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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 · Sep 19, 2018
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 299 and 356 vehicles. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 159 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 27% above the afternoon peak from 4:15 p.m. (125). Heavy vehicles made up 4.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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: 159 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 125 from 4:15 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 6 collisions. 3 collisions (8%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 24% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low 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 Feb 8, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 38 | #2455 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 3 | |
| Property damage only | 28 | |
| Fail to remain | 9 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 7 | |
| 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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2004
On Canterbury Pl between Ellerslie Ave and Churchill Ave, 103 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in February 2004 put the average speed at 37 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 51 km/h or more. That segment carries about 3,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Ellerslie Ave between Canterbury Pl and Beecroft Rd measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Feb 2004).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellerslie Ave · Canterbury Pl – Beecroft Rd · 54 m | Feb 2004 · 24 h | 4,074 | 36 km/h | 44 km/h | 48 km/h |
| Canterbury Pl · Ellerslie Ave – Churchill Ave · 103 m | Feb 2004 · 24 h | 3,523 | 37 km/h | 47 km/h | 51 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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- North York Centre Station (Line 1)489 m · 6 min
- GO Transit
- GO bus 96 Oshawa / Finch Express 27 Milton / North York 19 Mississauga / North York 67 Keswick / North York at Yonge St. @ Norton Ave.113 m
- TTC bus
- 97 36 nearest 107 m
- Blue Night
- 320 336
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- 10 Kingsdale Ave 341 m · 4 min · 31 docks · 3 stations, 73 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
- 11 car parks · about 3,375 spaces
- EV charging
- 33 Elmhurst Ave · 1.2 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 19 Glendora Ave (1.6 km), 19 Glendora Ave (1.6 km)
- Bike parking
- 27 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 32 mapped lots within 500 m, 338 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Kingsdale Ave · Surface | 326 m | 53 | 44% (Q1 2026) |
| 10 Empress Ave · Surface | 417 m | 67 | 69% (Q1 2026) |
| 180 Beecroft Road · Surface | 806 m | 173 * | — |
| 11 Finch Ave W · Surface | 1.1 km | 62 | 67% (Q1 2026) |
| 5667 Yonge Street · Surface | 1.2 km | 23 * | — |
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 Food Basics, 379 m away. Two specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Mr. Fish at 290 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 41 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 204 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Uptown Cafe & Eatery, 141 m away. The nearest pharmacy is One Pharmacy, 123 m away; 10 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Canterbury Place Retirement Residence, a retirement home 59 m away (two within a kilometre).
- Restaurants & cafés
- Uptown Cafe & Eatery · 5255 Yonge St Unit-3141 m
- Ajisen Ramen · 5229 Yonge St150 m
- Hero Tea · 5285 Yonge St165 m
- Meataa Seven · 5285 Yonge St Flr-2165 m
- Yunshang Rice Noodle · 5285 Yonge St Flr-1165 m
- Grocery
- Food Basics 379 m · 5 min · 6 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Mr. Fish 290 m · 3 min · 2 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- One Pharmacy 123 m · 10 within 1 km
- Child care
- Yonge-Churchill Child Care Centre · 118 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day322 m · 4 min
- McKee McKids Enrichment Centre · 166 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day563 m · 7 min
- Yonge Hearts Child Care Centre · 114 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day659 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Lee Lifeson Art Park Washroom · hours not listed · accessible · closed — Planned Closure710 m · 8 min
- Mitchell Field Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible772 m · 9 min
- Health and care
- Canterbury Place Retirement Residence · retirement home · 2 within 1 km59 m
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 (31)
- Doris - Norton Park263 m · 3 min
- McKenzie Parkette337 m · 4 min
- Kempford Parkette360 m · 4 min
- Beecroft Linear Park372 m · 4 min
- North York Rose Garden398 m · 5 min
- Community centres
- Mitchell Field Community Centre786 m · 9 min
- Douglas Snow Aquatic Centre886 m · 11 min
- Schools (15)
- Toronto French MontessoriPrivate · 158 m
- Crown AcademyPrivate · 239 m
- McKee Public SchoolEnglish Public · 563 m · 7 min
- Toronto District School Board - Head OfficeEnglish Public · 690 m · 8 min
- St Cyril Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 763 m · 9 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library North York Central Library branch614 m · 7 min
- Places of interest
- Gibson House MuseumMuseum · 608 m · 7 min
- Mel Lastman SquareLandmark · 703 m · 8 min
- Meridian Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the Arts)Performing Arts · 872 m · 10 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,451 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 four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,020 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 55 Ellerslie Ave (63 m, 391 units, 17 storeys, built 1966), which scored 99 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 96, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 Ellerslie Ave · M&r Property Management | 391 | 17 | 1966 | 99 · Jun 2024 | 63 m |
| 65 Ellerslie Ave · M&r Property Management | 107 | 6 | 1966 | 97 · Oct 2025 | 150 m |
| 5430 Yonge St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 239 | 14 | 1986 | 95 · Aug 2025 | 596 m · 7 min |
| 35 Park Home Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 283 | 10 | 1974 | 92 · Aug 2025 | 677 m · 8 min |
4 registered buildings · 1,020 units · 2 social housing · tallest 17 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
19 thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.0 a year. 74% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 10, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 19 | 6 | 1 | street/outdoor (14), apartment parking (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (1) |
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 Willowdale West.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Ellerslie & Canterbury a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 38 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 Ellerslie & Canterbury?
A low-volume local intersection at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from Sep 19, 2018, 11% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Ellerslie & Canterbury a walkable intersection?
Ellerslie & Canterbury scores 62 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,451 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: 6 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 6 grocery stores within 1 km · 41 places to eat within 300 m.
How fast do cars go at Ellerslie & Canterbury?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Canterbury Pl between Ellerslie Ave and Churchill Ave (February 2004), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Ellerslie & Canterbury?
The nearest Green P car park is 10 Kingsdale Ave (326 m away, 53 spaces, 44% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 338 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,490 spaces — 32 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 33 Elmhurst Ave (1.2 km).
How do I get to Ellerslie & Canterbury by transit?
North York Centre Station (Line 1) is 489 m away; bus routes 97, 36 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Ellerslie & Canterbury?
41 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 204 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Uptown Cafe & Eatery (141 m), Ajisen Ramen (150 m), Hero Tea (165 m), Meataa Seven (165 m) and Yunshang Rice Noodle (165 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Ellerslie & Canterbury?
The nearest is Lee Lifeson Art Park Washroom, 45 Princess Ave, 710 m away, with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: planned closure. Next nearest: Mitchell Field Community Centre Washroom (772 m); North York Civic Centre (917 m).
Is there child care near Ellerslie & Canterbury?
Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 612 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Yonge-Churchill Child Care Centre (322 m, 118 spaces), McKee McKids Enrichment Centre (563 m, 166 spaces) and Yonge Hearts Child Care Centre (659 m, 114 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Ellerslie & Canterbury?
Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,020 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 55 Ellerslie Ave (63 m, 391 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 65 Ellerslie Ave (150 m, 107 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 5430 Yonge St (596 m, 239 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 35 Park Home Ave (677 m, 283 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 96 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Ellerslie & Canterbury?
Toronto Police place 19 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Willowdale West page.
What neighbourhood is Ellerslie & Canterbury in?
Ellerslie & Canterbury is in Willowdale West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 037). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng. The corner falls inside the Yonge North York Business Improvement Area.
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 Sep 19, 2018.
- 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 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: 43.77170, -79.41458 · centreline node 13447227.