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Steeles & Ashcott

Steeles Ave E & Ashcott St · Toronto, Ontario · Milliken

In Milliken, Steeles & Ashcott is an above-average intersection for traffic. It has a protected bikeway and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: Milliken GO 921 m away and 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
27,235
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 16, 2026
618 pedestrians · 534 cyclists · #450 busiest
Collisions
18
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3575 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 3 before 2016
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
Protected
Cycle Track
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,950 vehicles, 1.68× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 44 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 1.8 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 0.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Steeles & Ashcott

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Milliken GO — Stouffville921 m
TTC bus
53214357 nearest 27 m
Express
953
Blue Night
353343
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 002 Milliken008 Kennedy at Steeles Av / Old Kennedy Rd676 m
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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (8)
  • Port Royal Public SchoolEnglish Public · 323 m
  • St Rene Goupil Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 920 m
  • Banting and Best Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Prince of Peace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Wales College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
  • Milliken Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 2 more
Parks (3)
  • Audrelane Park586 m
  • Goldhawk Park1.1 km
  • Port Royal Park1.1 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Goldhawk Park branch1.2 km
Signal
1578, activated 1989 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · bicycle signal

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 63 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Sugar Sweet Cafe, 39 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 63 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sugar Sweet Cafe · 4911 Steeles Ave E Unit-239 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Mr Bao Stone Pot Restaurant · 4911 Steeles Ave E 143 mPassed, Aug 2026
Bakers Best Bakery · 4915 Steeles Ave E Unit-7grocery47 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Edge BBQ & Grill Filipino Cuisine · 4915 Steeles Ave E Unit-147 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
No Cap Wings · 4915 Steeles Ave E47 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Starbucks · 4915 Steeles Ave W47 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Bb.q Chicken · 4915 Steeles Ave E Unit-847 mPassed, Aug 2026
Bb.q Chicken · 4915 Steeles Ave E, Unit-847 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 3 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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 340 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Port Royal Jr YMCA (330 m, 110 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 340 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • Port Royal Jr YMCA · 410 Port Royal Trail
    110 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    330 m
  • Midland Child Care Centre · 4220 Midland Ave
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    505 m
  • Heritage Child Care & Early Learning Centre · 44 Port Royal Trail
    49 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    920 m
  • Banting and Best Child Care Centre (380 Goldhawk) · 380 Goldhawk Trail
    118 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · 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 242 (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.0 km away.

FireFire Station 242 · 2.5 km2733 Brimley Rd
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 24 · 3 km3061 Birchmount Rd

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 lots112 lots · ≈27,620 spaces · 82.9 ha
Within 500 m9 lots · ≈650 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 60 m away, ≈104 spaces; 77 m away, ≈196 spaces; 286 m away, ≈64 spaces; 313 m away, ≈7 spaces; 315 m away, ≈52 spaces; 358 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, 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 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north1,531southbound · 75 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the west11,842eastbound · 202 bikes · 5.0% heavy
Total vehicles27,235618 pedestrians · 534 cyclists · 4.5% heavy
From the east12,599westbound · 199 bikes · 4.9% heavy
From the south1,263northbound · 58 bikes · 0.8% heavy
AM peak hour2,325 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,266 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 16, 2026

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 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), 0.5% of the 25,106 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Steeles Ave E · Ashcott St – Brimley Rd · 190 mApr 2025 · 3 days23,22149 km/h59 km/h64 km/h
Ashcott St · Port Royal Trl – Cascaden St · 220 mDec 2005 · 24 h2,99139 km/h49 km/h55 km/h

School-zone speed sign 289 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct37 · 42 km/h
Over the limit5.8%
50 km/h or more0.5%

Port Royal Trl (eastbound), 384/386 Port Royal Trail · 25,106 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 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.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 0.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions18#3575 of 5,508
With an injury4#3100 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201424latest May 2, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jan 7, 2013.

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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 24, 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 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 #450 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.68× the median for a counted intersection.

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), 0.5% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Steeles & Ashcott?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 112 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,620 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Steeles & Ashcott by transit?

Milliken GO is 921 m away; 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 routes 002 Milliken, 008 Kennedy at Steeles Av / Old Kennedy Rd.

What restaurants are near Steeles & Ashcott?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 63 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sugar Sweet Cafe (39 m), Mr Bao Stone Pot Restaurant (43 m), Edge BBQ & Grill Filipino Cuisine (47 m), No Cap Wings (47 m) and Starbucks (47 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Steeles & Ashcott?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 340 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 (330 m, 110 spaces), Midland Child Care Centre (505 m, 63 spaces) and Heritage Child Care & Early Learning Centre (920 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. 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 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