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Conlins & Ellesmere

Conlins Rd & Ellesmere Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Highland Creek · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

Conlins & Ellesmere is a mid-volume intersection. It sits in Highland Creek. At the corner: a bike lane and a school within 250 m. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
5,136
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 17, 2022
288 pedestrians · 7 cyclists
Collisions
59
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
14 with an injury · 35 property damage · #1811 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #904 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Buffered
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 640 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 56% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 18 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 5.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 36%, from 36 in 2016–2020 to 23 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 59 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Conlins & Ellesmere

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 41 Hamilton / Pickering at University of Toronto Scarborough416 m
TTC bus
951543812116 nearest 27 m
Express
995938905
Blue Night
395334
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Conlins Rd
Regional
Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Eastbound @ Military Trail337 m
Cycling
Bike Lane - Buffered on Conlins Rd installed 2009
Bike Share
University of Toronto Scarborough 425 m · 16 docks · 1 station, 16 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 (8)
  • Rouge Valley Education CentrePrivate · 106 m
  • Highland Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 619 m
  • Morrish Public SchoolEnglish Public · 674 m
  • Centennial College School - Morningside CampusCollege · 803 m
  • Cardinal Leger Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 870 m
  • Military Trail Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 2 more
Community centres
Parks (6)
  • Highland Creek Community Park367 m
  • Canmore Park754 m
  • Morrish Parkette1.2 km
  • Bonspiel Park1.2 km
  • Highland Creek Parkette1.3 km
  • Bramber Woods Park1.3 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Highland Creek branch694 m
Signal
1569, activated 1988 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 20 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Bao Mama, 502 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2025.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 20 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 3 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bao Mama · 1265 Military Trl502 mPassed, Sep 2025
Bento Sushi · 1265 Military Trl502 mPassed, Apr 2025
Chopsticks · 1265 Military Trl502 mPassed, Mar 2025
Culinaria Research Centre · 1265 Military Trl502 mPassed, Oct 2025
Kelly's Frozen Treats · 1265 Military Trl, Flr-3502 mPassed, Apr 2024
Osmow's (Inside Market Place) · 1265 Military Trlgrocery502 mPassed, Apr 2024
1265 Bistro · 1265 Military Trl Flr-Basement503 mPassed, Jun 2026
Asian Gourmet · 1265 Military Trl Unit-C503 mPassed, Jun 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 public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 421 m away at Highland Creek Community Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Highland Creek Community Park drinking fountain · 421 m

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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 223 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Nsheemaehn Child Care Centre (462 m, 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km3 centres · 223 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • Nsheemaehn Child Care Centre · 1255 Military Trail
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    462 m
  • Morrish Jr YMCA · 61 Canmore Blvd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    674 m
  • Cardinal Leger Child Care Centre (Scarborough) · 600 Morrish Rd
    102 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    870 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 214 (1.7 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 214 · 1.7 km745 Meadowvale Rd
Police43 Division · 2 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 25 · 1.9 km8500 Sheppard Ave E

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

Within a kilometre there are two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 310 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 110 Mornelle Crt (908 m, 145 units, 15 storeys, built 1971), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings2 · 310 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202615 across the 2
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
110 Mornelle CrtToronto Community Housing · Del Management14515197194 · Jul 20262908 m
750 Morningside Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc16513197395 · Sep 202413947 m

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 lots209 lots · ≈29,430 spaces · 88.3 ha
Within 500 m8 lots · ≈1,430 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 64 m away, ≈130 spaces; 400 m away, ≈39 spaces; 424 m away, ≈3 spaces; 424 m away, ≈1,144 spaces; 435 m away, ≈95 spaces; 436 m away, ≈9 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 — 8-hour, Dec 17, 2022 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 2,060 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 40% of the total, against 216 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 862 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 405 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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.

From the north977southbound · 2 bikes · 0.4% heavy
From the west1,883eastbound · 1 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles5,136288 pedestrians · 7 cyclists · 2.7% heavy
From the east2,060westbound · 1 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south216northbound · 3 bikes · 1.4% heavy
AM peak hour405 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour862 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 17, 2022 · weekend

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

On Conlins Rd between Military Trl and Ellesmere Rd, 253 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in September 2010 put the average speed at 49 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 59 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 65 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day. Ellesmere Rd between Military Trl and Mirrow Crt measured slower: 47 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 55 km/h (Dec 2023). The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Conlins Rd · Military Trl – Ellesmere Rd · 253 mSep 2010 · 24 h1,16149 km/h59 km/h65 km/h
Ellesmere Rd · Military Trl – Mirrow Crt · 288 mDec 2023 · 3 days13,13247 km/h55 km/h60 km/h

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 worst year was 2016, with 10 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 14 collisions (24%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions59#1811 of 5,508
With an injury14#1271 of 4,660
Property damage only35
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian1#2468 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#784 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201477latest Apr 15, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on May 31, 2017.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#904 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#132 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest May 31, 2017

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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 12, 2021. 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 Highland Creek.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Conlins & Ellesmere a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#904 of 1,505), out of 59 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Conlins & Ellesmere?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 17, 2022, 56% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Conlins & Ellesmere?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Conlins Rd between Military Trl and Ellesmere Rd (September 2010), found an average of 49 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Conlins & Ellesmere?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 209 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 29,430 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Conlins & Ellesmere by transit?

Bus routes 95, 154, 38, 12, 116, 995, 938, 905 within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Conlins Rd, 27 m); Durham Region Transit routes 900 Pulse 900, N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Eastbound @ Military Trail.

What restaurants are near Conlins & Ellesmere?

None within 300 m, and 20 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bao Mama (502 m), Bento Sushi (502 m), Chopsticks (502 m), Culinaria Research Centre (502 m) and Kelly's Frozen Treats (502 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Conlins & Ellesmere?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 421 m away at Highland Creek Community Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Conlins & Ellesmere?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 223 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Nsheemaehn Child Care Centre (462 m, 52 spaces), Morrish Jr YMCA (674 m, 69 spaces) and Cardinal Leger Child Care Centre (Scarborough) (870 m, 102 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Conlins & Ellesmere?

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 310 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 110 Mornelle Crt (908 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 750 Morningside Ave (947 m, 165 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 95 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 Conlins & Ellesmere?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. 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 Highland Creek page.

What neighbourhood is Conlins & Ellesmere in?

Conlins & Ellesmere is in Highland Creek (City of Toronto neighbourhood 134). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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