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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, and the red-light camera
Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 25, 2025
No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 10,753 and 12,896 vehicles. Evening rush dominates here: 5,450 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:45 p.m., against 3,580 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 3,580 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 5,450 from 5:45 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
The worst year was 2019, with 81 collisions; 2025 recorded 57. 114 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 70 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 13 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 54 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 29, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 5 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Apr 26, 2010.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 609 | #75 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 114 | #36 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 438 | |
| Fail to remain | 70 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 10 | #220 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 3 | #783 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 57 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 54 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 5 | latest Apr 26, 2010 |
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.
Traffic on these streets
The City's most recent midblock count on Ellesmere Rd between Brimley Rd and Borough Approach W (4 m away, Sep 2014) recorded volume only — about 17,983 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Rd · Brimley Rd – Borough Approach W · 4 m | Sep 2014 · 3 days | 17,983 | — | — | — |
| Brimley Rd · Ellesmere Rd – Omni Dr · 26 m | Nov 2013 · 3 days | 15,833 | — | — | — |
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.
- Red-light camera
- In operation since 2022; 544 tickets in 2025, 221 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Scarborough.
- The crossing
- Signal 0698, activated 1968 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- GO Transit
- GO bus 92 Oshawa / Yorkdale 96 Oshawa / Finch Express 41 Hamilton / Pickering 94 Pickering / Square One at Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal642 m · 8 min
- TTC bus
- 21 95 38 43 129 131 133 406 134 132 169 16 9 130 +1 more nearest 32 m
- Express
- 995 903 904 938 939 996
- Blue Night
- 395 316
- Nearest stops
- 11 surface stops within 300 m — Brimley Rd at Ellesmere Rd; Ellesmere Rd at Brimley Rd
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920 921 Route 921 at Scarborough Centre Station693 m · 8 min
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Bernadine St / Brimley Rd 209 m · 11 docks · 3 stations, 45 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
- 4 car parks · about 554 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- no post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
- Other lots
- 26 mapped lots within 500 m, 196 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 158 Borough Drive · Surface | 556 m | 16 * | — |
| 40 Bushby Dr · Surface | 1.2 km | 215 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface | 1.3 km | 68 * | — |
| 101 Grangeway Ave · Surface | 1.3 km | 255 | 7% (Q1 2026) |
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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Loblaws Superstore, 1.0 km away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Home Sweets N Decors, 290 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 31. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 80 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Oasis Drug Mart, 394 m away; 9 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. City of Toronto, Parks Forestry & Recreation East District - Birkdale Community Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 500 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 1401 Ellesmere Rd80 m
- Papa John's Pizza · 1245 Ellesmere Rd Flr-1463 m · 6 min
- Domino's Pizza · 1195 Brimley Rd472 m · 6 min
- Geetham Veg Restaurant · 1249 Ellesmere Rd485 m · 6 min
- Buns N Cones · 1189 Brimley Rd Bldg-1492 m · 6 min
- Grocery
- Loblaws Superstore 1 km · 12 min
- Food shops
- Home Sweets N Decors 290 m · 3 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Oasis Drug Mart 394 m · 5 min · 9 within 1 km
- Child care
- The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre · 123 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day276 m · 3 min
- St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program · 58 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day392 m · 5 min
- Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 12 min
- Washrooms
- Birkdale Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed513 m · 6 min
- Scraborough Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible596 m · 7 min
- Health and care
- City of Toronto, Parks Forestry & Recreation East District - Birkdale Community Centre · seniors' active living centre500 m · 6 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)
- Frank Faubert Wood Lot591 m · 7 min
- Scarborough Civic Centre597 m · 7 min
- Albert Campbell Square674 m · 8 min
- Edgewood Park763 m · 9 min
- St. Andrews Park - Scarborough1 km · 12 min
- Community centres
- Birkdale Community Centre501 m · 6 min
- Schools (6)
- St Victor Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 392 m · 5 min
- Centennial College - Midland CampusCollege · 805 m · 10 min
- Mac Al-Furqan SchoolPrivate · 889 m · 11 min
- Edgewood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 922 m · 11 min
- St Andrews & Alternative ScarboroughEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch546 m · 7 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 care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,526 of 5,672. 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
Within a kilometre there are three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 124 rental units. The nearest is 1181 Ellesmere Rd (710 m, 32 units, 4 storeys, built 1976), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1181 Ellesmere Rd | 32 | 4 | 1976 | 91 · Jul 2024 | 710 m · 8 min |
| 1191 Ellesmere Rd | 27 | 4 | 1976 | 88 · Jul 2026 | 712 m · 8 min |
| 1175 Ellesmere Rd · Loraview Holdings Inc. | 65 | 5 | 1967 | 95 · Oct 2025 | 777 m · 9 min |
3 registered buildings · 124 units · tallest 5 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
Seven thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 57% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 7 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (4), commercial premises (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Bendale-Glen Andrew.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Brimley & Ellesmere a dangerous intersection?
By collision count, yes: it ranks #75 of 5,519 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, though none involved a death or serious injury. 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 Brimley & Ellesmere?
A top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. It ranks #50 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.9× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Brimley & Ellesmere a walkable intersection?
Brimley & Ellesmere scores 51 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,526 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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 · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 11 stops within 300 m · 23 routes within 1 km; nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.
Is there a red-light camera at Brimley & Ellesmere?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Brimley & Ellesmere since 2022, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 544 tickets in 2025 (362 in 2024) and 221 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 1,688 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Brimley & Ellesmere?
544 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — up from 362 in 2024, and 221 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 1,688 tickets since 2022. A red-light camera penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.
Where can I park near Brimley & Ellesmere?
The nearest Green P car park is 158 Borough Drive (556 m away, 16 spaces). The City's mapping shows 196 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 45,340 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Brimley & Ellesmere by transit?
Bus routes 21, 95, 38, 43, 129, 131, 133, 406 and 13 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Brimley Rd at Ellesmere Rd, 32 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Scarborough Centre Station.
What restaurants are near Brimley & Ellesmere?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 31 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (80 m), Papa John's Pizza (463 m), Domino's Pizza (472 m), Geetham Veg Restaurant (485 m) and Buns N Cones (492 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Brimley & Ellesmere?
The nearest is Birkdale Community Centre Washroom, 1299 Ellesmere Rd, 513 m away. Next nearest: Scraborough Civic Centre (596 m); Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (633 m).
Is there child care near Brimley & Ellesmere?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 327 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre (276 m, 123 spaces), St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program (392 m, 58 spaces) and Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program (1.0 km, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Brimley & Ellesmere?
Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 124 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1181 Ellesmere Rd (710 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 1191 Ellesmere Rd (712 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 1175 Ellesmere Rd (777 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 91 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Brimley & Ellesmere?
Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Bendale-Glen Andrew page.
What neighbourhood is Brimley & Ellesmere in?
Brimley & Ellesmere is in Bendale-Glen Andrew (City of Toronto neighbourhood 156). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.
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 Jun 25, 2025.
- 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; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026).
- 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 21 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: 43.77007, -79.26130 · centreline node 13447139.