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
The east leg carries the load — 5,559 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 10. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,766 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 100% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (883). Heavy vehicles made up 4.3% 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: 883 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,766 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 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 Nov 2, 2008.
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 Steeles Ave W between Steinway Blvd and Signal Hill Ave (0 m away, Jun 2016) recorded volume only — about 4,815 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steeles Ave W · Steinway Blvd – Signal Hill Ave · 0 m | Jun 2016 · 3 days | 4,815 | — | — | — |
| Signal Hill Ave · Steeles Ave W – Steinway Blvd · 150 m | Jun 2012 · 3 days | 4,298 | — | — | — |
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 1980, activated 2003 · 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
- 60 73 nearest 33 m
- Express
- 927 960
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m — Signal Hill Ave at Steeles Ave West
- Regional
- Brampton Transit 11 Steeles 50 Gore Road at Steeles Ave W/of Signal Hill Ave29 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
- 6 mapped lots within 500 m, 63 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
The nearest grocery store is Akhigbe African-Caribbean Food Market, 312 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 7 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Coffee & Donuts, 107 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Coffee & Donuts · 6953 Steeles Ave W107 m
- Id Love Restaurant · 21 Signal Hill Ave, Unit-1144 m
- Id Love Restaurant and Lounge · 21 Signal Hill Ave Unit-1144 m
- Vyapka Global · 25 Signal Hill Ave Unit-2232 m
- Dharmayug Kathiyawadi Food · 6923 Steeles Ave W Unit-4269 m · 3 min
- Grocery
- Akhigbe African-Caribbean Food Market 312 m · 4 min
- Food shops
- United Star Seafood & Sheik Halal Farms Inc 601 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
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
- Schools
- Hope AcademyPrivate · 1.2 km · 15 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 pharmacy, a park, a community centre, 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Steeles & Signal Hill 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 & Signal Hill?
A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Dec 10, 2022, 1.21× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Steeles & Signal Hill a walkable intersection?
Steeles & Signal Hill scores 32 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 grocery store within 1 km · 5 places to eat within 300 m; 2 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km; nearest school 1.2 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 & Signal Hill?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 63 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,660 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Steeles & Signal Hill by transit?
Bus routes 60, 73, 927, 960 within 1 km (nearest stop: Signal Hill Ave at Steeles Ave West, 33 m); Brampton Transit routes 11 Steeles, 50 Gore Road at Steeles Ave W/of Signal Hill Ave.
What restaurants are near Steeles & Signal Hill?
5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 7 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Coffee & Donuts (107 m), Id Love Restaurant (144 m), Id Love Restaurant and Lounge (144 m), Vyapka Global (232 m) and Dharmayug Kathiyawadi Food (269 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours, and nothing on the north side of Steeles, which is outside Toronto, is in it.
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; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- 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: 43.75302, -79.62504 · centreline node 13450366.