Toronto · intersection · signal 1214

Steeles & Founders

Steeles Ave W & Founders Rd · Toronto, Ontario

Steeles & Founders, in Toronto, is a moderately heavy crossing. Nearby is Pioneer Village Station (Line 1) 487 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
14,716
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 10, 2022
58 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Pioneer Village Station 487 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,840 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.59× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 254 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13.

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Steeles & Founders

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Pioneer Village Station (Line 1)487 m; York University (Line 1)675 m
TTC bus
60411661068435108107 nearest 23 m
Express
960935
Blue Night
353335341
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 Thornhill020 Jane096 Keele - Yonge107 Keele107B Keele165 Weston at Steeles Av / Founders Rd22 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Pioneer Village Subway Station 454 m · 11 docks · 4 stations, 57 docks 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 (2)
  • York U - Keele CampusUniversity · 668 m
  • Seneca College (Seneca at York Campus)College · 1 km
Community centres
  • Toronto Track and Field Centre362 m
Parks (6)
  • Keele Reservoir1 km
  • 175 the Pond Road Park1.2 km
  • Fred Young Park1.4 km
  • Dan Iannuzzi Park1.4 km
  • Jack Evelyn Wiggins Park1.4 km
  • Driftwood Parkette1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Village at Black Creek (Black Creek Pioneer Village)Museum · 1.1 km
Signal
1214, activated 1978 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 51 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is York Lions Stadium Concessions, 425 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 51 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 2 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
York Lions Stadium Concessions · 230 Ian Macdonald Blvd None425 mPassed, Jul 2026
Booster Juice · 4700 Keele St667 mPassed, Jan 2024
Booster Juice · 4700 Keele St667 mPassed, Nov 2024
Chaska · 4700 Keele St, Unit-17667 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 4 infractions
Gino's Pizza · 4700 Keele St667 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 2 infractions
Hot Dog Express (Outside Student Centre ) · 4700 Keele St667 mPassed, Oct 2025
Pagoda · 4700 Keele St, Unit-F107667 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 1 infraction
Qoola Frozen Yogurt Bar · 4700 Keele St667 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 4 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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 174 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre (the) (668 m, 25 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 174 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 2
  • Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre (the) · 4700 Keele St
    25 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    668 m
  • York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre · 90 Atkinson Rd
    149 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    902 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 141 (1.7 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (3.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.6 km away.

FireFire Station 141 · 1.7 km4100 Keele St
Police31 Division · 3.1 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 3.6 km4330 Dufferin St

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 lots249 lots · ≈45,020 spaces · 135.1 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈2,660 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 2,269 spaces
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 1.6 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.9 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2800 Steeles Ave W. · Surface566 m1,881 *
7332 Jane St · Surface1.4 km53 *
3950 Keele Street · Surface1.8 km335 *

Nearest lots: 119 m away, ≈607 spaces; 228 m away, ≈1,296 spaces; 276 m away, ≈6 spaces; 282 m away, ≈12 spaces; 331 m away, ≈2 spaces; 370 m away, ≈7 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 — 8-hour, Dec 10, 2022 (a weekend day)

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 16,183 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.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west6,904eastbound · 3 bikes · 3.9% heavy
Total vehicles14,71658 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east7,212westbound · 0 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the south600northbound · 0 bikes · 0.8% heavy
AM peak hour1,432 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,120 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 10, 2022 · weekend

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 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 segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Founders Rd · Steeles Ave W – Ian Macdonald Blvd · 86 mJun 2016 · 3 days6,494
Steeles Ave W · Founders Rd – Howard Moscoe Way · 194 mMay 2014 · 3 days21,930

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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jun 9, 2012.

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 two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle220street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 29, 2023. 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. Its latest count is from Dec 10, 2022, 1.59× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Steeles & Founders?

The nearest Green P car park is 2800 Steeles Ave W. (566 m away, 1,881 spaces). The City's mapping shows 249 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 45,020 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (1.6 km).

How do I get to Steeles & Founders by transit?

Pioneer Village Station (Line 1) is 487 m away; bus routes 60, 41, 166, 106, 84, 35, 108, 107 and 2 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 51 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are York Lions Stadium Concessions (425 m), Booster Juice (667 m), Booster Juice (667 m), Chaska (667 m) and Gino's Pizza (667 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 & Founders?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 174 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre (the) (668 m, 25 spaces) and York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre (902 m, 149 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. 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 neighbourhood page.

Sources

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