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
Traffic is heaviest from the east: 8,154 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 726 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,426 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,617 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.5% 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.
Peak hours: 2,426 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,617 from 5:00 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.
Of the four serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 4 pedestrians were among those hurt. 2 of the 4 happened in darkness — 50%, about the citywide 39%. 2020 alone accounted for 2 of them. The most recent was on Oct 17, 2024. Going back to 2006, the total is 6.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 0 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 0 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 4 | #29 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 4 | #7 of 879 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 2 | 50% here vs 39% citywide |
| All KSI since 2006 | 6 | latest Oct 17, 2024 |
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 Steeles Ave E between Birchmount Rd and Kelvin Grove Ave, 197 m from the corner, a 3-day count in July 2025 put the average speed at 53 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 61 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 67 km/h or more. That segment carries about 38,400 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvin Grove Ave · Canongate Trl – Steeles Ave E · 123 m | Jun 2016 · 3 days | 4,131 | — | — | — |
| Steeles Ave E · Birchmount Rd – Kelvin Grove Ave · 197 m | Jul 2025 · 3 days | 38,439 | 53 km/h | 61 km/h | 67 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.
- The crossing
- Signal 1503, activated 1986 · 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 17 43 57 nearest 24 m
- Express
- 953
- Blue Night
- 353 343
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Kelvin Grove Ave; Steeles Ave East at Putnam Gate
- Regional
- York Region Transit 008 Kennedy at Steeles Av / Putnam Gate37 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
- no post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 32 bikes within 600 m
- Other lots
- 2 mapped lots within 500 m, 80 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; 17 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Bejing Tong Ren Tang, 525 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Skl Guardian Drugs, 75 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Bejing Tong Ren Tang · 4577 Steeles Ave E525 m · 6 min
- Fat Ninja Bite · 3517 Kennedy Rd 1548 m · 7 min
- Nichiban Sushi 4 U · 3517 Kennedy Rd Unit-3548 m · 7 min
- 3477 Bar and Lounge · 3477 Kennedy Rd, Flr-2687 m · 8 min
- Embassy Snooker Sport Bar · 3477 Kennedy Rd 2, Unit 1717 m · 9 min
- Food shops
- Allan's Pastry Shop Ltd. 813 m · 10 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Skl Guardian Drugs 75 m · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Family Day Kennedy Extended Day & School Age Program · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day649 m · 8 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
- Sanwood Park559 m · 7 min
- Shepton Way Park1 km · 12 min
- Terry Fox Park1.5 km · 17 min
- Schools
- Kennedy Public SchoolEnglish Public · 650 m · 8 min
- Wales College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 757 m · 9 min
- Terry Fox Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Mary Ward Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.3 km · 16 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Steeles branch1.4 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, a community centre, 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Steeles & Kelvin Grove a dangerous intersection?
By serious injuries, yes: it ranks #29 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 & Kelvin Grove?
A busier-than-typical intersection at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Jan 31, 2023, 1.90× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Steeles & Kelvin Grove a walkable intersection?
Steeles & Kelvin Grove scores 25 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 school 0.7 km · 1 licensed child care within 1 km; nearest park 0.6 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 & Kelvin Grove?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Steeles Ave E between Birchmount Rd and Kelvin Grove Ave (July 2025), found an average of 53 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 61 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Steeles & Kelvin Grove?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 80 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,720 spaces — 2 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Steeles & Kelvin Grove by transit?
Bus routes 53, 17, 43, 57, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Kelvin Grove Ave, 24 m); York Region Transit route 008 Kennedy at Steeles Av / Putnam Gate.
What restaurants are near Steeles & Kelvin Grove?
None within 300 m, and 17 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Bejing Tong Ren Tang (525 m), Fat Ninja Bite (548 m), Nichiban Sushi 4 U (548 m), 3477 Bar and Lounge (687 m) and Embassy Snooker Sport Bar (717 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 child care near Steeles & Kelvin Grove?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 43 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Family Day Kennedy Extended Day & School Age Program (649 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What ward is Steeles & Kelvin Grove in?
Steeles & Kelvin Grove is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.
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; 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.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 22 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: 43.82250, -79.31222 · centreline node 13441856.