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Whistling Hills & Ketchum

Whistling Hills Dr & Ketchum Pl · Toronto, Ontario · Milliken · Ward 23, Scarborough North

Whistling Hills & Ketchum is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in Milliken. Nearby is 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,415
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 16, 2026
219 pedestrians · 50 cyclists · #2292 busiest
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4426 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
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 100 vehicles, 9% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 3.5% of vehicle volume, about 4.6× the typical share. That comes with about 0.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Whistling Hills & Ketchum

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1308301294253 nearest 288 m
Express
953
Blue Night
316353
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 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 (6)
  • Macklin Public SchoolEnglish Public · 545 m
  • The Divine Infant Catholic Elementary School & Msgr Frasier NortheastEnglish Separate · 552 m
  • Prince of Peace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 839 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Laure RieseFrench Public · 843 m
  • Banting and Best Public SchoolEnglish Public · 899 m
  • Agnes Macphail Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
Parks (3)
  • Milliken Park352 m
  • Muirlands Park416 m
  • Goldhawk Park1 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Goldhawk Park branch804 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 51 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Garderie Chez Tante Laure, 423 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 51 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Garderie Chez Tante Laure · 339 Alton Towers Crcl423 mPassed, Jul 2026
Dieu Ky Foods Inc · 328 Passmore Avegrocery469 mPassed, Jun 2026
Manyaman Foods Express · 328 Passmore Ave Unit-47grocery469 mPassed, Mar 2026
Royal Takeout · 328 Passmore Ave Unit-45469 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Sam Hu Vegetarian Inc. · 328 Passmore Ave 28-29469 mPassed, Dec 2025
Sheng Kee Food Co. · 328 Passmore Ave Unit-56grocery469 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Blessed Kitchen · 328 Passmore Ave, Unit-59470 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Mango Like Desserts · 328 Passmore Ave, Unit-9470 mPassed, Apr 2025

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

The nearest public washroom is Milliken Park Washroom Building, 463 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 326 m away at Milliken Park.

  • Milliken Park Washroom Building · 5555 Steeles Ave E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    463 m
  • Milliken Park Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 4325 Mccowan Rd
    View centre hours
    564 m
Drinking water
Milliken Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 326 m; Milliken Park bottle filling station · 456 m

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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 307 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Divine Infant Child Care Centre (551 m, 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 307 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • The Divine Infant Child Care Centre · 30 Ingleton Blvd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    551 m
  • Banting and Best Schoolage Satellite(255 Alton Towers) · 255 Alton Towers Cir
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    839 m
  • Garderie Chez Tante Laure · 339 Alton Towers Cir
    77 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    843 m
  • Banting and Best Child Care Centre (380 Goldhawk) · 380 Goldhawk Trail
    118 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    899 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 211 (2.1 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (4.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 211 · 2.1 km900 Tapscott Rd
Police42 Division · 4.7 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 27 · 2.1 km900 Tapscott 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 lots182 lots · ≈60,880 spaces · 182.6 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈2,930 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 183 m away, ≈112 spaces; 260 m away, ≈40 spaces; 353 m away, ≈324 spaces; 395 m away, ≈9 spaces; 398 m away, ≈382 spaces; 408 m away, ≈4 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, Jun 16, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 708 northbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 85. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 146 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 13% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (129). Heavy vehicles made up 1.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north622southbound · 28 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,415219 pedestrians · 50 cyclists · 1.5% heavy
From the east85westbound · 8 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south708northbound · 12 bikes · 0.8% heavy
AM peak hour129 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour146 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 16, 2026

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

The City's counter on Whistling Hills Dr between Hillfarm Dr and Alton Towers Crcl (261 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 3-day count in June 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 1,700 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Whistling Hills Dr · Hillfarm Dr – Alton Towers Crcl · 261 mJun 2026 · 3 days1,72837 km/h44 km/h49 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

2022 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 22% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Oct 7, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4426 of 5,508
With an injury2#3772 of 4,660
Property damage only6
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201411latest Oct 7, 2024

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

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

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle411house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 28, 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 Milliken.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Whistling Hills & Ketchum a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 Whistling Hills & Ketchum?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #2292 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 9% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Whistling Hills & Ketchum?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Whistling Hills Dr between Hillfarm Dr and Alton Towers Crcl (June 2026), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Whistling Hills & Ketchum?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 182 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 60,880 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Whistling Hills & Ketchum by transit?

Bus routes 130, 830, 129, 42, 53, 953 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Whistling Hills & Ketchum?

None within 300 m, and 51 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Garderie Chez Tante Laure (423 m), Royal Takeout (469 m), Sam Hu Vegetarian Inc. (469 m), Blessed Kitchen (470 m) and Mango Like Desserts (470 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Whistling Hills & Ketchum?

The nearest is Milliken Park Washroom Building, 5555 Steeles Ave E, 463 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Milliken Park Community Recreation Centre Washroom (564 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Whistling Hills & Ketchum?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 307 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Divine Infant Child Care Centre (551 m, 69 spaces), Banting and Best Schoolage Satellite(255 Alton Towers) (839 m, 43 spaces) and Garderie Chez Tante Laure (843 m, 77 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Whistling Hills & Ketchum?

Toronto Police place four 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 Milliken page.

What neighbourhood is Whistling Hills & Ketchum in?

Whistling Hills & Ketchum is in Milliken (City of Toronto neighbourhood 130). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.

Sources

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