Toronto · intersection · signal 1523

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) 405 m away and Downsview Park GO 914 m away.

Traffic volume
27,582
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 15, 2025
403 pedestrians · 18 cyclists · #437 busiest
Collisions
108
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
19 with an injury · 82 property damage · #1036 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
Sheppard West Station 405 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 1,970 vehicles, 1.70× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 68 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 11 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. The pace has been steady: 55 collisions in 2016–2020 and 53 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Sheppard & Yukon

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Sheppard West Station (Line 1)405 m; Downsview Park Station (Line 1)934 m
GO Transit
Downsview Park GO — Barrie914 m
TTC bus
84106108107104105101 nearest 20 m
Express
984
Blue Night
384329
Nearest stops
6 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 St398 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Sheppard Ave W / Chesswood Dr 710 m · 19 docks · 2 stations, 39 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 (7)
  • William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 461 m
  • Blyth Academy School - Downsview ParkPrivate · 829 m
  • Centennial College - Downsview CampusCollege · 880 m
  • Adelfiha's Christian AcademyPrivate · 1.2 km
  • Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km
  • The Toronto Heschel SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km
  • and 1 more
Community centres
Parks (6)
  • Michael Feldman Parkette656 m
  • Banting Park714 m
  • Kennard Parkette891 m
  • Joel Swirsky Parkette1.4 km
  • Irving W. Chapley Park1.5 km
  • Garthdale Parkette1.5 km
Signal
1523, activated 1986 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 67 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Berry's Moss Cafe, 160 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 67 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Berry's Moss Cafe · 20 de Boers Dr Unit-219160 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Bunch of Fun Playland · 11 Kodiak Cres Unit-B200 mPassed, Feb 2026
Mr. Tasty Fries · 1 de Boers Dr 206261 mPassed, May 2026
Pick N Pay Convenience · 1 de Boers Dr 108grocery261 mPassed, Jan 2026
The Grocery Outlet · 1150 Sheppard Ave W, Unit-9grocery284 mPassed, Mar 2024
Kin Sushi Japanese Restaurant · 1150 Sheppard Ave W Unit-7284 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Toronto Military Family Resource Centre · 5 Yukon Lane291 mPassed, Jul 2026
Goldstar Caribbean Restaurant · 40 Kodiak Cres Unit-6306 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction

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 City washroom within 1 km.

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 204 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (291 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 204 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre · 5 Yukon Lane
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    291 m
  • Children Are People Education · 272 Codsell Ave
    155 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    736 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (618 m), the nearest police station 32 Division (4.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 143 · 618 m1009 Sheppard Ave W
Police32 Division · 4.7 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 1.1 km4330 Dufferin St

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 107 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 1042 Sheppard Ave W (436 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1950), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 1 final order naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings3 · 107 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 3
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1042 Sheppard Ave W · Firm Capital164195097 · Aug 20260436 m
750 Wilson Heights BlvdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation794199386 · Aug 20241915 m
229 Pannahill Rd · Sarossa Investments Inc123195092 · Jun 202501 km

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 lots342 lots · ≈78,880 spaces · 236.6 ha
Within 500 m26 lots · ≈5,760 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 632 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface857 m632 *

Nearest lots: 38 m away, ≈61 spaces; 98 m away, ≈95 spaces; 149 m away, ≈172 spaces; 156 m away, ≈20 spaces; 182 m away, ≈630 spaces; 188 m away, ≈136 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 15, 2025 (a weekend day)

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 16,183 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
AM peak hour2,100 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,471 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

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

School-zone speed sign 377 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct27 · 37 km/h
Over the limit1.5%
50 km/h or more0.1%

Dufferin St (southbound), Across From 3997/3999 Dufferin St · 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; 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

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, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 30, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions108#1036 of 5,508
With an injury19#942 of 4,660
Property damage only82
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian6#613 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2362 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014138latest Jun 30, 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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Nov 20, 2013.

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 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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310commercial premises (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 27, 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 York University Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard & Yukon a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 108 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 & Yukon?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #437 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.70× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Sheppard & Yukon?

The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (857 m away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 342 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 78,880 spaces — 26 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 405 m away; Downsview Park GO is 914 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?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 67 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Berry's Moss Cafe (160 m), Bunch of Fun Playland (200 m), Mr. Tasty Fries (261 m), Kin Sushi Japanese Restaurant (284 m) and Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (291 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Sheppard & Yukon?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 204 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (291 m, 49 spaces) and Children Are People Education (736 m, 155 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Yukon?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 107 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1042 Sheppard Ave W (436 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (915 m, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 229 Pannahill Rd (1.0 km, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 92 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 & Yukon?

Toronto Police place three 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 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