Serving Concord · about 7 km from the shop

Auto body shop serving Concord

Concord sits just over the Vaughan side of Steeles, and Collision Auto Center is one road away — about 10–15 minutes down Keele St, past the York University corner, to our shop just south of Sheppard.

  • Drivable or not
  • At fault or not
  • Free written estimates
Drive time
about 10–15 min
The route
Keele St straight south over Steeles
GTA roads in winter — the drive from Concord to the shop
The GTA · Concord to North York

Why Concord drivers make the trip

Worth the drive, once — then it’s your shop

Concord runs on working vehicles: contractor pickups, cube vans, and the commuter cars threading between warehouses on Bowes Rd and Langstaff Rd. When one of them gets hit, the repair is usually tangled up with a schedule — a delivery route, a job site, a lease return. The owner looks at the damage himself, opens the claim with your insurance company, and keeps the timeline honest so a vehicle that earns its keep is not parked a day longer than it must be. If the car stopped on the 400 or a 407 ramp, we help arrange the tow straight to our door.

Around Concord: Keele & Highway 7 · Concord GO area · Dufferin & Centre edge

Your insurance company can’t choose your shop — in Ontario that choice is always yours. Here’s how that works.

Built for trailers, driven by everyone

Concord’s streets were laid out for freight. Keele, Langstaff, Bowes, Creditstone, and Rivermede carry tractor-trailers to loading docks all day, the big CN rail yard anchors the neighbourhood’s northern edge, and the 400, the 407, and Highway 7 knot together right beside it. Passenger cars share every one of those lanes with vehicles ten times their weight, and the collision mix shows it: mirrors clipped beside a turning trailer, stones flung off gravel trucks pitting hoods and windshields, rear-end hits where Highway 7 traffic stacks at Keele and Jane.

The intersections do steady damage of their own. Keele & Highway 7 moves enormous volumes through long left-turn phases, and a driver who gambles on a stale amber meets one who jumped the green. The 400 ramps at Highway 7 compress fast traffic into short merges. None of this is exotic bodywork — it is bumpers, fenders, doors, and the occasional structural hit — but it arrives from Concord in a steady, year-round stream.

Where Concord actually parks

For a neighbourhood zoned mostly for work, Concord parks a surprising number of cars. The Improve Canada showrooms on Keele fill long rows every weekend with shoppers hauling tile and vanities past each other’s door edges. Employee lots behind the warehouses pack tight; the plazas along Centre St at the Dufferin edge and the streets of Glen Shields down by Steeles add the residential share of door dings, backing taps, and winter windrow scrapes. New condo towers along Highway 7 contribute narrow-garage pillar marks in two-way transfers of paint.

We treat that small damage with a small process: text photos, get a written number, and hear a straight opinion on whether the repair belongs in front of your insurance company or is better paid in cash against your deductible. Bigger damage gets the full treatment — teardown, documented estimate, adjuster handled from our side — and either way the person who priced the car is the person who follows it through the shop.

One road, ten minutes, no highway required

Getting here from Concord is the easiest trip on our map: Keele St straight south, over Steeles, past York University, and the shop sits just south of Sheppard. Ten to fifteen minutes covers almost any starting point between the rail yard and Steeles, and a taped-up but drivable car makes the run without ever touching the 400. Drop the vehicle in the morning and Line 1 is minutes away for the trip onward; if your policy includes a rental, we book it through your coverage and time it to the hand-off so there is no gap.

Doors are open Monday to Saturday from 8 AM to 7 PM, with Sundays by appointment, and the phone is (647) 594-3401. For a van or pickup that works weekdays, that Saturday window — or an end-of-day drop at 6:30 — is usually the difference between a repair that costs money and one that also costs jobs.

  • Photo estimates by text — a written number before you drive anywhere
  • Saturday and end-of-day drop-offs that fit a work vehicle’s week
  • Rental booked through your coverage, timed to your drop-off
  • Tow coordinated from the 400, the 407, or a warehouse yard

Concord questions

Questions from Concord drivers

Straight answers before you commit to anything — and a human on the phone when you want one.

How far is Collision Auto Center from Concord?

About 7 km — Keele St runs straight from Concord over Steeles to our shop just south of Sheppard, usually 10–15 minutes door to door. There is no highway in the route, so even a car wearing tape on its bumper makes the trip comfortably.

Can you repair a company van or fleet pickup and bill the business?

Yes. We repair work vehicles constantly for Concord businesses, bill the company or its insurance company directly, and supply the documentation an owner or leasing file needs. Tell us what the vehicle does for a living and we plan the repair around its schedule, not ours.

My insurance company suggested a shop up in Vaughan. Do I have to use it?

No. In Ontario the choice of repair shop always belongs to the vehicle owner — an insurance company may recommend, never require. Bring the car down Keele instead and your policy still covers the repair, with the owner handling the adjuster, the estimate, and any supplements directly.

Reviews

What customers say

The line we hear most: “I couldn’t tell where the damage had been.”

★★★★★

Honestly, I thought my car would never look the same again — but they completely proved me wrong. I couldn’t even tell where the damage had been repaired or repainted. The paint matched perfectly, and the bodywork was flawless.

Obaid S.
★★★★★

My car was in an accident and the entire rear was damaged. They replaced the rear bumper and tailgate, and the paint job was perfect — matched flawlessly. The quality of work exceeded my expectations.

Dewa J.
★★★★★

Very quality service and fair rates. The staff was professional, honest, and kept me updated throughout the whole process. My car looks brand new again.

Abdisalan A.
★★★★★

Absolutely the best auto body shop I’ve ever used. The paint matched perfectly and the car looked brand new again. They handled everything smoothly and finished on time.

Shahsawar M.

Get started

Two questions.
One written estimate.

First the car, then a number to reach you. A written estimate comes back within 1 hour.

What does your car need?

Pick all that apply — “not sure” is a fine answer.

Reply within 1 hour · free, no obligation · prefer to talk? (647) 594-3401

Photo estimates cover what the camera can see — hidden damage is documented and cleared with you (and your insurance) first. Your info goes to our estimator, never sold or shared.

Been in an accident?

We’ll take it
from here.

Mon–Sat · 8 AM–7 PM · Sundays by appointment · Keele St & Sheppard Ave W, North York