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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 · Dec 17, 2022 · weekend
The east leg carries the load — 5,181 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 308. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,849 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 123% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (829). Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. 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.
Peak hours: 829 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,849 from 4:45 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
2019 was the peak year (18 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 21% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 27, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jan 6, 2011.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 96 | #1159 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 20 | #853 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 59 | |
| Fail to remain | 19 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 17 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 8 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Jan 6, 2011 |
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.
How fast traffic moves here
The City's counter on Ellesmere Rd between Markham Rd and Gander Dr (218 m away) recorded an average of 50 km/h in its 3-day count in August 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 58 km/h. That segment carries about 21,500 vehicles a day. Gander Dr between Chancellor Dr and Ellesmere Rd measured slower: 38 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Jan 2023). At the school-zone speed sign on Ellesmere Rd (200 m away, 50 km/h limit), 4.1% of the 73,674 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Dormington Drive between Ellesmere Rd and Pegasus Trl.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gander Dr · Chancellor Dr – Ellesmere Rd · 94 m | Jan 2023 · 3 days | 2,015 | 38 km/h | 48 km/h | 53 km/h |
| Dormington Dr · Ellesmere Rd – Pegasus Trl · 121 m | Oct 2021 · 3 days | 1,466 | 36 km/h | 47 km/h | 52 km/h |
| Ellesmere Rd · Markham Rd – Gander Dr · 218 m | Aug 2026 · 3 days | 21,492 | 50 km/h | 58 km/h | 63 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Ellesmere Rd (eastbound), 200 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 49 km/h, 85th percentile 55 km/h; 4.1% at 60 km/h or more. 73,674 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
- Traffic calming
- Dormington Drive (Ellesmere Rd – Pegasus Trl): 6 speed humps
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.
- The crossing
- Signal 0931, activated 1971 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · bicycle signal
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 38 95 133 102 406 154 nearest 30 m
- Express
- 995 938 902
- Blue Night
- 395
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Gander Dr East Side; Ellesmere Rd at Dormington Dr West Side
- Cycling
- Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Ellesmere Rd installed 2021
- Bike Share
- Ellesmere Rd / Markham Rd 338 m · 4 min · 15 docks · 4 stations, 64 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 12 mapped lots within 500 m, 135 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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
The nearest grocery store is Panchvati Supermarket, 386 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 18 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizza Nova, 343 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 629 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Centenary Hospital, 1.7 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Pizza Nova · 2201 Ellesmere Rd Unit-A343 m · 4 min
- Atithi Pure Veg · 1131 Markham Rd Unit-A474 m · 6 min
- Moegi Sushi Express · 1200 Markham Rd515 m · 6 min
- Tim Hortons · 1150 Markham Rd518 m · 6 min
- Lazeez Shawarma/Chaffe Coffee Corner · 2060 Ellesmere Rd 11657 m · 8 min
- Grocery
- Panchvati Supermarket 386 m · 5 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Bombay Zone Street Food and Sweets 750 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Rexall 629 m · 7 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Children's Village Day Care Centre #1 · 94 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day676 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Centennial Recreation Centre Scarborough Washroom · hours not listed1 km · 12 min
- Health and care
- Centenary Hospital · hospital site1.7 km · 20 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 (6)
- Woburn Park - Scarborough597 m · 7 min
- Heather Heights Woods1 km · 12 min
- Confederation Park1 km · 12 min
- Churchill Heights Park1 km · 12 min
- Heather Heights Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Community centres
- Strides Toronto632 m · 8 min
- Centennial Recreation Centre - Scarborough1 km · 12 min
- Curran Hall Community Centre1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools (9)
- St Thomas More Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 187 m
- Woburn Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 208 m
- Woburn Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 266 m · 3 min
- Z3 Education Centre SchoolPrivate · 515 m · 6 min
- Churchill Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 606 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 library or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. 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
Seven registered apartment buildings with 1,372 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2190 Ellesmere Rd (365 m, 180 units, 16 storeys, built 1969), which scored 93 out of 100 at its June 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2190 Ellesmere Rd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 180 | 16 | 1969 | 93 · Jun 2026 | 365 m · 4 min |
| 2180 Ellesmere Rd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 180 | 16 | 1969 | 86 · Jun 2026 | 462 m · 6 min |
| 1050 Markham Rd · CAPREIT | 295 | 19 | 1967 | 97 · Nov 2025 | 676 m · 8 min |
| 40 Meadowglen Pl · R A B Properties Limited | 146 | 17 | 2019 | 94 · Aug 2026 | 685 m · 8 min |
| 555 Brimorton Dr · Amaz Property Management | 180 | 15 | 1965 | 89 · Aug 2026 | 821 m · 10 min |
| 960 Markham Rd · Pic Property Management | 181 | 15 | 1965 | 78 · Oct 2024 | 910 m · 11 min |
7 registered buildings · 1,372 units · 2 social housing · tallest 19 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
Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 43% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 7 | 3 | 0 | house driveway/garage (3), street/outdoor (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 0 | 0 | school/campus (2) |
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 Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Ellesmere & Dormington a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 96 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 Ellesmere & Dormington?
An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Dec 17, 2022, about today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Ellesmere & Dormington a walkable intersection?
Ellesmere & Dormington scores 42 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 3 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 1 km; nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 2 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals · traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at Ellesmere & Dormington?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellesmere Rd between Markham Rd and Gander Dr (August 2026), found an average of 50 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 200 m away (50 km/h), 4.1% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Ellesmere & Dormington?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 135 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,730 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Ellesmere & Dormington by transit?
Bus routes 38, 95, 133, 102, 406, 154, 995, 938 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Gander Dr East Side, 30 m).
What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Dormington?
None within 300 m, and 18 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Pizza Nova (343 m), Atithi Pure Veg (474 m), Moegi Sushi Express (515 m), Tim Hortons (518 m) and Lazeez Shawarma/Chaffe Coffee Corner (657 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Ellesmere & Dormington?
The nearest is Centennial Recreation Centre Scarborough Washroom, 1967 Ellesmere Rd, 1.0 km away.
Is there child care near Ellesmere & Dormington?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 94 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Children's Village Day Care Centre #1 (676 m, 94 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Ellesmere & Dormington?
Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,372 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2190 Ellesmere Rd (365 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 2180 Ellesmere Rd (462 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 1050 Markham Rd (676 m, 295 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 40 Meadowglen Pl (685 m, 146 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 90 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Ellesmere & Dormington?
Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn page.
What neighbourhood is Ellesmere & Dormington in?
Ellesmere & Dormington is in Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn (City of Toronto neighbourhood 141), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.
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 Dec 17, 2022.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary); Traffic Calming Database.
- 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 24 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: 43.77759, -79.22658 · centreline node 13446062.