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Whitehorse & Rimrock

Whitehorse Rd & Rimrock Rd · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

Whitehorse & Rimrock is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in York University Heights. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: Downsview Park Station (Line 1) 683 m away and Downsview Park GO 642 m away.

Traffic volume
4,280
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jan 24, 2024
273 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · #2057 busiest
Collisions
52
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 38 property damage · #2021 of 5,508 · +5 since Jan 2026
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Downsview Park Station 683 m · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 310 vehicles, 26% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 16 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. That comes with about 5.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 12.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.4× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 27%, from 30 in 2016–2020 to 22 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Whitehorse & Rimrock

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Downsview Park Station (Line 1)683 m; Sheppard West Station (Line 1)1 km
GO Transit
Downsview Park GO — Barrie642 m
TTC bus
10784106108101105104 nearest 13 m
Express
984
Blue Night
384329
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Whitehorse Rd at Rimrock Rd
Regional
York Region Transit 105 Dufferin at Allen Rd / Rimrock Rd526 m
Cycling
Bike Lane on Rimrock Rd installed 2024; Bike Lane on Whitehorse Rd installed 2024
Bike Share
Sheppard Ave W / Chesswood Dr 268 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 59 docks 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 (7)
  • Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary SchoolPrivate · 693 m
  • Adelfiha's Christian AcademyPrivate · 806 m
  • William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 819 m
  • Centennial College - Downsview CampusCollege · 1.1 km
  • Blyth Academy School - Downsview ParkPrivate · 1.1 km
  • Nygh Outpatient and Community Services Centre/Urban InternationalPrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 1 more
Community centres
Parks (5)
  • Kennard Parkette743 m
  • Michael Feldman Parkette928 m
  • Garthdale Parkette1.1 km
  • Banting Park1.3 km
  • Irving W. Chapley Park1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 66 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Bakerberry's, 150 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 66 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bakery Gateau · 1170 Sheppard Ave W Unit-13grocery97 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Bakerberry's · 1450 Whitehorse Rd150 mPassed, Jun 2026
Liam's Pancakes · 1450 Whitehorse Rd150 mClosed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Old Fashioned Bagel Factory · 1450 Whitehorse Rd174 mClosed, Jun 2026 · 6 infractions
Mayfair Bistro & Bar · 3855 Chesswood Dr206 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
California Sandwiches · 3701 Chesswood Dr225 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Coffee Time · 3701 Chesswood Dr225 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Kgolf Toronto · 3705 Chesswood Dr225 mPassed, Apr 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 49 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (660 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km1 centre · 49 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre · 5 Yukon Lane
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    660 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (4.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 717 m away.

FireFire Station 143 · 1.1 km1009 Sheppard Ave W
Police31 Division · 4.5 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 717 m4330 Dufferin St

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Three registered apartment buildings with 107 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (682 m, 79 units, 4 storeys, built 1993), which scored 86 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 1 final order naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings3 · 107 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 3
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
750 Wilson Heights BlvdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation794199386 · Aug 20241682 m
229 Pannahill Rd · Sarossa Investments Inc123195092 · Jun 20250790 m
1042 Sheppard Ave W · Firm Capital164195097 · Aug 202601 km

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots373 lots · ≈88,020 spaces · 264.1 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈11,230 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 967 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.9 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface1.4 km632 *
3950 Keele Street · Surface1.9 km335 *

Nearest lots: 91 m away, ≈22 spaces; 110 m away, ≈569 spaces; 116 m away, ≈245 spaces; 120 m away, ≈442 spaces; 206 m away, ≈162 spaces; 207 m away, ≈59 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, Jan 24, 2024

The east leg carries the load — 1,320 westbound vehicles, or 31% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 583. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 571 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 102% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (283). Heavy vehicles made up 4.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north1,115southbound · 0 bikes · 7.1% heavy
From the west583eastbound · 2 bikes · 1.9% heavy
Total vehicles4,280273 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 4.3% heavy
From the east1,320westbound · 1 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south1,262northbound · 0 bikes · 4.6% heavy
AM peak hour283 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour571 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jan 24, 2024

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 most recent midblock count on Whitehorse Rd between Rimrock Rd and Steeprock Dr (124 m away, Nov 2007) recorded volume only — about 1,457 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Whitehorse Rd · Rimrock Rd – Steeprock Dr · 124 mNov 2007 · 3 days1,457

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 10 collisions. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 5, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 12.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions52#2021 of 5,508
With an injury6#2567 of 4,660
Property damage only38
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian3#1449 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 201465latest Jun 5, 2026

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 six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 3, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle611commercial premises (3), street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 3, 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 York University Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Whitehorse & Rimrock a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 52 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 Whitehorse & Rimrock?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #2057 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 26% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Whitehorse & Rimrock?

The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (1.4 km away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 373 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 88,020 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Whitehorse & Rimrock by transit?

Downsview Park Station (Line 1) is 683 m away; Downsview Park GO is 642 m away; bus routes 107, 84, 106, 108, 101, 105, 104, 984 within 1 km (nearest stop: Whitehorse Rd at Rimrock Rd, 13 m); York Region Transit route 105 Dufferin at Allen Rd / Rimrock Rd.

What restaurants are near Whitehorse & Rimrock?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 66 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bakerberry's (150 m), Liam's Pancakes (150 m), Old Fashioned Bagel Factory (174 m), Mayfair Bistro & Bar (206 m) and California Sandwiches (225 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 Whitehorse & Rimrock?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 49 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (660 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Whitehorse & Rimrock?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 107 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (682 m, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 229 Pannahill Rd (790 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 1042 Sheppard Ave W (1.0 km, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 92 out of 100. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Whitehorse & Rimrock?

Toronto Police place six 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 York University Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Whitehorse & Rimrock in?

Whitehorse & Rimrock is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the DuKe Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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