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Sheppard & Shorting

Sheppard Ave E & Shorting Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Agincourt South-Malvern West · Ward 23, Scarborough North · Sheppard East Village BIA

Sheppard & Shorting, in Agincourt South-Malvern West, is a mid-volume intersection. It has a school within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
13,259
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 19, 2025
888 pedestrians · 29 cyclists · #1456 busiest
Collisions
312
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
36 with an injury · 217 property damage · #274 of 5,508 · +25 since Jan 2026
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
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 950 vehicles, 82% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 15 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 31 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 23.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 4.7× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged down 10%, from 164 in 2016–2020 to 148 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Sheppard & Shorting

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
85131132102129130169 nearest 26 m
Express
985939902
Blue Night
385316
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave East at Shorting Rd; Sheppard Ave East at Havenview Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Pitfield Rd / McCowan Rd 846 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 (13)
  • Afzal Islamic Montessori & AcademyPrivate · 240 m
  • St Elizabeth Seton Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 360 m
  • White Haven Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 517 m
  • Excel High SchoolPrivate · 710 m
  • Gibraltar Leadership Academy SchoolPrivate · 821 m
  • Canadian Tamil AcademyPrivate · 861 m
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (6)
  • White Haven Park590 m
  • Hillsborough Park1.1 km
  • Lee Centre Park1.2 km
  • Cynthia Lai Park1.3 km
  • Farquharson Park1.4 km
  • Pinetree Park1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Burrows Hall branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater TorontoAttraction · 1.2 km
Signal
1435, activated 1982 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · 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 21 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 57 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Domino's Pizza, 24 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés21 within 300 m · 57 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Domino's Pizza · 4865 Sheppard Ave E Unit-124 mPassed, Apr 2026
Remely's · 4830 Sheppard Ave E, Unit-1630 mPassed, Aug 2025
Chicken Kitchen · 4830 Sheppard Ave E Unit-1130 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 2 infractions
Chinese Feast Restaurant · 4830 Sheppard Ave E Unit-#730 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Thg's Hot Chicken · 4830 Sheppard Ave E Unit-830 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Treats 'n Eats Desserts · 4830 Sheppard Ave E Unit-630 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Remely's · 4830 Sheppard Ave E Unit-1630 mPassed, Aug 2026
Viththahan Convenience Store · 4820 Sheppard Ave E 25grocery47 mPassed, Jul 2026

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 556 m away at White Haven Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
White Haven Park bottle filling station · 556 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 136 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kimbercroft Day Nursery 2 (810 m, 78 spaces, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km2 centres · 136 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 2
  • Kimbercroft Day Nursery 2 · 39 Kimbercroft Crt
    78 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    810 m
  • Montessori Villa Wisdom Inc. · 231 Milner Ave
    58 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    895 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 243 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (766 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 243 · 1.2 km4560 Sheppard Ave E
Police42 Division · 766 m242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 29 · 1.2 km4560 Sheppard Ave E

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

Three registered apartment buildings with 490 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 221 Milner Ave (805 m, 150 units, 10 storeys, built 1982), which scored 97 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 7 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings3 · 490 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20267 across the 3
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
221 Milner Avesocial housing15010198297 · Oct 20250805 m
30 Kimbercroft Crt · Davpart Inc948198090 · Oct 20241859 m
360 Pitfield Rd · Nanak Holdings Inc.24618197484 · Oct 20246 · 4 fire877 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 lots324 lots · ≈112,680 spaces · 338 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈7,280 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 586 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
284 Milner Ave · Surface888 m9218% (Q1 2026)
1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite · Surface922 m24 *
101 Grangeway Ave · Surface1.8 km2557% (Q1 2026)
40 Bushby Dr · Surface1.9 km21532% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 34 m away, ≈58 spaces; 71 m away, ≈45 spaces; 75 m away, ≈9 spaces; 83 m away, ≈287 spaces; 196 m away, ≈1,002 spaces; 293 m away, ≈3,299 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, Oct 19, 2025 (a weekend day)

The west leg carries the load — 6,165 eastbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 44. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,367 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 68% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (815). Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north1,079southbound · 0 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the west6,165eastbound · 18 bikes · 3.0% heavy
Total vehicles13,259888 pedestrians · 29 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east5,971westbound · 11 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the south44northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour815 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,367 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 19, 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 counter on Shorting Rd between McGriskin Rd and Nugget Ave (381 m away) recorded an average of 46 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 54 km/h. That segment carries about 3,500 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sheppard Ave E · Shorting Rd – Havenview Rd · 20 mApr 2014 · 3 days32,037
Shorting Rd · McGriskin Rd – Nugget Ave · 381 mMar 2024 · 3 days3,51446 km/h54 km/h59 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

2019 was the peak year (46 collisions), and 2025 closed with 29. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 63 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% 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, 25 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 23.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions312#274 of 5,508
With an injury36#391 of 4,660
Property damage only217
Fail to remain63
Involving a pedestrian8#373 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified59
Since January 2026 (outside the window)25
All since 2014409latest Jun 28, 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 16 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 63% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1661street/outdoor (10), commercial premises (5)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 17, 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 Agincourt South-Malvern West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard & Shorting a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 312 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 & Shorting?

A mid-volume intersection. It ranks #1456 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 82% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Sheppard & Shorting?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Shorting Rd between McGriskin Rd and Nugget Ave (March 2024), found an average of 46 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Sheppard & Shorting?

The nearest Green P car park is 284 Milner Ave (888 m away, 92 spaces, 18% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 324 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 112,680 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sheppard & Shorting by transit?

Bus routes 85, 131, 132, 102, 129, 130, 169, 985 and 2 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave East at Shorting Rd, 26 m).

What restaurants are near Sheppard & Shorting?

21 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 57 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Domino's Pizza (24 m), Remely's (30 m), Chicken Kitchen (30 m), Chinese Feast Restaurant (30 m) and Thg's Hot Chicken (30 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 & Shorting?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 556 m away at White Haven Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Sheppard & Shorting?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 136 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kimbercroft Day Nursery 2 (810 m, 78 spaces) and Montessori Villa Wisdom Inc. (895 m, 58 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Shorting?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 490 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 221 Milner Ave (805 m, 150 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 30 Kimbercroft Crt (859 m, 94 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 360 Pitfield Rd (877 m, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 90 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 & Shorting?

Toronto Police place 16 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 Agincourt South-Malvern West page.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Shorting in?

Sheppard & Shorting is in Agincourt South-Malvern West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 128). 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