Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time. Steeles Avenue is the city limit: the north side is Vaughan or Markham and outside Toronto's records
Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 16, 2026
The east leg carries the load — 12,599 westbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 1,263. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,325 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,266 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.
Peak hours: 2,325 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,266 from 5:15 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
The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 4 collisions. 22% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 2, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jan 7, 2013.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 18 | 0.7 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 4 | |
| Property damage only | 12 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 3 | latest Jan 7, 2013 |
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 Steeles Ave E between Ashcott St and Brimley Rd (190 m away) recorded an average of 49 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 59 km/h. That segment carries about 23,200 vehicles a day. Ashcott St between Port Royal Trl and Cascaden St measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Dec 2005). At the school-zone speed sign on Port Royal Trl (289 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 21,447 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steeles Ave E · Ashcott St – Brimley Rd · 190 m | Apr 2025 · 3 days | 23,221 | 49 km/h | 59 km/h | 64 km/h |
| Ashcott St · Port Royal Trl – Cascaden St · 220 m | Dec 2005 · 24 h | 2,991 | 39 km/h | 49 km/h | 55 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Port Royal Trl (eastbound), 289 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 36 km/h, 85th percentile 42 km/h; 0.6% at 50 km/h or more. 21,447 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 1578, activated 1989 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · bicycle signal
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 53 21 43 57 nearest 27 m
- Express
- 953
- Blue Night
- 353 343
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Fenton Rd West Side; Steeles Ave East at Ashcott St
- Regional
- York Region Transit 008 Kennedy at Steeles Av / Old Kennedy Rd696 m · 8 min
- Cycling
- Cycle Track on Steeles Ave E installed 2024
- 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.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 6 mapped lots within 500 m, 79 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Steeles Avenue is the city limit. Everything on the north side of the street is in Vaughan or Markham and outside every Toronto dataset on this page — the restaurants, shops and services across the road are not counted, on the map or in the score below.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. There is a specialist food shop nearby — Bakers Best Bakery, 47 m away. There are 6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 27 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Sugar Sweet Cafe, 39 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Fenton Discount Pharmacy, 89 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Sugar Sweet Cafe · 4911 Steeles Ave E Unit-239 m
- Mr Bao Stone Pot Restaurant · 4911 Steeles Ave E 143 m
- Bb.q Chicken · 4915 Steeles Ave E Unit-847 m
- Edge BBQ & Grill Filipino Cuisine · 4915 Steeles Ave E Unit-147 m
- No Cap Wings · 4915 Steeles Ave E47 m
- Food shops
- Bakers Best Bakery 47 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Fenton Discount Pharmacy 89 m · 5 within 1 km
- Child care
- Port Royal Jr YMCA · 110 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day396 m · 5 min
- Midland Child Care Centre · 63 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day600 m · 7 min
- Heritage Child Care & Early Learning Centre · 49 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day946 m · 11 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks
- Audrelane Park638 m · 8 min
- Goldhawk Park1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools
- Port Royal Public SchoolEnglish Public · 337 m · 4 min
- St Rene Goupil Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 946 m · 11 min
- Banting and Best Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Wales College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km · 15 min
- Prince of Peace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km · 17 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a grocery store, a community centre, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is, and nothing north of Steeles.
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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 1 | 0 | other (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Milliken.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Steeles & Ashcott a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 18 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 Steeles & Ashcott?
An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #459 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.68× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Steeles & Ashcott a walkable intersection?
Steeles & Ashcott scores 36 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; 6 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals. Steeles Avenue is the city limit, so nothing on the north side of the street is counted.
How fast do cars go at Steeles & Ashcott?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Steeles Ave E between Ashcott St and Brimley Rd (April 2025), found an average of 49 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 289 m away (40 km/h), 0.6% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Steeles & Ashcott?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 79 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,160 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Steeles & Ashcott by transit?
Bus routes 53, 21, 43, 57, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Fenton Rd West Side, 27 m); York Region Transit route 008 Kennedy at Steeles Av / Old Kennedy Rd.
What restaurants are near Steeles & Ashcott?
6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 27 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Sugar Sweet Cafe (39 m), Mr Bao Stone Pot Restaurant (43 m), Bb.q Chicken (47 m), Edge BBQ & Grill Filipino Cuisine (47 m) and No Cap Wings (47 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours, and nothing on the north side of Steeles, which is outside Toronto, is in it.
Is there child care near Steeles & Ashcott?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 222 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Port Royal Jr YMCA (396 m, 110 spaces), Midland Child Care Centre (600 m, 63 spaces) and Heritage Child Care & Early Learning Centre (946 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Steeles & Ashcott?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Milliken page.
What neighbourhood is Steeles & Ashcott in?
Steeles & Ashcott is in Milliken (City of Toronto neighbourhood 130).
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jun 16, 2026.
- 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; 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.
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- 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: 43.82724, -79.29174 · centreline node 13441706.