Toronto · intersection · signal 1657

Warden & Sherwood

Warden Ave & Sherwood Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Wexford/Maryvale · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Warden & Sherwood sits in Wexford/Maryvale. At the City's last count here, in 2022, it was an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby are 5 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
12,442
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 16, 2022
119 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
24
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
5 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
33/100
city median 48
58 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 450 m

Map

Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time

Layers click a category to show or hide it · None then one category to see it alone
Warden & Sherwood

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 · Feb 16, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 6,520 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 184 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,825 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 1,500 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 11.1% 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 5 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.

From the north6,520southbound · 0 bikes · 11.5% heavy
From the west184eastbound · 0 bikes · 9.8% heavy
Total vehicles12,442119 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 11.1% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south5,738northbound · 1 bikes · 10.8% heavy

Peak hours: 1,500 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,825 from 4:30 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 2022, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 9 collisions (38%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 21, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions24
With an injury9#1961 of 4,669
Property damage only14
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 Warden Ave between Walbon Rd and Castille Ave, 244 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2018 put the average speed at 62 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 69 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 74 km/h or more. That segment carries about 25,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Sherwood Ave between Babcock Rd and Warden Ave measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Sep 2023) — a much more recent reading than the one above.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sherwood Ave · Babcock Rd – Warden Ave · 62 mSep 2023 · 3 days78435 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Warden Ave · Walbon Rd – Castille Ave · 244 mMar 2018 · 3 days25,87462 km/h69 km/h74 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.

The crossing
Signal 1657, activated 1993 · 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
68 54 nearest 45 m
Express
968 954
Blue Night
354
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Warden Ave at Sherwood
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Warden Ave / The Meadoway 797 m · 9 min · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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
1 car park · about 25 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
4 mapped lots within 500 m, 201 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface740 m25 *—

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 within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Banh Mi Metro, 450 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 58 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Anny's Chocola, 362 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 495 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Anny's Chocola · 2059 Lawrence Ave E362 m · 4 min
  • Al' Deewan Bakery & Pizza · 2067 Lawrence Ave E392 m · 5 min
  • Saltyz Grill · 2075 Lawrence Ave E, Unit-4422 m · 5 min
  • Aleppo Kebab · 2075 Lawrence Ave E Unit-4422 m · 5 min
  • Creme Et Miel · 2075 Lawrence Ave E422 m · 5 min
0 within 300 m · 58 within 1 km
Grocery
Banh Mi Metro 450 m · 5 min · 5 within 1 km
Food shops
Somar Patisserie 422 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 495 m · 6 min · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Scarborough Citadel Child Care · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day365 m · 4 min
  • Wexford Community Childcare Centre · 97 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day723 m · 9 min
  • Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. (Scarborough Site) · 24 spaces, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day723 m · 9 min
3 licensed centres · 170 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy

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
  • Wayne Parkette626 m · 7 min
  • Wexford Hydro1.3 km · 16 min
  • Wexford Park1.4 km · 17 min
Schools
  • George Peck Public SchoolEnglish Public · 721 m · 9 min
  • Buchanan Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 16 min
  • Manhattan Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 17 min
  • Centennial College School - Ashtonbee CampusCollege · 1.4 km · 17 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.

33of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    5 grocery stores within 1 km · 58 within 1 km

  • Transit12/28

    5 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation2/10

    nearest park 0.6 km

  • Schools and child care4/8

    nearest school 0.7 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking

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

Within a kilometre there is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 158 rental units — it is social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2015 Lawrence Ave E (353 m, 158 units, 11 storeys, built 1994), which scored 96 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
2015 Lawrence Ave E social housing15811199496 · Sep 2026353 m · 4 min

1 registered building · 158 units · 1 social housing · tallest 11 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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Wexford/Maryvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Warden & Sherwood a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 24 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 Warden & Sherwood?

An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Feb 16, 2022, 1.35× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Warden & Sherwood a walkable intersection?

Warden & Sherwood 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: nearest school 0.7 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 5 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km; 5 grocery stores within 1 km · 58 within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.

How fast do cars go at Warden & Sherwood?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Warden Ave between Walbon Rd and Castille Ave (March 2018), found an average of 62 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 69 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Warden & Sherwood?

The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (740 m away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 201 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 40,940 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Warden & Sherwood by transit?

Bus routes 68, 54, 968, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Warden Ave at Sherwood, 45 m).

What restaurants are near Warden & Sherwood?

None within 300 m, and 58 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Anny's Chocola (362 m), Al' Deewan Bakery & Pizza (392 m), Saltyz Grill (422 m), Aleppo Kebab (422 m) and Creme Et Miel (422 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Warden & Sherwood?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 170 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Scarborough Citadel Child Care (365 m, 49 spaces), Wexford Community Childcare Centre (723 m, 97 spaces) and Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. (Scarborough Site) (723 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Warden & Sherwood?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 158 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 2015 Lawrence Ave E (353 m, 158 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 96 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Warden & Sherwood?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Wexford/Maryvale page.

What neighbourhood is Warden & Sherwood in?

Warden & Sherwood is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined