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Victoria Park & Sparks

Victoria Park Ave & Sparks Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Steeles · Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt

Victoria Park & Sparks is a moderately travelled crossing. It sits in Steeles. At the corner: 3 schools within 250 m. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
10,084
vehicles · 14-hour count, Dec 6, 2023
88 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · #1692 busiest
Collisions
56
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 38 property damage · #1883 of 5,508
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #629 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 720 vehicles, 62% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 115 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 5.6 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 5.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. The pace has been steady: 28 collisions in 2016–2020 and 28 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 56 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Victoria Park & Sparks

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
24391674253 nearest 18 m
Express
924953
Blue Night
353
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Victoria Park Ave at Sparks Ave
Regional
York Region Transit 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Sparks Av17 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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (18)
  • Queen's Elite Academy of CanadaPrivate · 76 m
  • William Academy Scarborough CampusPrivate · 150 m
  • Ut Preparatory Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 233 m
  • Toronto International College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 348 m
  • Covenant Central AcademyPrivate · 409 m
  • Toronto Heuristic International AcademyPrivate · 550 m
  • and 12 more
Parks (6)
  • Huntsmill Park771 m
  • Bamburgh Park1 km
  • Chester Le Park1.1 km
  • Candlebrook Crescent Park1.3 km
  • Shawnee Park1.3 km
  • Cliffwood Park1.3 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Steeles branch1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 10 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 46. The nearest is Not Fresh, 49 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 46 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Not Fresh · 3680 Victoria Park Ave Unit-649 mPassed, May 2026
Zeev's Nutrition Studio · 3614 Victoria Park Ave125 mPassed, Feb 2024
Archery Circuit · 3791 Victoria Park Ave146 mPassed, May 2026
Pepper Meets Pepper Hunan Cuisine · 3618 Victoria Park Ave204 mPassed, Aug 2026
The Green Isle · 3608 Victoria Park Ave231 mPassed, Aug 2026
The Green Isle · 3608 Victoria Park Ave231 mPassed, May 2025 · 1 infraction
Huda Restaurant · 4035 Gordon Baker Rd238 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Karkumi Cafe · 4033 Gordon Baker Rd238 mPassed, Sep 2026

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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 337 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Nicholas Child Care Centre - Network (359 m, 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 337 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 5
  • St. Nicholas Child Care Centre - Network · 1020 McNicoll Ave
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    359 m
  • Grace Christian School - Day Nursery · 201 Tempo Ave
    91 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    378 m
  • Narmer Montessori School · 41 Glendinning Ave
    18 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    590 m
  • Petite Luminaries Childcare · 155 Gordon Baker Rd
    89 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    646 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 241 (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.5 km away.

FireFire Station 241 · 1.3 km3325 Warden Ave
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 24 · 2.5 km3061 Birchmount Rd

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 lots216 lots · ≈42,900 spaces · 128.7 ha
Within 500 m37 lots · ≈12,690 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 99 m away, ≈1,104 spaces; 114 m away, ≈368 spaces; 116 m away, ≈422 spaces; 204 m away, ≈507 spaces; 208 m away, ≈54 spaces; 215 m away, ≈247 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 — 14-hour, Dec 6, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 5,545 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 55% of the total, against 458 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,792 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 1,490 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 6.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north5,545southbound · 14 bikes · 5.9% heavy
From the west458eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.8% heavy
Total vehicles10,08488 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · 6.3% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south4,081northbound · 5 bikes · 7.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,490 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,792 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Dec 6, 2023

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

On Victoria Park Ave between Sparks Ave and Gordon Baker Rd, 123 m from the corner, a 3-day count in December 2023 put the average speed at 46 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 58 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 18,100 vehicles a day. Sparks Ave between Gordon Baker Rd and Victoria Park Ave measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 52 km/h (Dec 2010).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Victoria Park Ave · Sparks Ave – Gordon Baker Rd · 123 mDec 2023 · 3 days18,06246 km/h58 km/h63 km/h
Sparks Ave · Gordon Baker Rd – Victoria Park Ave · 300 mDec 2010 · 24 h3,38140 km/h52 km/h58 km/h

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

The worst year was 2016, with 9 collisions; 2025 recorded 5. 3 collisions (5%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 15 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 27% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. The most recent report on file is from Dec 11, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions56#1883 of 5,508
With an injury3#3158 of 4,660
Property damage only38
Fail to remain15
Involving a pedestrian2#1514 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified14
All since 201467latest Dec 11, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Mar 25, 2021.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#629 of 1,505
Fatal1#299 of 319
Involving a pedestrian1#317 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Mar 25, 2021

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

Nine thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 89% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle941street/outdoor (8), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 24, 2026. 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 Steeles.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Victoria Park & Sparks a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#629 of 1,505), out of 56 reported 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 Victoria Park & Sparks?

A moderately travelled crossing. It ranks #1692 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 62% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Victoria Park & Sparks?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Victoria Park Ave between Sparks Ave and Gordon Baker Rd (December 2023), found an average of 46 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Victoria Park & Sparks?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 216 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 42,900 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Victoria Park & Sparks by transit?

Bus routes 24, 39, 167, 42, 53, 924, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Victoria Park Ave at Sparks Ave, 18 m); York Region Transit route 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Sparks Av.

What restaurants are near Victoria Park & Sparks?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 46 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Not Fresh (49 m), Zeev's Nutrition Studio (125 m), Archery Circuit (146 m), Pepper Meets Pepper Hunan Cuisine (204 m) and The Green Isle (231 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 Victoria Park & Sparks?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 337 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Nicholas Child Care Centre - Network (359 m, 62 spaces), Grace Christian School - Day Nursery (378 m, 91 spaces) and Narmer Montessori School (590 m, 18 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Victoria Park & Sparks?

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Steeles page.

What neighbourhood is Victoria Park & Sparks in?

Victoria Park & Sparks is in Steeles (City of Toronto neighbourhood 116). It is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.

Sources

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