Sheppard Ave W & Black Creek Trl & Downsview Dells Park Trl

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

The west leg carries the load — 13,413 eastbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 1. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,396 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 44% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (1,661). Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% 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.

Peak hours: 1,661 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 2,396 from 4:45 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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

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 counter on Sheppard Ave W between Seeley Dr and Downsview Dells Park Trl (94 m away) recorded an average of 53 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 62 km/h. That segment carries about 30,900 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Sheppard Ave W (322 m away, 50 km/h limit), 11% of the 205,036 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Speed sign

Sheppard Ave W (westbound), 322 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 48 km/h, 85th percentile 58 km/h; 11% at 60 km/h or more. 205,036 vehicles logged in August 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 2499, activated 2020 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Not within a walk: a grocery store, a pharmacy or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food7/30

  2 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit12/28

  2 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go3/14

  library 1.2 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation9/10

  2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care2/8

  nearest school 0.5 km · 1 licensed child care within 1 km

• Crossing on foot6/10

  traffic signal · 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.

21 registered apartment buildings with 1,779 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 35 Brookwell Dr (212 m, 76 units, 4 storeys, built 1965), which scored 90 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

21 registered buildings · 1,779 units · 2 social housing · tallest 11 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.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 15, 2025.
• Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
• All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
• Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
• Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
• Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
• Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
• Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 6 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
• Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
• Coordinates: 43.74263, -79.49648 · centreline node 30007061.