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Sheppard & Wilfred

Sheppard Ave E & Wilfred Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Avondale · Ward 18, Willowdale

In Avondale, Sheppard & Wilfred is a moderately heavy crossing. At the corner: a protected bikeway, a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Bayview Station (Line 4) 672 m away.

Traffic volume
26,532
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 15, 2025
439 pedestrians · 42 cyclists · #486 busiest
Collisions
60
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
14 with an injury · 42 property damage · #1798 of 5,508 · +5 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
Bayview Station 672 m · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,900 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.64× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 60 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged up 14%, from 28 in 2016–2020 to 32 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Sheppard & Wilfred

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Bayview Station (Line 4)672 m
TTC bus
185981178 nearest 16 m
Blue Night
385
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave East at Wilfred Ave
Cycling
Cycle Track on Sheppard Ave E installed 2024
Bike Share
Sheppard Ave E / Willowdale Ave 312 m · 11 docks · 2 stations, 26 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 (20)
  • Cornell International AcademyPrivate · 450 m
  • Newton International College SchoolPrivate · 454 m
  • Academy of Excellence Secondary SchoolPrivate · 466 m
  • Central Montessori School - WillowdalePrivate · 490 m
  • St Gabriel Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 533 m
  • Toronto Central Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 576 m
  • and 14 more
Parks (30)
  • Sheppard East Park230 m
  • Maplehurst Park281 m
  • Bayview Parkette532 m
  • Glendora Park578 m
  • Lord Seaton Park623 m
  • Kenaston Gardens Parkette689 m
  • and 24 more
Signal
1245, activated 1979 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · bicycle signal

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 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 40. The nearest is Orosi Cafe, 36 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2025.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 40 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Orosi Cafe · 350 Sheppard Ave E36 mPassed, Apr 2025
So Hungary Delicatessen · 249 Sheppard Ave E111 mPassed, Jun 2026
Subway · 247 Sheppard Ave E132 mPassed, Jul 2026
Vietnoms · 243 Sheppard Ave E132 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 237 Sheppard Ave E141 mPassed, Jul 2026
Shamshiri Restaurant · 280 Sheppard Ave E Unit-106321 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Domino's Pizza · 201 Sheppard Ave E360 mPassed, Jul 2026
Esfahan Restaurant · 199 Sheppard Ave E369 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions

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 242 m away at Sheppard East Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Sheppard East Park bottle filling station · 242 m; Maplehurst Park drinking fountain · 268 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 772 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Willowbrae Academy Bayview Village (318 m, 102 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 772 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 9
  • Willowbrae Academy Bayview Village · 432 Sheppard Ave E
    102 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    318 m
  • Central Montessori Schools - Willowdale Campus · 157 Willowdale Ave
    62 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    490 m
  • St. Gabriel's Jr YMCA · 396 Spring Garden Ave
    87 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    533 m
  • North York Jr YMCA · 567 Sheppard Ave E
    78 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    642 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 114 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 114 · 1.9 km12 Canterbury Pl
Police32 Division · 1.8 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 58 · 1.9 km12 Canterbury Pl

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

Within a kilometre there are ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,174 rental units. The nearest is 16 Carluke Cres (472 m, 101 units, 7 storeys, built 1962), which scored 96 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 4 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 1,174 units
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20264 across the 10
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
16 Carluke Cres · Pinedale Properties Ltd1017196296 · Oct 20250 · 1 fire472 m
2818 Bayview Ave · 2818 Avenue Property Management203196872 · Sep 20240516 m
20 Carluke Cres · Pinedale Properties Ltd15412196295 · Nov 20250520 m
26 Carluke Cres · Medallion Corporation15714196491 · Jul 20241540 m
14 Carluke Cres · Pinedale Properties Ltd1017196296 · Oct 20252 · 1 fire553 m
199 Upper Canada Dr · Minto Properties Inc.1194196398 · Aug 20260556 m
32 Carluke Cres · Medallion Corporation1037196495 · Jul 20240591 m
38 Carluke Cres · Medallion Corporation1047196492 · Jul 20240676 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 lots373 lots · ≈19,430 spaces · 58.3 ha
Within 500 m56 lots · ≈2,670 spaces
Green P (public)7 car parks · about 838 spaces
EV charging (City)19 Glendora Ave · 1.4 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
10 Harlandale Avenue · Surface1.5 km112 *
10 Empress Ave · Surface1.5 km6769% (Q1 2026)
10 Kingsdale Ave · Surface1.6 km5344% (Q1 2026)
95 Beecroft Rd · Garage1.6 km38615% (Q1 2026)
4576 Yonge Street · Surface1.6 km17 *

Nearest lots: 96 m away, ≈2 spaces; 110 m away, ≈607 spaces; 112 m away, ≈3 spaces; 119 m away, ≈3 spaces; 125 m away, ≈96 spaces; 127 m away, ≈207 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Glendora Ave (1.4 km, 2 ports); 33 Elmhurst Ave (1.5 km, 2 ports); Bessarion CC (1.6 km, 10 ports).

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 15, 2025 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 14,320 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 54% of the total, against 349 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 2,438 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 1,945 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.6% 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. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north1,308southbound · 9 bikes · 0.2% heavy
From the west14,320eastbound · 11 bikes · 0.5% heavy
Total vehicles26,532439 pedestrians · 42 cyclists · 0.6% heavy
From the east10,555westbound · 18 bikes · 0.6% heavy
From the south349northbound · 4 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,945 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,438 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 15, 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

On Sheppard Ave E between Longmore St and Wilfred Ave, 99 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2018 put the average speed at 50 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 60 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 68 km/h or more. That segment carries about 28,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sheppard Ave E · Longmore St – Wilfred Ave · 99 mOct 2018 · 3 days28,11750 km/h60 km/h68 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 13 collisions; 2025 recorded 12. 14 collisions (23%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 4, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions60#1798 of 5,508
With an injury14#1312 of 4,660
Property damage only42
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian3#1392 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 201477latest Jun 4, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200other (1), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 18, 2020. 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 Avondale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard & Wilfred a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 60 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 & Wilfred?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #486 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.64× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Sheppard & Wilfred?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sheppard Ave E between Longmore St and Wilfred Ave (October 2018), found an average of 50 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 & Wilfred?

The nearest Green P car park is 10 Harlandale Avenue (1.5 km away, 112 spaces). The City's mapping shows 373 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,430 spaces — 56 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 19 Glendora Ave (1.4 km).

How do I get to Sheppard & Wilfred by transit?

Bayview Station (Line 4) is 672 m away; bus routes 185, 98, 11, 78 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave East at Wilfred Ave, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Sheppard & Wilfred?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 40 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Orosi Cafe (36 m), So Hungary Delicatessen (111 m), Subway (132 m), Vietnoms (132 m) and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (141 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 & Wilfred?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 242 m away at Sheppard East Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Sheppard & Wilfred?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 772 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Willowbrae Academy Bayview Village (318 m, 102 spaces), Central Montessori Schools - Willowdale Campus (490 m, 62 spaces) and St. Gabriel's Jr YMCA (533 m, 87 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Wilfred?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,174 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 16 Carluke Cres (472 m, 101 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2818 Bayview Ave (516 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 72), 20 Carluke Cres (520 m, 154 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 26 Carluke Cres (540 m, 157 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 93 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 & Wilfred?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no 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 Avondale page.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Wilfred in?

Sheppard & Wilfred is in Avondale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 153). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

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