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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 volume8-hour count · Jul 16, 2012
The north leg carries the load — 4,703 southbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 14. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,623 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 16% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,404). Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 14 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2012, 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.
Peak hours: 1,404 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,623 from 4:00 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
2024 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 5% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 17, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 44 | #2261 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 2 | |
| Property damage only | 37 | |
| Fail to remain | 7 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 5 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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 Yorkland Blvd between Smooth Rose Crt and Consumers Rd (363 m away) recorded an average of 30 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 2,900 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkland Rd · Herons Hill Way – Sheppard · 84 m | Apr 2013 · 3 days | 13,260 | — | — | — |
| Yorkland Blvd · Smooth Rose Crt – Consumers Rd · 363 m | Oct 2024 · 3 days | 2,924 | 30 km/h | 42 km/h | 48 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 0184, activated 1981 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Don Mills Station (Line 4)877 m · 10 min
- GO Transit
- GO bus 41 Hamilton / Pickering at Sheppard Ave. E. @ Herons Hill Way367 m · 4 min
- TTC bus
- 24 167 85 169 25 nearest 199 m
- Express
- 904 985 925
- Blue Night
- 385 325
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m
- Regional
- York Region Transit 024 Woodbine 090 Leslie 090B Leslie at Sheppard Av / Heron's Hill Way356 m · 4 min
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Sheppard Ave E / Brian Dr 786 m · 9 min · 19 docks · 3 stations, 57 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 366 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 17 mapped lots within 500 m, 191 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East · Surface | 1 km | 366 * | — |
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
The nearest grocery store is Caspian Supermarket, 776 m away; 3 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m, and 76 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Masterly Food, 157 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Legacy Pharmacy, 359 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Masterly Food · 2001 Sheppard Ave E 108157 m
- Deluxe Grill & Cafe · 235 Yorkland Blvd Unit-100326 m · 4 min
- Tim Hortons · 2075 Sheppard Ave E459 m · 5 min
- Lara's Restaurant · 155 Consumers Rd Unit-106486 m · 6 min
- Small Pot Restaurant · 155 Consumers Rd Unit-1486 m · 6 min
- Grocery
- Caspian Supermarket 776 m · 9 min · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Danish Pastry House 886 m · 11 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Legacy Pharmacy 359 m · 4 min · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- All About Kids Sheppard · 64 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day102 m
- Kids & Company - Consumers Site · 98 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day896 m · 11 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 (8)
- David Caplan Park550 m · 7 min
- Old Sheppard Park936 m · 11 min
- Atria North Park1 km · 11 min
- Allenbury Park1 km · 12 min
- Atria South Park1 km · 12 min
- Community centres
- Parkway Forest Community Centre1.2 km · 14 min
- Schools (12)
- North Toronto Christian SchoolPrivate · 118 m
- Cestar High SchoolPrivate · 160 m
- Abu Huraira Islamic Centre and AcademyPrivate · 358 m · 4 min
- Oxford College of Canada Secondary SchoolPrivate · 487 m · 6 min
- Amberwood AcademyPrivate · 747 m · 9 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Fairview branch1.3 km · 15 min
- Places of interest
- CF Fairview MallLandmark · 1.3 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 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.
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
12 registered apartment buildings with 2,441 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 121 Parkway Forest Dr (460 m, 232 units, 14 storeys, built 2006), which scored 92 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 98, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 Parkway Forest Dr · Greenwin Corp. | 232 | 14 | 2006 | 92 · Jul 2025 | 460 m · 5 min |
| 325 Yorkland Blvd · Rhapsody Property Management Services | 479 | 44 | 2024 | 100 · Aug 2025 | 514 m · 6 min |
| 55 Smooth Rose Crt · Rhapsody Property Management | 301 | 27 | 2019 | 98 · Jul 2025 | 524 m · 6 min |
| 125 Parkway Forest Dr · Homestead Land Holdings Limited | 287 | 18 | 1970 | 96 · Jun 2026 | 655 m · 8 min |
| 1761 Sheppard Ave E · Homestead Land Holdings Limited | 74 | 7 | 2010 | 99 · Jun 2026 | 657 m · 8 min |
| 1751 Sheppard Ave E · Homestead Land Holdings Limited | 74 | 7 | 2010 | 99 · Jul 2025 | 717 m · 9 min |
12 registered buildings · 2,441 units · 1 social housing · tallest 44 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
Toronto Police place 19 thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 2.7 a year before that. 63% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jan 15, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 19 | 4 | 1 | street/outdoor (12), apartment parking (6) |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 0 | 0 | other (2), apartment parking (2) |
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 Henry Farm.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Yorkland & Herons Hill a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 44 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 Yorkland & Herons Hill?
A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2012. Its latest count is from Jul 16, 2012, about today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Yorkland & Herons Hill a walkable intersection?
Yorkland & Herons Hill scores 48 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; Don Mills Station 0.9 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
How fast do cars go at Yorkland & Herons Hill?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Yorkland Blvd between Smooth Rose Crt and Consumers Rd (October 2024), found an average of 30 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Yorkland & Herons Hill?
The nearest Green P car park is Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East (1.0 km away, 366 spaces). The City's mapping shows 191 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,460 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Yorkland & Herons Hill by transit?
Don Mills Station (Line 4) is 877 m away; bus routes 24, 167, 85, 169, 25, 904, 985, 925 within 1 km; York Region Transit routes 024 Woodbine, 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie at Sheppard Av / Heron's Hill Way.
What restaurants are near Yorkland & Herons Hill?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 76 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Masterly Food (157 m), Deluxe Grill & Cafe (326 m), Tim Hortons (459 m), Lara's Restaurant (486 m) and Small Pot Restaurant (486 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Yorkland & Herons Hill?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 565 m away at David Caplan Park.
Is there child care near Yorkland & Herons Hill?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 162 spaces in total; none accepts City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are All About Kids Sheppard (102 m, 64 spaces) and Kids & Company - Consumers Site (896 m, 98 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Yorkland & Herons Hill?
12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,441 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 121 Parkway Forest Dr (460 m, 232 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 325 Yorkland Blvd (514 m, 479 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 55 Smooth Rose Crt (524 m, 301 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 125 Parkway Forest Dr (655 m, 287 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 12 is 98 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Yorkland & Herons Hill?
Toronto Police place 19 thefts from vehicles and four 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 Henry Farm page.
What neighbourhood is Yorkland & Herons Hill in?
Yorkland & Herons Hill is in Henry Farm (City of Toronto neighbourhood 053). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.
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 Jul 16, 2012.
- 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; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; 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).
- 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 17 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: 43.77440, -79.33711 · centreline node 20233509.