Toronto · intersection · signal 1108 · red-light camera

Sheppard & Morningside

Sheppard Ave E & Morningside Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Morningside Heights · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

Sheppard & Morningside is a high-volume crossing. It sits in Morningside Heights. At the corner: a red-light camera in place since 2017 that issued 174 tickets in 2025 and a bike lane. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. It is among the hundred Toronto intersections with the most reported collisions.

Traffic volume
21,921
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 1, 2023
1,376 pedestrians · 14 cyclists
Collisions
739
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
118 with an injury · 523 property damage · #44 of 5,508 · +55 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 4 before 2016
Red-light camera
174
tickets in 2025
since 2017 · 121 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,740 vehicles an hour, 2.4× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 16 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 74 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 24× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions edged down 11%, from 390 in 2016–2020 to 349 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Sheppard & Morningside

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
11685132131 nearest 25 m
Express
985
Blue Night
385
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Morningside Ave at Sheppard Ave East; Sheppard Ave East at Morningside Ave
Regional
Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Morningside Southbound @ Milner173 m
Cycling
Bike Lane on Sheppard Ave E installed 2004
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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (10)
  • Emily Carr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 667 m
  • St Florence Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 702 m
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Alvin Curling Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • St Columba Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • Grey Owl Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
  • Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre885 m
  • Tam Heather Curling and Tennis Club1.2 km
  • Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre1.3 km
Parks (8)
  • Malvern Woods301 m
  • Murison Park616 m
  • John Tabor Park622 m
  • Joyce Trimmer Park919 m
  • Bonspiel Park1.2 km
  • Brooks Road Park1.3 km
  • and 2 more
Signal
1108, activated 1974 · SA1

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 31 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 12 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 44. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 61 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés31 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience12 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 1149 Morningside Ave61 mPassed, Jul 2026
Amirtham Take-Out · 1265 Morningside Ave Unit-10669 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Chubby's Sub · 1265 Morningside Ave -10569 mPassed, May 2026
Bella's Lechon · 1145 Morningside Ave 17 -1893 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Gunaams Supermarket · 1145 Morningside Ave Unit-32unit-33grocery93 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Rouge Bakery Plus · 1145 Morningside Ave Unit-36grocery93 mPassed, Jun 2026
World Famous Pizza · 1145 Morningside Ave93 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Charley's West Indian Foods · 1170 Morningside Avegrocery96 mPassed, Jul 2025

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 Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre Washrooms, 889 m away, Centre Hours; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre Washrooms · 8450 Sheppard Ave E
    Centre Hours · accessible
    889 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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 141 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Red Apple Day Care - Rouge Valley (873 m, 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 141 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Red Apple Day Care - Rouge Valley · 8450 Sheppard Ave E
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    873 m
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery Jr YMCA · 95 Murison Blvd
    79 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 212 (943 m), the nearest police station 42 Division (3.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 212 · 943 m8500 Sheppard Ave E
Police42 Division · 3.5 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 25 · 1 km8500 Sheppard Ave E

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots173 lots · ≈30,890 spaces · 92.7 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈6,020 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 90 m away, ≈244 spaces; 129 m away, ≈159 spaces; 133 m away, ≈520 spaces; 153 m away, ≈598 spaces; 247 m away, ≈3 spaces; 247 m away, ≈55 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, Apr 1, 2023 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 7,006 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 32% of the total, against 3,311 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 3,402 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 1,938 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north6,788southbound · 0 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the west3,311eastbound · 7 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles21,9211,376 pedestrians · 14 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east4,816westbound · 6 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south7,006northbound · 1 bikes · 2.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,938 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour3,402 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 1, 2023 · 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

On Morningside Ave between Morningside Ave S and Milner Ave, 212 m from the corner, a 7-day count in October 2019 put the average speed at 61 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 70 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 75 km/h or more. That segment carries about 9,900 vehicles a day. Sheppard Ave E between Morningside Ave and Water Tower Gt measured slower: 55 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 64 km/h (Nov 2020). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sheppard Ave E · Morningside Ave – Water Tower Gt · 206 mNov 2020 · 24 h18,48255 km/h64 km/h71 km/h
Morningside Ave · Morningside Ave S – Milner Ave · 212 mOct 2019 · 7 days9,93361 km/h70 km/h75 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

The worst year was 2016, with 101 collisions; 2025 recorded 83. 118 collisions (16%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 113 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 20 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 55 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions739#44 of 5,508
With an injury118#29 of 4,660
Property damage only523
Fail to remain113
Involving a pedestrian14#112 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist6#366 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist4
With a fatality0
Severity not classified98
Since January 2026 (outside the window)55
All since 2014959latest Jun 29, 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. 4 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on May 25, 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

Five thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% 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 vehicle510street/outdoor (3), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft110house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 30, 2024. 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 Morningside Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard & Morningside a dangerous intersection?

By collision count, yes: it ranks #44 of 5,508 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, though none involved a death or serious injury. 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 & Morningside?

A high-volume crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 1, 2023, 2.4× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Sheppard & Morningside?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Sheppard & Morningside since 2017, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 174 tickets in 2025 (89 in 2024) and 121 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 974 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Sheppard & Morningside?

174 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — up from 89 in 2024, and 121 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 974 tickets since 2017. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

How fast do cars go at Sheppard & Morningside?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Morningside Ave between Morningside Ave S and Milner Ave (October 2019), found an average of 61 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 70 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Sheppard & Morningside?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 173 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 30,890 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sheppard & Morningside by transit?

Bus routes 116, 85, 132, 131, 985 within 1 km (nearest stop: Morningside Ave at Sheppard Ave East, 25 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Morningside Southbound @ Milner.

What restaurants are near Sheppard & Morningside?

31 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 44 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (61 m), Amirtham Take-Out (69 m), Chubby's Sub (69 m), Bella's Lechon (93 m) and World Famous Pizza (93 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 & Morningside?

The nearest is Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre Washrooms, 8450 Sheppard Ave E, 889 m away (Centre Hours), with an accessible washroom. 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 & Morningside?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 141 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Red Apple Day Care - Rouge Valley (873 m, 62 spaces) and Lucy Maud Montgomery Jr YMCA (1.0 km, 79 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Sheppard & Morningside?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Morningside Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Morningside in?

Sheppard & Morningside is in Morningside Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 144). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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