Toronto · intersection · signal 2282

Sheppard Ave E & Rouge River Dr

Toronto, Ontario · West Rouge · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

Sheppard Ave E & Rouge River Dr is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in West Rouge. At the corner: a bike lane, a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
10,075
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 1, 2023
154 pedestrians · 11 cyclists
Collisions
20
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3443 of 5,508
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
1 bus route within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,260 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 65 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 33%, from 12 in 2016–2020 to 8 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Sheppard Ave E & Rouge River Dr

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
85 nearest 25 m
Express
985
Blue Night
385
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave East at Rouge River Dr; 8800 Sheppard Ave East
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 (4)
  • Alvin Curling Public SchoolEnglish Public · 487 m
  • St Jean de Brebeuf Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • John G Diefenbaker Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Morrish Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
Parks (10)
  • Joyce Trimmer Park238 m
  • Trumpeter Park320 m
  • Regan Park551 m
  • Rouge Neighbourhood Park651 m
  • Upper Rouge Trail Park670 m
  • Picasso Park690 m
  • and 4 more
Signal
2282, activated 2011 · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 11 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Rouge Valley Extendicare, 235 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Rouge Valley Extendicare · 551 Conlins Rd235 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Shell · 8301 Sheppard Ave Egrocery501 mPassed, Jul 2026
Shell · 8301 Sheppard Ave Egrocery502 mPassed, Oct 2025
Alvin Curling YMCA · 50 Upper Rouge Trl507 mPassed, Mar 2026
Pak Fok Food Products · 50 Thornmount Dr Unit-23grocery579 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pak Fok Food Products · 50 Thornmount Dr, Unit-23grocery579 mPassed, Sep 2024
Eatdrinklaugh · 87 Thornmount Dr Unit-24700 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizza Pizza · 9390 Sheppard Ave E -4903 mPassed, Feb 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

The nearest public washroom is Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre Washrooms, 257 m away, Centre Hours; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre Washrooms · 8450 Sheppard Ave E
    Centre Hours · accessible
    257 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 105 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Red Apple Day Care - Rouge Valley (259 m, 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 105 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Red Apple Day Care - Rouge Valley · 8450 Sheppard Ave E
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    259 m
  • Alvin Curling YMCA · 50 Upper Rouge Trail
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    487 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 212 (171 m), the nearest police station 43 Division (3.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 161 m away.

FireFire Station 212 · 171 m8500 Sheppard Ave E
Police43 Division · 3.9 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 25 · 161 m8500 Sheppard Ave E

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots154 lots · ≈28,980 spaces · 86.9 ha
Within 500 m19 lots · ≈2,970 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 54 m away, ≈37 spaces; 103 m away, ≈104 spaces; 141 m away, ≈251 spaces; 156 m away, ≈37 spaces; 158 m away, ≈251 spaces; 159 m away, ≈13 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 — 8-hour, Apr 1, 2023 (a weekend day)

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 4,835 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 1,296 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 1,620 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 869 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% 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. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north1,296southbound · 2 bikes · 0.2% heavy
From the west4,835eastbound · 7 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles10,075154 pedestrians · 11 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east3,944westbound · 2 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour869 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,620 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 1, 2023 · 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 Rouge River Dr and Ecopark Gt, 128 m from the corner, a 7-day count in October 2019 put the average speed at 64 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 73 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 78 km/h or more. That segment carries about 17,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sheppard Ave E · Rouge River Dr – Ecopark Gt · 128 mOct 2019 · 7 days17,54964 km/h73 km/h78 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 2017, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 5 collisions (25%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. The most recent report on file is from Dec 22, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions20#3443 of 5,508
With an injury5#2800 of 4,660
Property damage only11
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian1#3004 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
All since 201426latest Dec 22, 2024

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 27, 2009.

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

No thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle000
Bicycle theft200house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 22, 2021. 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 Ave E & Rouge River Dr a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 Ave E & Rouge River Dr?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 1, 2023, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Sheppard Ave E & Rouge River Dr?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sheppard Ave E between Rouge River Dr and Ecopark Gt (October 2019), found an average of 64 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 73 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Sheppard Ave E & Rouge River Dr?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 154 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,980 spaces — 19 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sheppard Ave E & Rouge River Dr by transit?

Bus routes 85, 985 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave East at Rouge River Dr, 25 m).

What restaurants are near Sheppard Ave E & Rouge River Dr?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 11 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Rouge Valley Extendicare (235 m), Alvin Curling YMCA (507 m), Eatdrinklaugh (700 m) and Pizza Pizza (903 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 Ave E & Rouge River Dr?

The nearest is Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre Washrooms, 8450 Sheppard Ave E, 257 m away (Centre Hours), with an accessible washroom. These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Sheppard Ave E & Rouge River Dr?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 105 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Red Apple Day Care - Rouge Valley (259 m, 62 spaces) and Alvin Curling YMCA (487 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Sheppard Ave E & Rouge River Dr?

Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and two 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 West Rouge page.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard Ave E & Rouge River Dr in?

Sheppard Ave E & Rouge River Dr is in West Rouge (City of Toronto neighbourhood 143). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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