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 · Dec 10, 2022 · weekend
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 7,212 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 600. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,120 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 48% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,432). Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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: 1,432 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,120 from 2:00 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 Jun 9, 2012.
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 Founders Rd between Steeles Ave W and Ian Macdonald Blvd (86 m away, Jun 2016) recorded volume only — about 6,494 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founders Rd · Steeles Ave W – Ian Macdonald Blvd · 86 m | Jun 2016 · 3 days | 6,494 | — | — | — |
| Steeles Ave W · Founders Rd – Howard Moscoe Way · 194 m | May 2014 · 3 days | 21,930 | — | — | — |
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 1214, activated 1978 · leading pedestrian interval East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- York University (Line 1)763 m · 9 min; Pioneer Village Station (Line 1)787 m · 9 min
- TTC bus
- 60 41 35 106 108 166 84 nearest 23 m
- Express
- 935 960
- Blue Night
- 353 335 341
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave West at Founders Rd - York University; Steeles Ave West at Founders Rd East Side - York University
- Regional
- York Region Transit 003 Thornhill 020 Jane 096 Keele - Yonge 107 Keele 107B Keele 165 Weston at Steeles Av / Founders Rd22 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Pioneer Village Subway Station 688 m · 8 min · 11 docks · 3 stations, 42 docks 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
- 1 car park · about 1,881 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 6 mapped lots within 500 m, 149 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2800 Steeles Ave W. · Surface | 582 m | 1,881 * | — |
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 grocery store is The Market (Bergeron Entre), 1.0 km away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 34 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Gino's Pizza, 1.0 km away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 852 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Gino's Pizza · 4700 Keele St1 km · 12 min
- Hot Dog Express (Outside Student Centre ) · 4700 Keele St1 km · 12 min
- Pagoda · 4700 Keele St, Unit-F1071 km · 12 min
- Sakura - York Lanes · 4700 Keele St, Unit-12-131 km · 12 min
- Treats · 4700 Keele St1 km · 12 min
- Grocery
- The Market (Bergeron Entre) 1 km · 12 min
- Food shops
- Afro Spice Cuizeen 1 km · 12 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 852 m · 10 min · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre (the) · 25 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day1 km · 12 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
- Keele Reservoir1.3 km · 15 min
- Community centres
- Toronto Track and Field Centre537 m · 6 min
- Schools
- York U - Keele CampusUniversity · 1 km · 12 min
- Seneca College (Seneca at York Campus)College · 1.1 km · 13 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 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 two thefts from vehicles 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | street/outdoor (2) |
| 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 & Founders 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 & Founders?
A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Dec 10, 2022, 1.59× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Steeles & Founders a walkable intersection?
Steeles & Founders scores 42 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: York University 0.8 km · 3 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km; nearest park 1.3 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 34 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.
Where can I park near Steeles & Founders?
The nearest Green P car park is 2800 Steeles Ave W. (582 m away, 1,881 spaces). The City's mapping shows 149 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,030 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Steeles & Founders by transit?
York University (Line 1) is 763 m away; bus routes 60, 41, 35, 106, 108, 166, 84, 935 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave West at Founders Rd - York University, 23 m); York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 020 Jane, 096 Keele - Yonge, 107 Keele at Steeles Av / Founders Rd.
What restaurants are near Steeles & Founders?
None within 300 m, and 34 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Gino's Pizza (1.0 km), Hot Dog Express (Outside Student Centre ) (1.0 km), Pagoda (1.0 km), Sakura - York Lanes (1.0 km) and Treats (1.0 km). 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 & Founders?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 25 spaces in total; it does not accept City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre (the) (1.0 km, 25 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Steeles & Founders?
Toronto Police place two 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.
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 Dec 10, 2022.
- 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; 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: 43.77924, -79.50436 · centreline node 13446357.