Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time. Steeles Avenue is the city limit: the north side is Vaughan or Markham and outside Toronto's records
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 · Oct 29, 2024
The east leg carries the load — 13,679 westbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 1,260. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,816 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,001 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 2,816 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,001 from 5:00 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
2022 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 33% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 33% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Oct 7, 2022.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Oct 18, 2008.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 3 | |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 1 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Oct 18, 2008 |
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
The City's counter on Steeles Ave E between Lillian St and Maxome Ave (327 m away) recorded an average of 54 km/h in its 3-day count in August 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 61 km/h. That segment carries about 28,500 vehicles a day. Willowdale Ave between Nipigon Ave and Steeles Ave E measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Feb 2020). At the school-zone speed sign on Lillian St (397 m away, 30 km/h limit), 2.6% of the 4,957 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willowdale Ave · Nipigon Ave – Steeles Ave E · 49 m | Feb 2020 · 3 days | 9,681 | 39 km/h | 48 km/h | 54 km/h |
| Steeles Ave E · Lillian St – Maxome Ave · 327 m | Aug 2026 · 3 days | 28,529 | 54 km/h | 61 km/h | 67 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Lillian St (northbound), 397 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 5 km/h, 85th percentile 31 km/h; 2.6% at 40 km/h or more. 4,957 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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 0986, activated 1972
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- GO Transit
- GO bus 32 Brampton Trinity Common / North York at Yonge St. @ Steeles Ave. W.492 m · 6 min
- TTC bus
- 53 98 97 60 nearest 17 m
- Express
- 953 960
- Blue Night
- 353 320
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Willowdale Ave; Willowdale Ave at Steeles Ave East South Side
- Regional
- York Region Transit 002 Milliken 005 Clark 023 Thornhill Woods 077 Highway 7 088 Bathurst 091 Bayview 098|099 Yonge (Late Night) 099 Yonge 360 Vaughan Mills / Wonderland blue B Viva Blue B blue Viva Blue at Steeles Av / Willowdale Av16 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
- 5 mapped lots within 500 m, 99 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.
Steeles Avenue is the city limit. Everything on the north side of the street is in Vaughan or Markham and outside every Toronto dataset on this page — the restaurants, shops and services across the road are not counted, on the map or in the score below.
Food, shops and services
The nearest grocery store is Gwangjang Market, 666 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 37 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizzaville, 549 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Galleria Pharmacy, 568 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is St. John's Rehab, 1.7 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Pizzaville · 6369 Yonge St549 m · 7 min
- Bamaze · 6353 Yonge St644 m · 8 min
- Starbucks · 6355 Yonge St654 m · 8 min
- Tazza · 6347 Yonge St666 m · 8 min
- The Laterna Restaurant · 6301 Yonge St753 m · 9 min
- Grocery
- Gwangjang Market 666 m · 8 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Beaver Fishery 793 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Galleria Pharmacy 568 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre · 74 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day466 m · 6 min
- Forest Grove Montessori Preschool · 30 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day702 m · 8 min
- Health and care
- St. John's Rehab · hospital site1.7 km · 20 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
- Lillian Park1 km · 12 min
- Aneta Circle Parkette1.3 km · 15 min
- Centre Park1.3 km · 16 min
- Schools (6)
- Lillian Public SchoolEnglish Public · 483 m · 6 min
- Centrepoint LINCEnglish Public · 898 m · 11 min
- Brebeuf College SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Alborz Education CentrePrivate · 1.2 km · 14 min
- St Agnes Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km · 15 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is, and nothing north of Steeles.
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
One registered apartment building with 83 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 6210 Yonge St (1.0 km, 83 units, 7 storeys, built 1968), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6210 Yonge St · Better Living Homes Inc. | 83 | 7 | 1968 | 88 · Aug 2025 | 1 km · 12 min |
1 registered building · 83 units · tallest 7 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Willowdale & Steeles a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Willowdale & Steeles?
A heavily travelled arterial crossing. It ranks #252 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.0× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Willowdale & Steeles a walkable intersection?
Willowdale & Steeles scores 36 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: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 9 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 37 within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal. Steeles Avenue is the city limit, so nothing on the north side of the street is counted.
How fast do cars go at Willowdale & Steeles?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Steeles Ave E between Lillian St and Maxome Ave (August 2026), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 61 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 397 m away (30 km/h), 2.6% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Willowdale & Steeles?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 99 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,010 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Willowdale & Steeles by transit?
Bus routes 53, 98, 97, 60, 953, 960 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Willowdale Ave, 17 m); York Region Transit routes 002 Milliken, 005 Clark, 023 Thornhill Woods, 077 Highway 7 at Steeles Av / Willowdale Av.
What restaurants are near Willowdale & Steeles?
None within 300 m, and 37 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Pizzaville (549 m), Bamaze (644 m), Starbucks (654 m), Tazza (666 m) and The Laterna Restaurant (753 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours, and nothing on the north side of Steeles, which is outside Toronto, is in it.
Is there child care near Willowdale & Steeles?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 104 spaces in total; none accepts City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre (466 m, 74 spaces) and Forest Grove Montessori Preschool (702 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Willowdale & Steeles?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 83 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 6210 Yonge St (1.0 km, 83 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 88 out of 100.
What ward is Willowdale & Steeles in?
Willowdale & Steeles is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.
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 Oct 29, 2024.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 18 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: 43.79926, -79.41446 · centreline node 13443721.