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Steeles & Conacher

Steeles Ave E & Conacher Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Newtonbrook East · Ward 18, Willowdale

Steeles & Conacher sits in Newtonbrook East. At the City's last count here, in 2023, it was a moderately heavy crossing. Nearby are 4 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
17,169
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 31, 2023
551 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
24/100
city median 48
no restaurant within 1 km

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

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Steeles & Conacher

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

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 8,883 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 348 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,548 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,523 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. 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.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west7,938eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles17,169551 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 4.1% heavy
From the east8,883westbound · 0 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the south348northbound · 0 bikes · 2.9% heavy

Peak hours: 2,548 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,523 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 collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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.

How fast traffic moves here

On Conacher Dr between Nevada Ave and Gossamer Ave, 228 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in January 2008 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 57 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 18 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Steeles Ave E (71 m away, 50 km/h limit), 9.7% of the 252,475 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Conacher Dr · Nevada Ave – Gossamer Ave · 228 mJan 2008 · 24 h1,06943 km/h57 km/h63 km/h
Steeles Ave E · Maxome Ave – Conacher Dr · 259 mApr 2014 · 3 days20,866———
Speed sign
Steeles Ave E (westbound), 71 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 48 km/h, 85th percentile 58 km/h; 9.7% at 60 km/h or more. 252,475 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 1556, activated 1988 · 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 11 nearest 17 m
Express
953
Blue Night
353
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Conacher Dr
Regional
York Region Transit 091 Bayview at Steeles Av / Conacher Dr16 m
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
3 mapped lots within 500 m, 52 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 pharmacy in the Ministry of Health's register is within a kilometre of this corner. The nearest hospital site is St. John's Rehab, 1.8 km away.

Child care
  • PLASP St. Agnes - Toronto · 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 12 min
1 licensed centre · 28 spaces within 1 km · accepts City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • St. John's Rehab · hospital site1.8 km · 21 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 (9)
  • Creekside Park396 m · 5 min
  • Debell Lane Parkette553 m · 7 min
  • Garnier Park750 m · 9 min
  • Caswell Park792 m · 9 min
  • Conacher Park822 m · 10 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Schools
  • Brebeuf College SchoolEnglish Separate · 316 m · 4 min
  • St Agnes Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
  • Lillian Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 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, a pharmacy, a community centre, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

24of 100
Scored from the records above

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.

  • Groceries and food0/30

    no food premises on file

  • Transit10/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation4/10

    1 park within 500 m

  • Schools and child care4/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking

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

Within a kilometre there is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 235 rental units. The nearest is 4005 Bayview Ave (659 m, 235 units, 12 storeys, built 1971), which scored 97 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
4005 Bayview Ave · Sterling Karamar Property Management23512197197 · Jun 2024659 m · 8 min

1 registered building · 235 units · tallest 12 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 & Conacher 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 & Conacher?

A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Jan 31, 2023, 1.86× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Steeles & Conacher a walkable intersection?

Steeles & Conacher scores 24 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 1 km; 1 park within 500 m; 3 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking. Steeles Avenue is the city limit, so nothing on the north side of the street is counted.

How fast do cars go at Steeles & Conacher?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Conacher Dr between Nevada Ave and Gossamer Ave (January 2008), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 71 m away (50 km/h), 9.7% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Steeles & Conacher?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 52 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 7,780 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Steeles & Conacher by transit?

Bus routes 53, 11, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Conacher Dr, 17 m); York Region Transit route 091 Bayview at Steeles Av / Conacher Dr.

Is there a public washroom near Steeles & Conacher?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 539 m away at Debell Lane Parkette.

Is there child care near Steeles & Conacher?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 28 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is PLASP St. Agnes - Toronto (1.0 km, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Steeles & Conacher?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 235 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 4005 Bayview Ave (659 m, 235 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 97 out of 100.

What neighbourhood is Steeles & Conacher in?

Steeles & Conacher is in Newtonbrook East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 050). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined