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Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- TTC bus
- 8520086 nearest 16 m
- Express
- 986985
- Blue Night
- 385386
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave East at Rainbow Ridge Ave
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 917 Route 917920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Sheppard Eastbound @ Meadowvale578 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 (6)
- Chief Dan George Public SchoolEnglish Public · 510 m
- John G Diefenbaker Public SchoolEnglish Public · 906 m
- St Jean de Brebeuf Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
- St Dominic Savio Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
- Rouge Valley Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
- Meadowvale Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
- Community centres
- Tall Pines Community Centre1.3 km
- Parks (11)
- Irma Burman Greenbelt Park582 m
- Bob Hunter Park766 m
- Zooview Park822 m
- Dean Park924 m
- Dean Park Walkway1 km
- Lavery Trail Park1.1 km
- and 5 more
- Places of interest
- Rouge National Urban ParkNature/ Park · 1.4 km
- Rouge Valley Conservation CentreNature/ Park · 1.5 km
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 4 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Brighter Path Support Homes, 473 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Brighter Path Support Homes · 45 Lionhead Trl | 473 m | Passed, Sep 2026 |
| Scarlet Ibis Family Restaurant · 30 Dean Park Rd | 666 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| The Playscape · 30 Dean Park Rd Unit-21 | 666 m | Passed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Paul's Breakfast and Burgers · 30 Dean Park Rd | 666 m | Passed, 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
No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 562 m away at Bob Hunter Park.
No City washroom within 1 km.
- Drinking water
- Bob Hunter Park drinking fountain · 562 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
One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 28 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is John G Diefenbaker Child Care Centre (906 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).
- John G Diefenbaker Child Care Centre · 70 Dean Park Rd
28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day906 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 214 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (4.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.
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
12 registered apartment buildings with 645 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 53 Generation Blvd (351 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1975), which scored 79 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 19 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 Generation Blvd · Morguard Residential | 12 | 3 | 1975 | 79 · Jul 2026 | 0 | 351 m |
| 95-115 Generation Blvd · Morguard Residential | 108 | 3 | 1975 | 77 · Jul 2026 | 3 | 357 m |
| 51 Generation Blvd · Morguard Residential | 12 | 3 | 1975 | 86 · Oct 2025 | 0 | 369 m |
| 109 Generation Blvd · Morguard Residential | 12 | 3 | 1975 | 80 · Jul 2026 | 0 | 370 m |
| 111 Generation Blvd · Morguard Residential | 12 | 3 | 1975 | 84 · Oct 2025 | 0 | 392 m |
| 49 Generation Blvd · Morguard Residential | 12 | 3 | 1975 | 91 · Oct 2025 | 0 | 392 m |
| 115 Generation Blvd · Morguard Residential | 12 | 3 | 1975 | 81 · Oct 2025 | 0 | 423 m |
| 47 Generation Blvd · Morguard Residential | 180 | 3 | 1975 | 78 · Jul 2026 | 5 | 458 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
Nearest lots: 316 m away, ≈21 spaces; 415 m away, ≈8 spaces; 419 m away, ≈10 spaces; 421 m away, ≈8 spaces; 425 m away, ≈67 spaces; 432 m away, ≈9 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 19, 2024
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 4,723 westbound vehicles, or 45% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 999. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,085 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 28% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (846). Heavy vehicles made up 4.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
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 E between Grand River Blvd and Boydwood Lane (337 m away) recorded an average of 59 km/h in its 24-hour count in April 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 67 km/h. That segment carries about 11,800 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Ridge Ave · Lionhead Trl – Sheppard Ave E · 92 m | Jun 2007 · 3 days | 1,604 | — | — | — |
| Sheppard Ave E · Grand River Blvd – Boydwood Lane · 337 m | Apr 2025 · 24 h | 11,830 | 59 km/h | 67 km/h | 72 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 (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 35% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 11, 2026.
By year
Exposure-adjusted: 1.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 17 | #3651 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 6 | #2538 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 8 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | #2348 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| All since 2014 | 20 | latest Apr 11, 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
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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 11, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 1 | 1 | other (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 11, 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 West Rouge.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Sheppard & Rainbow Ridge a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 17 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 & Rainbow Ridge?
An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1674 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 64% of the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Sheppard & Rainbow Ridge?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sheppard Ave E between Grand River Blvd and Boydwood Lane (April 2025), found an average of 59 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 67 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Sheppard & Rainbow Ridge?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 95 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,220 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Sheppard & Rainbow Ridge by transit?
Bus routes 85, 200, 86, 986, 985 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave East at Rainbow Ridge Ave, 16 m); Durham Region Transit routes 917 Route 917, 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Sheppard Eastbound @ Meadowvale.
What restaurants are near Sheppard & Rainbow Ridge?
None within 300 m, and 4 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Brighter Path Support Homes (473 m), Scarlet Ibis Family Restaurant (666 m), The Playscape (666 m) and Paul's Breakfast and Burgers (666 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 & Rainbow Ridge?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 562 m away at Bob Hunter Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.
Is there child care near Sheppard & Rainbow Ridge?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 28 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is John G Diefenbaker Child Care Centre (906 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Rainbow Ridge?
12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 645 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 53 Generation Blvd (351 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 95-115 Generation Blvd (357 m, 108 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 51 Generation Blvd (369 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 109 Generation Blvd (370 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 80). The average RentSafeTO score across the 12 is 83 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 & Rainbow Ridge?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 West Rouge page.
What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Rainbow Ridge in?
Sheppard & Rainbow Ridge is in West Rouge (City of Toronto neighbourhood 143). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.
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 Nov 19, 2024.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (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 Feb 11, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 25 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: 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. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: 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.
- Coordinates: 43.80726, -79.16292 · centreline node 13442586.