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Sheppard & Yukon

Sheppard Ave W & Yukon Lane · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

Sheppard & Yukon is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in York University Heights. It has an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: Sheppard West Station (Line 1) 459 m away.

Traffic
27,582
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 15, 2025
403 pedestrians · 18 cyclists · #444 busiest
Collisions
108
police-reported · 2016–2025
0 killed or seriously injured · 1 since Jan 2026 · #1036 of 5,519
Getting there
3
TTC stops within 100 m
Sheppard West Station 459 m · 11 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
46/100
city median 48
2 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 344 m

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Sheppard & Yukon

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 15, 2025 · weekend

The north leg carries the load — 14,143 southbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 184. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,471 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 18% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (2,100). Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north14,143southbound · 5 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the west184eastbound · 2 bikes · 8.7% heavy
Total vehicles27,582403 pedestrians · 18 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east867westbound · 2 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south12,388northbound · 9 bikes · 3.4% heavy

Peak hours: 2,100 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 2,471 from 2:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2016 was the peak year (17 collisions), and 2025 closed with 16. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 11 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 25, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. Since January 2026, after the ranking window closed, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here, the latest on May 9, 2026. 1 older KSI collision is on file from before 2016.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions108#1036 of 5,519
With an injury19#942 of 4,669
Property damage only82
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian6#613 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist1
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)11
Killed or seriously injured0
Killed or seriously injured since January 2026 (outside the window)1latest May 9, 2026
All KSI since 20062latest May 9, 2026

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's most recent midblock count on Sheppard Ave W between William R Allen Rd and de Boers Dr (255 m away, Sep 2014) recorded volume only — about 20,089 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Dufferin St (377 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 7,295 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sheppard Ave W · William R Allen Rd – de Boers Dr · 255 mSep 2014 · 7 days20,089———
Kodiak Cres · Sheppard Ave W – Whitehorse Rd · 291 mJun 2007 · 3 days2,680———
Speed sign
Dufferin St (southbound), 377 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 27 km/h, 85th percentile 37 km/h; 0.1% at 50 km/h or more. 7,295 vehicles logged in July 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

The crossing
Signal 1523, activated 1986 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Sheppard West Station (Line 1)459 m · 5 min
TTC bus
84 106 108 107 104 105 101 nearest 20 m
Express
984
Blue Night
384 329
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at Yukon Lane; Kodiak Cres at Sheppard Ave West
Regional
York Region Transit 105 Dufferin at Sheppard Av W / Dufferin St472 m · 6 min
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Sheppard Ave W / Chesswood Dr 734 m · 9 min · 19 docks · 1 station, 19 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
1 car park · about 632 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
17 mapped lots within 500 m, 181 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface1 km632 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

The nearest grocery store is The Grocery Outlet, 344 m away. There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 19 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Berry's Moss Cafe, 225 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Mabuhay Pharmacy, 835 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Berry's Moss Cafe · 20 de Boers Dr Unit-219225 m
  • Bunch of Fun Playland · 11 Kodiak Cres Unit-B232 m
  • Kin Sushi Japanese Restaurant · 1150 Sheppard Ave W Unit-7344 m · 4 min
  • Goldstar Caribbean Restaurant · 40 Kodiak Cres Unit-6416 m · 5 min
  • Taste of Vietnam Restaurant and Bar · 1 Whitehorse Rd Unit-19458 m · 5 min
2 within 300 m · 19 within 1 km
Grocery
The Grocery Outlet 344 m · 4 min
Food shops
Bakery Gateau 586 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Mabuhay Pharmacy 835 m · 10 min
Child care
  • Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day310 m · 4 min
1 licensed centre · 49 spaces within 1 km · accepts City fee subsidy

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks
  • Banting Park1 km · 12 min
  • Michael Feldman Parkette1.3 km · 15 min
Schools
  • William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 908 m · 11 min
  • The Toronto Heschel SchoolPrivate · 1.5 km · 18 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a community centre, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

46of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food12/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit20/28

    Sheppard West Station 0.5 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation2/10

    nearest park 1 km

  • Schools and child care4/8

    nearest school 0.9 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

One registered apartment building with 16 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 1042 Sheppard Ave W (551 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1950), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
1042 Sheppard Ave W · Firm Capital164195097 · Aug 2026551 m · 7 min

1 registered building · 16 units · tallest 4 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310commercial premises (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 York University Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard & Yukon a dangerous intersection?

Not by the ten-year ranking: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 108 lesser collisions. 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded since January 2026, after the ranking window closed. 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 & Yukon?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #444 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.71× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Sheppard & Yukon a walkable intersection?

Sheppard & Yukon scores 46 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: Sheppard West Station 0.5 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.9 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

Where can I park near Sheppard & Yukon?

The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (1.0 km away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 181 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,070 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sheppard & Yukon by transit?

Sheppard West Station (Line 1) is 459 m away; bus routes 84, 106, 108, 107, 104, 105, 101, 984 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave West at Yukon Lane, 20 m); York Region Transit route 105 Dufferin at Sheppard Av W / Dufferin St.

What restaurants are near Sheppard & Yukon?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 19 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Berry's Moss Cafe (225 m), Bunch of Fun Playland (232 m), Kin Sushi Japanese Restaurant (344 m), Goldstar Caribbean Restaurant (416 m) and Taste of Vietnam Restaurant and Bar (458 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Sheppard & Yukon?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 49 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (310 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Yukon?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 16 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 1042 Sheppard Ave W (551 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 97 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Sheppard & Yukon?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the York University Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Yukon in?

Sheppard & Yukon is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the DuKe Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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