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Sheppard Ave W & Don River Blvd

Toronto, Ontario · Lansing-Westgate · Ward 6, York Centre

Sheppard Ave W & Don River Blvd is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Lansing-Westgate. It has a bike lane and a park at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
10,928
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 5, 2022
62 pedestrians · 19 cyclists
Collisions
60
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 31 property damage · #1799 of 5,508
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
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,370 vehicles an hour, 1.18× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 176 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 22%, from 27 in 2016–2020 to 33 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Sheppard Ave W & Don River Blvd

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
84716098 nearest 17 m
Express
984
Blue Night
384307
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at Don River Blvd; Sheppard Ave West at Don River Blvd West Side
Cycling
Bike Lane on Sheppard Ave W installed 2017
Bike Share
Bathurst St / Sheppard Ave W 455 m · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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 (10)
  • Bnei Akiva School - Ulpanat OrotPrivate · 467 m
  • The Prestige SchoolPrivate · 631 m
  • Cameron Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Prosserman Jewish Community Centre & Torah High - Prosserman JCC CampusPrivate · 1 km
  • Montessori Jewish Day SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Kesser YosefPrivate · 1.2 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
Parks (15)
  • Burnett Park368 m
  • Earl Bales Park464 m
  • Hinder Area474 m
  • Addington Greenbelt545 m
  • McAllister Park728 m
  • Harlandale Parkette1 km
  • and 9 more
Places of interest
  • Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education CentreMuseum · 1.1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 22 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Chinese Flavors, 380 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Chinese Flavors · 554 Sheppard Ave W380 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Irina's Deli Market · 562 Sheppard Ave Wgrocery402 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Summer House · 568 Sheppard Ave W418 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Petro Canada · 4384 Bathurst Stgrocery521 mPassed, Jun 2025
Wimpy's Diner · 590 Sheppard Ave W526 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 1 infraction
Wimpy's Diner · 590 Sheppard Ave W526 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Metro · 600 Sheppard Ave Wgrocery566 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 1 infraction
Metro · 600 Sheppard Ave Wgrocery567 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 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

The nearest public washroom is Earl Bales Community Centre Washroom, 245 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 179 m away at Earl Bales Park.

  • Earl Bales Community Centre Washroom · 4169 Bathurst St
    View centre hours
    245 m
  • Earl Bales Park Barry Zukerman Amphitheatre Washroom · 4169 Bathurst St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    280 m
  • Earl Bales Ski and Snowboard Centre Washroom · 4169 Bathurst St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    459 m
Drinking water
Earl Bales Park bottle filling station · 179 m; Earl Bales Park drinking fountain · 265 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 418 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Fantasia Child Care Center (2724826 Ontario Inc) (827 m, 79 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km3 centres · 418 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Fantasia Child Care Center (2724826 Ontario Inc) · 678 Sheppard Ave W
    79 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    827 m
  • Glen Cameron For Kids · 211 Cameron Ave
    121 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km
  • Prosserman JCC - Daycare and Preschool · 4588 Bathurst St
    218 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (2.3 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 143 · 2.3 km1009 Sheppard Ave W
Police32 Division · 2.2 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 1 km4135 Bathurst 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

21 registered apartment buildings with 2,642 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 535 Sheppard Ave W (143 m, 83 units, 12 storeys, built 1965), which scored 80 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 55 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 2,642 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202655 across the 21
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
535 Sheppard Ave W · Realstar8312196580 · Aug 20242 · 2 fire143 m
555 Sheppard Ave W · Realstar11212196694 · Jun 20254249 m
15 Canyon Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited11721196295 · Jul 20260279 m
1 Canyon Ave · Cando Apartments Ltd.20218196092 · Sep 20253315 m
25 Canyon Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited11721196298 · Aug 20261326 m
35 Canyon Ave · 35 Canyon Avenue Ltd.23721195994 · Sep 20254361 m
569 Sheppard Ave W · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.14413196197 · Jun 20252362 m
4415 Bathurst St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc16714196294 · Oct 20255415 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 lots313 lots · ≈25,520 spaces · 76.6 ha
Within 500 m19 lots · ≈1,000 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 718 spaces
EV charging (City)33 Elmhurst Ave · 1.7 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
68 Sheppard Ave W · Surface1.5 km3063% (Q1 2026)
95 Beecroft Rd · Garage1.7 km38615% (Q1 2026)
10 Harlandale Avenue · Surface1.7 km112 *
4576 Yonge Street · Surface1.8 km17 *
180 Beecroft Road · Surface1.8 km173 *

Nearest lots: 149 m away, ≈52 spaces; 196 m away, ≈46 spaces; 229 m away, ≈6 spaces; 272 m away, ≈45 spaces; 286 m away, ≈54 spaces; 332 m away, ≈60 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Glendora Ave (1.9 km, 2 ports); 19 Glendora Ave (1.9 km, 2 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 — 8-hour, Apr 5, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 5,573 eastbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 155. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,847 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 19% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,555). Heavy vehicles made up 4.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, not today's volume. 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west5,573eastbound · 6 bikes · 4.3% heavy
Total vehicles10,92862 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · 4.6% heavy
From the east5,200westbound · 13 bikes · 5.1% heavy
From the south155northbound · 0 bikes · 0.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,555 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,847 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 5, 2022

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.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

2023 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 7% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 29 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 48% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Dec 8, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions60#1799 of 5,508
With an injury4#3095 of 4,660
Property damage only31
Fail to remain29
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2357 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified25
All since 201468latest Dec 8, 2025

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place 18 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 2.7 a year before that. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1820street/outdoor (15), apartment parking (3)
Bicycle theft300street/outdoor (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 31, 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 Lansing-Westgate.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard Ave W & Don River Blvd 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 Ave W & Don River Blvd?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Apr 5, 2022, 1.18× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Sheppard Ave W & Don River Blvd?

The nearest Green P car park is 68 Sheppard Ave W (1.5 km away, 30 spaces, 63% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 313 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,520 spaces — 19 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 33 Elmhurst Ave (1.7 km).

How do I get to Sheppard Ave W & Don River Blvd by transit?

Bus routes 84, 7, 160, 98, 984 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave West at Don River Blvd, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Sheppard Ave W & Don River Blvd?

None within 300 m, and 22 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Chinese Flavors (380 m), Summer House (418 m), Wimpy's Diner (526 m) and Wimpy's Diner (526 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 W & Don River Blvd?

The nearest is Earl Bales Community Centre Washroom, 4169 Bathurst St, 245 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Earl Bales Park Barry Zukerman Amphitheatre Washroom (280 m); Earl Bales Ski and Snowboard Centre Washroom (459 m). 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 W & Don River Blvd?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 418 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Fantasia Child Care Center (2724826 Ontario Inc) (827 m, 79 spaces), Glen Cameron For Kids (1.0 km, 121 spaces) and Prosserman JCC - Daycare and Preschool (1.0 km, 218 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard Ave W & Don River Blvd?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,642 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 535 Sheppard Ave W (143 m, 83 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 555 Sheppard Ave W (249 m, 112 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 15 Canyon Ave (279 m, 117 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 1 Canyon Ave (315 m, 202 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 91 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 Ave W & Don River Blvd?

Toronto Police place 18 thefts from vehicles and three 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 Lansing-Westgate page.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard Ave W & Don River Blvd in?

Sheppard Ave W & Don River Blvd is in Lansing-Westgate (City of Toronto neighbourhood 038). It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.

Sources

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