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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 volume14-hour count · 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 16,177 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.
Peak hours: 1,490 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,792 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
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. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 7, 2026.
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
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 56 | #1883 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 3 | |
| Property damage only | 38 | |
| Fail to remain | 15 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | #1514 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 14 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | #629 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | #317 of 879 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Mar 25, 2021 |
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 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 segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Park Ave · Sparks Ave – Gordon Baker Rd · 123 m | Dec 2023 · 3 days | 18,062 | 46 km/h | 58 km/h | 63 km/h |
| Sparks Ave · Gordon Baker Rd – Victoria Park Ave · 300 m | Dec 2010 · 24 h | 3,381 | 40 km/h | 52 km/h | 58 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
- TTC bus
- 24 39 42 167 53 nearest 18 m
- Express
- 924 953
- Blue Night
- 353
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Victoria Park Ave at Sparks Ave
- Regional
- York Region Transit 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Sparks Av19 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
- 19 mapped lots within 500 m, 124 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.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. Toronto Public Health inspects 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 28. The nearest is Not Fresh, 51 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Dom's Pharmacy, 215 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Tendercare Living Centre, a long-term care home 430 m away; McNicoll Manor / Moll Berczy Haus, a retirement home 429 m away. Toronto Christian Community Church - St. John's McNicoll Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 686 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Not Fresh · 3680 Victoria Park Ave Unit-651 m
- Archery Circuit · 3791 Victoria Park Ave193 m
- Pepper Meets Pepper Hunan Cuisine · 3618 Victoria Park Ave273 m · 3 min
- Infinity Black · 3570 Victoria Park Ave, Unit-100a286 m · 3 min
- Yyds Ktv · 3560 Victoria Park Ave Unit-1-2294 m · 4 min
- Food shops
- M & Y Bakery 611 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Dom's Pharmacy 215 m · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- St. Nicholas Child Care Centre - Network · 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day428 m · 5 min
- Grace Christian School - Day Nursery · 91 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day526 m · 6 min
- Narmer Montessori School · 18 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day826 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Tendercare Living Centre · long-term care home430 m · 5 min
- McNicoll Manor / Moll Berczy Haus · retirement home429 m · 5 min
- Toronto Christian Community Church - St. John's McNicoll Centre · seniors' active living centre686 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
- Huntsmill Park1.4 km · 17 min
- Bamburgh Park1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools (11)
- Queen's Elite Academy of CanadaPrivate · 76 m
- William Academy Scarborough CampusPrivate · 150 m
- Ut Preparatory Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 255 m · 3 min
- Toronto International College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 380 m · 5 min
- Covenant Central AcademyPrivate · 568 m · 7 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 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.
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.
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.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 9 | 4 | 1 | street/outdoor (8), commercial premises (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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. Its latest count is from Dec 6, 2023, 62% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Victoria Park & Sparks a walkable intersection?
Victoria Park & Sparks scores 33 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: 4 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 5 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; 5 places to eat within 300 m.
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 124 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,520 spaces — 19 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, 42, 167, 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?
5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 28 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Not Fresh (51 m), Archery Circuit (193 m), Pepper Meets Pepper Hunan Cuisine (273 m), Infinity Black (286 m) and Yyds Ktv (294 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Victoria Park & Sparks?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 260 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Nicholas Child Care Centre - Network (428 m, 62 spaces), Grace Christian School - Day Nursery (526 m, 91 spaces) and Narmer Montessori School (826 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. 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
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 6, 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.
- 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 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: 43.80853, -79.33831 · centreline node 13442693.