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Ellesmere & Birkdale

Ellesmere Rd & Birkdale Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Bendale-Glen Andrew · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Ellesmere & Birkdale is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in Bendale-Glen Andrew. At the corner: parks. Nearby: 22 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
12,730
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 17, 2022
190 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
77
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
21 with an injury · 46 property damage · #1420 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #903 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
15 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,590 vehicles an hour, 1.38× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 67 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 7.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions edged down 8%, from 40 in 2016–2020 to 37 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 77 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Ellesmere & Birkdale

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 94 Pickering / Square One41 Hamilton / Pickering96 Oshawa / Finch Express92 Oshawa / Yorkdale at Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal798 m
TTC bus
9538129131133572143132169134169130 +1 more nearest 19 m
Express
903904938939995996
Blue Night
395
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Birkdale Rd
Regional
Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Scarborough Centre Station863 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Bernadine St / Brimley Rd 484 m · 11 docks · 2 stations, 22 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 (9)
  • Edgewood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 298 m
  • Centennial College - Midland CampusCollege · 347 m
  • St Victor Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 594 m
  • St Andrews & Alternative ScarboroughEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Mac Al-Furqan SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Enquiring Minds Montessori and London School of DancePrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (12)
  • Edgewood Park151 m
  • West Birkdale Park583 m
  • Scarborough Civic Centre844 m
  • St. Andrews Park - Scarborough885 m
  • Birkdale Ravine911 m
  • Albert Campbell Square925 m
  • and 6 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch850 m
Signal
1758, activated 1997 · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 36. The nearest is Papa John's Pizza, 28 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Papa John's Pizza · 1245 Ellesmere Rd Flr-128 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Geetham Veg Restaurant · 1249 Ellesmere Rd50 mPassed, Jun 2026
J & J Kapuso Filipino Restaurant · 1217 Ellesmere Rd Unit-0136 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
The Thamel Express · 1215 Ellesmere Rd Unit-1215136 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizza Pizza · 1197-1217 Ellesmere Rd155 mPassed, Mar 2026
Norman Sue Bakery Ltd · 1220 Ellesmere Rdgrocery157 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
House of Nizams · 1163 Ellesmere Rd Unit-6347 mPassed, May 2026
Roll N Bowl · 1157 Ellesmere Rd Unit-6364 mPassed, May 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

The nearest public washroom is Birkdale Community Centre Washroom, 234 m away, View centre hours.

  • Birkdale Community Centre Washroom · 1299 Ellesmere Rd
    View centre hours
    234 m
  • Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom · 150 Borough Dr
    View outdoor rink hours
    857 m
  • Scraborough Civic Centre · 150 Borough Drive
    Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible
    859 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 250 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre (189 m, 123 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 250 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre · 1305 Ellesmere Rd
    123 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    189 m
  • St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program · 20 Bernadine St
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    594 m
  • Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program · 60 Brimorton Dr
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 232 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (3.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 232 · 1.6 km1550 Midland Ave
Police42 Division · 3.1 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 28 · 2 km2900 Lawrence 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 three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 124 rental units. The nearest is 1191 Ellesmere Rd (226 m, 27 units, 4 storeys, built 1976), which scored 88 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 5 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings3 · 124 units
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20265 across the 3
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest5 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1191 Ellesmere Rd274197688 · Jul 20263226 m
1181 Ellesmere Rd324197691 · Jul 20241253 m
1175 Ellesmere Rd · Loraview Holdings Inc.655196795 · Oct 20251298 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 lots379 lots · ≈85,680 spaces · 257 ha
Within 500 m40 lots · ≈5,150 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 554 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface830 m68 *
158 Borough Drive · Surface889 m16 *
40 Bushby Dr · Surface1.4 km21532% (Q1 2026)
101 Grangeway Ave · Surface1.5 km2557% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 64 m away, ≈146 spaces; 65 m away, ≈125 spaces; 148 m away, ≈287 spaces; 158 m away, ≈258 spaces; 160 m away, ≈114 spaces; 189 m away, ≈117 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: 6,976 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 55% of the total, against 10 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 2,308 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 905 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% 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 north10southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west5,411eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.1% heavy
Total vehicles12,730190 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east6,976westbound · 3 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the south333northbound · 0 bikes · 0.6% heavy
AM peak hour905 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,308 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 Ellesmere Rd between Birkdale Rd and Birkdale Ravine Trl, 30 m from the corner, a 7-day count in May 2023 put the average speed at 62 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 69 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 75 km/h or more. That segment carries about 33,800 vehicles a day. Birkdale Rd between Birkdale Ravine Trl and Edgewood Park Trl measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Jun 2026).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ellesmere Rd · Birkdale Rd – Birkdale Ravine Trl · 30 mMay 2023 · 7 days33,76062 km/h69 km/h75 km/h
Birkdale Rd · Birkdale Ravine Trl – Edgewood Park Trl · 288 mJun 2026 · 3 days1,23635 km/h42 km/h45 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 2024, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 21 collisions (27%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 30, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions77#1420 of 5,508
With an injury21#810 of 4,660
Property damage only46
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian2#1727 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 201490latest May 30, 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 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Feb 18, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#903 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Feb 18, 2024

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

Five 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. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle500street/outdoor (3), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 19, 2019. 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 Ellesmere & Birkdale a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#903 of 1,505), out of 77 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 Ellesmere & Birkdale?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 17, 2022, 1.38× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Ellesmere & Birkdale?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellesmere Rd between Birkdale Rd and Birkdale Ravine Trl (May 2023), found an average of 62 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 69 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Ellesmere & Birkdale?

The nearest Green P car park is Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 (830 m away, 68 spaces). The City's mapping shows 379 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 85,680 spaces — 40 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Ellesmere & Birkdale by transit?

Bus routes 95, 38, 129, 131, 133, 57, 21, 43 and 13 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Birkdale Rd, 19 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Scarborough Centre Station.

What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Birkdale?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 36 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Papa John's Pizza (28 m), Geetham Veg Restaurant (50 m), J & J Kapuso Filipino Restaurant (136 m), The Thamel Express (136 m) and Pizza Pizza (155 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 Ellesmere & Birkdale?

The nearest is Birkdale Community Centre Washroom, 1299 Ellesmere Rd, 234 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (857 m); Scraborough Civic Centre (859 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Ellesmere & Birkdale?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 250 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 (189 m, 123 spaces), St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program (594 m, 71 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 Ellesmere & Birkdale?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 124 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1191 Ellesmere Rd (226 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 1181 Ellesmere Rd (253 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 1175 Ellesmere Rd (298 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 91 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 Ellesmere & Birkdale?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew page.

What neighbourhood is Ellesmere & Birkdale in?

Ellesmere & Birkdale is in Bendale-Glen Andrew (City of Toronto neighbourhood 156). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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