Toronto · intersection · signal 1216

Sheppard Ave W & Tuscan Gt

Toronto, Ontario · Downsview · Ward 6, York Centre

Sheppard Ave W & Tuscan Gt is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in Downsview. Nearby is Downsview Park Station (Line 1) 326 m away and Downsview Park GO 360 m away.

Traffic volume
24,012
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 15, 2025
565 pedestrians · 9 cyclists · #612 busiest
Collisions
76
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
12 with an injury · 57 property damage · #1450 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
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
3
TTC stops within 100 m
Downsview Park Station 326 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,720 vehicles an hour, 1.48× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 42 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 7.6 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 23%, from 43 in 2016–2020 to 33 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Sheppard Ave W & Tuscan Gt

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Downsview Park Station (Line 1)326 m
GO Transit
Downsview Park GO — Barrie360 m
TTC bus
8410110610841107 nearest 18 m
Express
984941
Blue Night
384341
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at Tuscan Gate; Tuscan Gate at Sheppard Ave West
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Downsview Park Subway Station - SMART 249 m · 20 docks · 5 stations, 90 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 (9)
  • St Jerome Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 667 m
  • Centennial College - Downsview CampusCollege · 801 m
  • Stilecroft Public SchoolEnglish Public · 867 m
  • Blyth Academy School - Downsview ParkPrivate · 921 m
  • Sheppard Public & Africentric AlternativeEnglish Public · 938 m
  • Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (9)
  • Grandravine Park699 m
  • Brookwell Park1 km
  • Bratty Park1.2 km
  • Sunfield Park1.3 km
  • Sentinel Park1.3 km
  • Diana Park1.4 km
  • and 3 more
Places of interest
  • Downsview ParkNature/ Park · 1 km
Signal
1216, activated 1976 · SA2 · 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

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 93 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Caribbean Cove Family Restaurant, 423 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 93 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Caribbean Cove Family Restaurant · 3585 Keele St Unit-5423 mPassed, Jan 2026
Destan Turkish Restaurant · 3585 Keele St Unit-12423 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Leng Keng · 3585 Keele St Unit-9423 mPassed, Jun 2026
Golden Star · 3685 Keele St Unit-6427 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Tim Hortons · 3685 Keele St427 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Bargain Club · 3685 Keele St, Unit-4a427 mPassed, Apr 2025
Vito's No Frills · 3685 Keele Stgrocery427 mPassed, May 2024 · 1 infraction
If Cafe · 3472 Keele St479 mPassed, Aug 2026

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 Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 614 m away, View centre hours.

  • Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 23 Grandravine Dr
    View centre hours
    614 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 451 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Jerome Jr YMCA (667 m, 112 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 451 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • St. Jerome Jr YMCA · 111 Sharpecroft Blvd
    112 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    667 m
  • Uptown Montessori School · 39 Carl Hall Rd
    165 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    756 m
  • Stilecroft Superkids · 50 Stilecroft Dr
    54 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    867 m
  • Cast For Kids Child Care Centre · 1430 Sheppard Ave W
    120 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    938 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 141 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (3.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 141 · 1.8 km4100 Keele St
Police31 Division · 3.6 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 1.6 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

Within a kilometre there are ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,393 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 3470 Keele St (482 m, 59 units, 4 storeys, built 1994), which scored 81 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 44 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 6 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 1,393 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202644 across the 10
Open fire-code violations6
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3470 Keele Stsocial housing · Affordable Property Management Inc.594199481 · Sep 20252482 m
3444 Keele St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.619196791 · Jul 20245532 m
3680 Keele StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation2383197098 · Aug 20258558 m
3700 Keele St · Hazelview Properties Services Inc.573196293 · Aug 20253598 m
3400 Keele St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.1419196799 · Aug 20266680 m
3710 Keele St · N.h.d. Developments Limited929197284 · Sep 20250702 m
3390 Keele St · Sterling Karamar Property Management25811196594 · Oct 202518803 m
25 Broadoaks Dr · N.h.d. Developments Limited929197393 · Aug 20240807 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 lots363 lots · ≈78,450 spaces · 235.4 ha
Within 500 m40 lots · ≈9,510 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 335 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.5 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3950 Keele Street · Surface1.6 km335 *

Nearest lots: 87 m away, ≈67 spaces; 173 m away, ≈516 spaces; 224 m away, ≈242 spaces; 238 m away, ≈87 spaces; 247 m away, ≈137 spaces; 250 m away, ≈80 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)

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 10,744 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 1,997 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 2,265 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 1,807 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% 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. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north8,483southbound · 5 bikes · 3.8% heavy
From the west1,997eastbound · 4 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles24,012565 pedestrians · 9 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east2,788westbound · 0 bikes · 0.1% heavy
From the south10,744northbound · 0 bikes · 3.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,807 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,265 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 Bakersfield St and Tuscan Gt (139 m away, Apr 2014) recorded volume only — about 14,866 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sheppard Ave W · Bakersfield St – Tuscan Gt · 139 mApr 2014 · 3 days14,866

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 2016, with 16 collisions; 2025 recorded 8. 12 collisions (16%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 6, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions76#1450 of 5,508
With an injury12#1498 of 4,660
Property damage only57
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 2014104latest Jun 6, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard Ave W & Tuscan Gt a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 76 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 & Tuscan Gt?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #612 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.48× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Sheppard Ave W & Tuscan Gt?

The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (1.6 km away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 363 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 78,450 spaces — 40 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sheppard Ave W & Tuscan Gt by transit?

Downsview Park Station (Line 1) is 326 m away; Downsview Park GO is 360 m away; bus routes 84, 101, 106, 108, 41, 107, 984, 941 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave West at Tuscan Gate, 18 m).

What restaurants are near Sheppard Ave W & Tuscan Gt?

None within 300 m, and 93 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Caribbean Cove Family Restaurant (423 m), Destan Turkish Restaurant (423 m), Leng Keng (423 m), Golden Star (427 m) and Tim Hortons (427 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 & Tuscan Gt?

The nearest is Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 23 Grandravine Dr, 614 m away (View centre hours). 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 & Tuscan Gt?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 451 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Jerome Jr YMCA (667 m, 112 spaces), Uptown Montessori School (756 m, 165 spaces) and Stilecroft Superkids (867 m, 54 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard Ave W & Tuscan Gt?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,393 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3470 Keele St (482 m, 59 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 3444 Keele St (532 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 3680 Keele St (558 m, 238 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 3700 Keele St (598 m, 57 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 89 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.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard Ave W & Tuscan Gt in?

Sheppard Ave W & Tuscan Gt is in Downsview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 155), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.

Sources

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