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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 · Oct 13, 2021
This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 1,272 southbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 88. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 426 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 25% above the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. (342). Trucks and buses were 5.1% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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: 342 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 426 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
2023 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 40% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 16, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 5 | |
| With an injury | 2 | |
| Property damage only | 3 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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 Stephen Dr between Cloverhill Rd and River Valley Cres (325 m away) recorded an average of 42 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 50 km/h. That segment carries about 4,100 vehicles a day. Waniska Ave between Smithfield Dr and Aldgate Ave measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Sep 2021).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waniska Ave · Smithfield Dr – Aldgate Ave · 145 m | Sep 2021 · 3 days | 330 | 32 km/h | 42 km/h | 48 km/h |
| Stephen Dr · Cloverhill Rd – River Valley Cres · 325 m | Mar 2025 · 3 days | 4,141 | 42 km/h | 50 km/h | 54 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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Streetcar
- 507 501 508 nearest 348 m · 4 min
- TTC bus
- 66 80 nearest 60 m
- Blue Night
- 301
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Stephen Dr at Whitworth Ave North Side
- Cycling
- Bike Lane on Stephen Dr installed 2008
- Bike Share
- The Queensway / High St 501 m · 6 min · 23 docks · 3 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.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 2 car parks · about 213 spaces
- EV charging
- 625 The Queensway · 1.3 km · 2 Level 2 ports
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 41 mapped lots within 500 m, 278 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface | 1.7 km | 185 * | — |
| 575 Royal York Rd · Surface | 1.9 km | 28 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
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.
Food, shops and services
The nearest grocery store is Market Garden, 471 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 14 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is KFC, 344 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 514 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- KFC · 156 the Queensway344 m · 4 min
- Momo Dumpling Express · 156 the Queensway Unit-1a344 m · 4 min
- Rocco's Plum Tomato · 162 the Queensway390 m · 5 min
- U Know Sushi · 170 the Queensway431 m · 5 min
- Booster Juice · 125 the Queensway517 m · 6 min
- Grocery
- Market Garden 471 m · 6 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Cobs Bread 517 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 514 m · 6 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Plp Early Learning Centre at St. Mark · 111 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day562 m · 7 min
- Humber Bay Child Care Centre · 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day596 m · 7 min
- Munchkinz Preschool Inc. · 31 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day691 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 (7)
- Kinsdale Park517 m · 6 min
- South Humber Park766 m · 9 min
- Bell Manor Park1 km · 11 min
- Jeff Healey Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Park Lawn Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Schools
- St Mark Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 562 m · 7 min
- Etienne Brule Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 596 m · 7 min
- Behaviour Innovations, Children's CollegePrivate · 1.3 km · 15 min
- Behaviour Innovations, Children's CollegePrivate · 1.3 km · 15 min
- Park Lawn Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km · 17 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Humber Bay branch780 m · 9 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 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.
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
52 registered apartment buildings with 1,681 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 5 Newholm Rd (436 m, 27 units, 4 storeys, built 1955), which scored 85 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Newholm Rd | 27 | 4 | 1955 | 85 · Jul 2026 | 436 m · 5 min |
| 8 Newholm Rd · Ronci Management | 26 | 4 | 1958 | 91 · Aug 2025 | 439 m · 5 min |
| 169 Berry Rd · Ronci Management | 25 | 4 | 1958 | 94 · Aug 2026 | 482 m · 6 min |
| 3 Newholm Rd · Hannah Property Management | 25 | 4 | 1947 | 97 · Aug 2025 | 484 m · 6 min |
| 2 Newholm Rd · Gorbay Company Limited | 51 | 4 | 1956 | 92 · Sep 2025 | 499 m · 6 min |
| 1 Newholm Rd · Adriatic Apartments Corp. | 27 | 4 | 1957 | 96 · Nov 2025 | 537 m · 6 min |
52 registered buildings · 1,681 units · tallest 7 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0 | 0 | other (1) |
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 — see Stonegate-Queensway.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Stephen & Waniska a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Stephen & Waniska?
A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2021. Its latest count is from Oct 13, 2021, 27% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Stephen & Waniska a walkable intersection?
Stephen & Waniska scores 30 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: 5 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; library 780 m away; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 14 within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Stephen & Waniska?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Stephen Dr between Cloverhill Rd and River Valley Cres (March 2025), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 50 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Stephen & Waniska?
The nearest Green P car park is 2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) (1.7 km away, 185 spaces). The City's mapping shows 278 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,160 spaces — 41 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 625 The Queensway (1.3 km).
How do I get to Stephen & Waniska by transit?
Streetcar routes 507, 501, 508 stop within 1 km, the nearest 348 m away; bus routes 66, 80 within 1 km (nearest stop: Stephen Dr at Whitworth Ave North Side, 60 m).
What restaurants are near Stephen & Waniska?
None within 300 m, and 14 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are KFC (344 m), Momo Dumpling Express (344 m), Rocco's Plum Tomato (390 m), U Know Sushi (431 m) and Booster Juice (517 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Stephen & Waniska?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 293 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Plp Early Learning Centre at St. Mark (562 m, 111 spaces), Humber Bay Child Care Centre (596 m, 151 spaces) and Munchkinz Preschool Inc. (691 m, 31 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Stephen & Waniska?
52 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,681 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5 Newholm Rd (436 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 8 Newholm Rd (439 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 169 Berry Rd (482 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 3 Newholm Rd (484 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 52 is 93 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Stephen & Waniska?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Stonegate-Queensway page.
What neighbourhood is Stephen & Waniska in?
Stephen & Waniska is in Stonegate-Queensway (City of Toronto neighbourhood 016). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.
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 Oct 13, 2021.
- 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.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- 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.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 3 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: 43.63325, -79.48550 · centreline node 13469048.