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 · Aug 18, 2026
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 15,456 westbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 314. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,998 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 26% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (2,378). Heavy vehicles made up 2.6% 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: 2,378 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 2,998 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.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Sep 17, 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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2020
The City's counter on Steeles Ave E between Purple Sageway and Edgar Woods Rd (330 m away) recorded an average of 60 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 68 km/h. That segment carries about 25,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspenwood Dr · Steeles Ave E – Rock Mossway · 39 m | Jun 2016 · 3 days | 1,367 | — | — | — |
| Steeles Ave E · Purple Sageway – Edgar Woods Rd · 330 m | Nov 2020 · 3 days | 25,409 | 60 km/h | 68 km/h | 74 km/h |
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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 53 151 25 nearest 141 m
- Express
- 953 925
- Blue Night
- 353 325
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m
- Regional
- York Region Transit 003 Thornhill 090 Leslie 090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Steeles Av637 m · 8 min
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- 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
- 8 mapped lots within 500 m, 55 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
The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 675 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Chartwell Gibson Long Term Care Residence, a long-term care home 588 m away; Chartwell Gibson Retirement Residence, a retirement home 519 m away.
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 675 m · 8 min
- Health and care
- Chartwell Gibson Long Term Care Residence · long-term care home588 m · 7 min
- Chartwell Gibson Retirement Residence · retirement home519 m · 6 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
- Duncan Creek Park1 km · 12 min
- Saddletree Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Cummer Parkette1.3 km · 15 min
- Cliffwood Park1.4 km · 17 min
- Cummer Park1.5 km · 18 min
- Community centres
- Cummer Park Community Centre1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools (6)
- St Matthias C.s. (Temporary Location)English Public · 629 m · 7 min
- Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College SchoolPrivate · 1 km · 12 min
- Cliffwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Arbor Glen Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Highland Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 16 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 restaurant or café, a grocery store, licensed child care, a library or a public washroom.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
One registered apartment building with 397 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner, it is social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 4000 Don Mills Rd (603 m, 397 units, 6 storeys, built 1980), which scored 95 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4000 Don Mills Rd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 397 | 6 | 1980 | 95 · Jun 2024 | 603 m · 7 min |
1 registered building · 397 units · 1 social housing · tallest 6 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Steeles & Aspenwood a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no collisions of any severity. 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 & Aspenwood?
A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #324 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.88× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Steeles & Aspenwood a walkable intersection?
Steeles & Aspenwood scores 14 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: 2 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; nearest park 1 km · nearest centre 1.4 km; nearest school 0.6 km. Steeles Avenue is the city limit, so nothing on the north side of the street is counted.
How fast do cars go at Steeles & Aspenwood?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Steeles Ave E between Purple Sageway and Edgar Woods Rd (November 2020), found an average of 60 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 68 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Steeles & Aspenwood?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 55 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,050 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Steeles & Aspenwood by transit?
Bus routes 53, 151, 25, 953, 925 within 1 km; York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Steeles Av.
What apartment buildings are near Steeles & Aspenwood?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 397 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 4000 Don Mills Rd (603 m, 397 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 95 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is Steeles & Aspenwood in?
Steeles & Aspenwood is in Hillcrest Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 048). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.
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 Aug 18, 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.
- Within a walk: 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 17 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: 43.80959, -79.36775 · centreline node 13442637.