd (July 2023), found an average of 49 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Sheppard & Maxwell?

The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (1.3 km away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 286 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 30,810 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sheppard & Maxwell by transit?

Bus routes 84, 104, 7, 160, 984 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave West at Maxwell St, 20 m).

What restaurants are near Sheppard & Maxwell?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 45 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (223 m), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (265 m), Wolfie's (286 m), Ana's Sweet Creations (304 m) and Orly Restaurant & Grill (314 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 & Maxwell?

The nearest is Earl Bales Community Centre Washroom, 4169 Bathurst St, 949 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 & Maxwell?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 666 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Fantasia Child Care Center (2724826 Ontario Inc) (256 m, 79 spaces), The Toronto Heschel School (448 m, 96 spaces) and Moshava Ba'ir Day Camp of Toronto - Preschool (448 m, 74 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Maxwell?

24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,353 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1 Wilmington Ave (508 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 15 Wilmington Ave (509 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 4350 Bathurst St (583 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 4340 Bathurst St (590 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 24 is 91 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 & Maxwell?

Toronto Police place 16 thefts from vehicles and two 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 Clanton Park page.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Maxwell in?

Sheppard & Maxwell is in Clanton Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 033). It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.

Sources

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