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 volume8-hour count · Jan 31, 2023
The east leg carries the load — 9,657 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 302. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,189 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 17% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (2,718). Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, 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.
Peak hours: 2,718 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,189 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
2019 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jan 29, 2019.
Of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, two were fatal. 2 pedestrians and 1 motorcyclist were among those hurt. 1 of the 3 happened in darkness — 33%, about the citywide 39%. The most recent was on Jun 2, 2023.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 1 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 1 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 3 | #56 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 2 | #18 of 319 |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | #53 of 879 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| In darkness | 1 | 33% here vs 39% citywide |
| All KSI since 2006 | 3 | latest Jun 2, 2023 |
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.
Traffic on these streets
The City's most recent midblock count on Bluffwood Dr between Morning Gloryway and Steeles Ave E (28 m away, Jun 2016) recorded volume only — about 2,222 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluffwood Dr · Morning Gloryway – Steeles Ave E · 28 m | Jun 2016 · 3 days | 2,222 | — | — | — |
| Steeles Ave E · Bluffwood Dr – Leslie St · 149 m | Apr 2014 · 3 days | 47,948 | — | — | — |
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 1364, activated 1980 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 53 151 nearest 20 m
- Express
- 953
- Blue Night
- 353
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Bluffwood Dr; Steeles Ave East at Fairway Heights Dr
- 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
- 1 mapped lot within 500 m, 53 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. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 5 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Domino's Pizza, 732 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 1.0 km away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Chartwell Gibson Long Term Care Residence, a long-term care home 236 m away; Chartwell Gibson Retirement Residence, a retirement home 310 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Domino's Pizza · 1553 Steeles Ave E None732 m · 9 min
- King's Korean Noodle · 1549 Steeles Ave E732 m · 9 min
- Subway · 1533 Steeles Ave E732 m · 9 min
- Tim Hortons · 1567 Steeles Ave E None732 m · 9 min
- The Eatery at Cmcc · 6100 Leslie St908 m · 11 min
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 1 km · 11 min
- Health and care
- Chartwell Gibson Long Term Care Residence · long-term care home236 m
- Chartwell Gibson Retirement Residence · retirement home310 m · 4 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
- Saddletree Park471 m · 6 min
- Bestview Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Cummer Parkette1.2 km · 14 min
- Duncan Creek Park1.2 km · 15 min
- Cummer Park1.4 km · 17 min
- Community centres
- Cummer Park Community Centre1.3 km · 16 min
- Schools
- Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College SchoolPrivate · 909 m · 11 min
- Steelesview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- A Y Jackson Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 15 min
- St Matthias C.s. (Temporary Location)English 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 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 6 | 1 | 0 | house driveway/garage (4), apartment parking (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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Steeles & Bluffwood a dangerous intersection?
By serious injuries, yes: it ranks #56 of 1,505 for killed-or-seriously-injured collisions in 2016–2025. 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 & Bluffwood?
A major arterial intersection at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Jan 31, 2023, 2.1× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Steeles & Bluffwood a walkable intersection?
Steeles & Bluffwood scores 26 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 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km; 3 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.9 km. 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.
Where can I park near Steeles & Bluffwood?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 53 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 6,490 spaces — 1 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Steeles & Bluffwood by transit?
Bus routes 53, 151, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Bluffwood Dr, 20 m).
What restaurants are near Steeles & Bluffwood?
None within 300 m, and 5 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Domino's Pizza (732 m), King's Korean Noodle (732 m), Subway (732 m), Tim Hortons (732 m) and The Eatery at Cmcc (908 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 a public washroom near Steeles & Bluffwood?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 462 m away at Saddletree Park.
How many thefts are reported at Steeles & Bluffwood?
Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the neighbourhood page.
What ward is Steeles & Bluffwood in?
Steeles & Bluffwood 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 Jan 31, 2023.
- 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: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; 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.
- 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: 43.80772, -79.37610 · centreline node 13442811.