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
The east leg carries the load — 10,635 westbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 831. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,487 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 23% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (2,843). Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. 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: 2,843 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,487 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
2017 was the peak year (12 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 45% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Nov 5, 2022.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Dec 12, 2014.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 51 | |
| With an injury | 23 | |
| Property damage only | 28 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 3 | latest Dec 12, 2014 |
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
The City's counter on Townsend Rd between Freshmeadow Dr and Low Meadoway (159 m away) recorded an average of 42 km/h in its 24-hour count in January 2015; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 1,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 11 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Freshmeadow Dr (273 m away, 30 km/h limit), 8.5% of the 43,179 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steeles Ave E · Don Mills Rd – Steeles Av E · 44 m | Apr 2014 · 3 days | 53,445 | — | — | — |
| Townsend Rd · Freshmeadow Dr – Low Meadoway · 159 m | Jan 2015 · 24 h | 1,391 | 42 km/h | 49 km/h | 54 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Freshmeadow Dr (eastbound), 273 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 27 km/h, 85th percentile 37 km/h; 8.5% at 40 km/h or more. 43,179 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 1185, activated 1978 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 53 25 151 nearest 23 m
- Express
- 953 925
- Blue Night
- 353 325
- Nearest stops
- 7 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Townsend Rd; Steeles Ave East at Townsend Rd West Side
- Regional
- York Region Transit 003 Thornhill 090 Leslie 090B Leslie at The Shops On Steeles Stop # 4289132 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
- 4 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 18 mapped lots within 500 m, 55 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 Freshco, 662 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 8 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Hi Yogurt, 662 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 311 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Hi Yogurt · 2395 Don Mills Rd662 m · 8 min
- 3a Noodle · 3875 Don Mills Rd None676 m · 8 min
- Pizza Hot Wings · 3883 Don Mills Rd676 m · 8 min
- Sengyo Sushi · 3887 Don Mills Rd None676 m · 8 min
- Tastee · 3913 Don Mills Rd None676 m · 8 min
- Grocery
- Freshco 662 m · 8 min
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 311 m · 4 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Arbor Glen Community Child Care Centre · 95 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day326 m · 4 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
- Cliffwood Park1 km · 12 min
- Duncan Creek Park1.4 km · 16 min
- Schools
- Arbor Glen Public SchoolEnglish Public · 326 m · 4 min
- Highland Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 887 m · 11 min
- St Matthias C.s. (Temporary Location)English Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Cliffwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 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 community centre, 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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
One registered apartment building with 397 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner, it is social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 4000 Don Mills Rd (358 m, 397 units, 6 storeys, built 1980), which scored 95 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4000 Don Mills Rd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 397 | 6 | 1980 | 95 · Jun 2024 | 358 m · 4 min |
1 registered building · 397 units · 1 social housing · tallest 6 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 & Townsend a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 51 lesser collisions. 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 & Townsend?
A heavily travelled arterial crossing at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Jan 31, 2023, 2.4× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Steeles & Townsend a walkable intersection?
Steeles & Townsend scores 34 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 500 m; 7 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 8 within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals. Steeles Avenue is the city limit, so nothing on the north side of the street is counted.
How fast do cars go at Steeles & Townsend?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Townsend Rd between Freshmeadow Dr and Low Meadoway (January 2015), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 273 m away (30 km/h), 8.5% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Steeles & Townsend?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 55 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,470 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Steeles & Townsend by transit?
Bus routes 53, 25, 151, 953, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Townsend Rd, 23 m); York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie at The Shops On Steeles Stop # 4289.
What restaurants are near Steeles & Townsend?
None within 300 m, and 8 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Hi Yogurt (662 m), 3a Noodle (676 m), Pizza Hot Wings (676 m), Sengyo Sushi (676 m) and Tastee (676 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 & Townsend?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 95 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Arbor Glen Community Child Care Centre (326 m, 95 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Steeles & Townsend?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 397 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 4000 Don Mills Rd (358 m, 397 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 95 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is Steeles & Townsend in?
Steeles & Townsend is in Hillcrest Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 048). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.
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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 17 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: 43.81192, -79.35756 · centreline node 13442457.