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Ellesmere & Dormington

Ellesmere Rd & Dormington Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

Ellesmere & Dormington is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn. It has a multi-use trail, 3 schools within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
10,461
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 17, 2022
327 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
96
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
20 with an injury · 59 property damage · #1159 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,310 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 32 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 9.6 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.1× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 37%, from 59 in 2016–2020 to 37 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Ellesmere & Dormington

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 Centennial College894 m
TTC bus
3895133102406134154 nearest 30 m
Express
995938902903
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
Regional
Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Progress Eastbound @ Markham Road722 m
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Ellesmere Rd installed 2021
Bike Share
Ellesmere Rd / Markham Rd 326 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 87 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 (14)
  • St Thomas More Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 144 m
  • Woburn Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 164 m
  • Woburn Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 215 m
  • Z3 Education Centre SchoolPrivate · 487 m
  • Churchill Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 522 m
  • Talenta AcademyPrivate · 776 m
  • and 8 more
Parks (8)
  • Woburn Park - Scarborough442 m
  • Churchill Heights Park695 m
  • Heather Heights Woods735 m
  • Confederation Park870 m
  • Heather Heights Park892 m
  • Botany Hill Park1.2 km
  • and 2 more
Signal
0931, activated 1971 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · bicycle signal

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; 38 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizza Nova, 305 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pizza Nova · 2201 Ellesmere Rd Unit-A305 mPassed, Feb 2026
Panchvati Supermarket · 2141 Ellesmere Rdgrocery357 mPassed, Aug 2026
Atithi Pure Veg · 1131 Markham Rd Unit-A377 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 3 infractions
Z 3 Educational Centre · 1200 Markham Rd Bldg-108458 mPassed, May 2026
Tuxedo Mart · 42 Tuxedo Crt472 mPassed, Aug 2026
Daisy Mart · 42 Tuxedo Crt472 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
Pizza Fiamma · 1063 Markham Rd Unit-102478 mPassed, Jun 2026
Moegi Sushi Express · 1200 Markham Rd487 mPassed, Aug 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 Centennial Recreation Centre Scarborough Washroom, 905 m away, View centre hours.

  • Centennial Recreation Centre Scarborough Washroom · 1967 Ellesmere Rd
    View centre hours
    905 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 480 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Discovery Place Child Care Centre Ltd. (410 m, 143 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 480 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 5
  • Discovery Place Child Care Centre Ltd. · 22 Tuxedo Crt
    143 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    410 m
  • Vedic Roots Montessori Academy (Scarborough) · 42 Tuxedo Crt
    32 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    507 m
  • Children's Village Day Care Centre #1 · 1050 Markham Rd
    94 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    538 m
  • Centennial College Progress Campus Child Care Centre · 941 Progress Ave
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    854 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 231 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (1.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.2 km away.

FireFire Station 231 · 1.4 km740 Markham Rd
Police42 Division · 1.7 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 29 · 3.2 km4560 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

11 registered apartment buildings with 2,390 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2190 Ellesmere Rd (279 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 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 52 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings11 · 2,390 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202652 across the 11
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2190 Ellesmere RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation18016196993 · Jun 20263279 m
2180 Ellesmere RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation18016196986 · Jun 20263369 m
20 Tuxedo Crt · Q Residential21015197085 · Jul 20247408 m
40 Meadowglen Pl · R A B Properties Limited14617201994 · Aug 20261415 m
10 Tuxedo Crt · CAPREIT21015196895 · Jul 202412469 m
30 Tuxedo Crt · CAPREIT21415196897 · Sep 20256475 m
40 Tuxedo Crt · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.21616197084 · Jul 20247528 m
1050 Markham Rd · CAPREIT29519196797 · Nov 20258 · 3 fire538 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 lots245 lots · ≈56,530 spaces · 169.6 ha
Within 500 m19 lots · ≈2,770 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 371 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite · Surface1.6 km24 *
284 Milner Ave · Surface1.6 km9218% (Q1 2026)
101 Grangeway Ave · Surface1.9 km2557% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 55 m away, ≈47 spaces; 112 m away, ≈409 spaces; 122 m away, ≈10 spaces; 124 m away, ≈67 spaces; 168 m away, ≈74 spaces; 276 m away, ≈3 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)

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 16,183 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.

From the north308southbound · 0 bikes · 0.3% heavy
From the west4,601eastbound · 1 bikes · 4.0% heavy
Total vehicles10,461327 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east5,181westbound · 0 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south371northbound · 0 bikes · 0.3% heavy
AM peak hour829 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,849 vehicles from 4:45 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

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), 4.0% of the 76,931 vehicles logged in July 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 segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Gander Dr · Chancellor Dr – Ellesmere Rd · 94 mJan 2023 · 3 days2,01538 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
Dormington Dr · Ellesmere Rd – Pegasus Trl · 121 mOct 2021 · 3 days1,46636 km/h47 km/h52 km/h
Ellesmere Rd · Markham Rd – Gander Dr · 218 mAug 2026 · 3 days21,49250 km/h58 km/h63 km/h

School-zone speed sign 200 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct49 · 55 km/h
Over the limit16%
60 km/h or more4.0%

Ellesmere Rd (eastbound), S Side Ellesmere Rd 219m E of Markham Rd · 76,931 vehicles logged in July 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; 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

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, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions96#1159 of 5,508
With an injury20#853 of 4,660
Property damage only59
Fail to remain19
Involving a pedestrian1#2470 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1827 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified17
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014126latest Jun 25, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jan 6, 2011.

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

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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle730house driveway/garage (3), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft200school/campus (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 20, 2024. 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. Its latest count is from Dec 17, 2022, about the median for a counted intersection.

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), 4.0% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Ellesmere & Dormington?

The nearest Green P car park is 1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite (1.6 km away, 24 spaces). The City's mapping shows 245 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 56,530 spaces — 19 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, 134, 154, 995 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Gander Dr East Side, 30 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Progress Eastbound @ Markham Road.

What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Dormington?

None within 300 m, and 38 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizza Nova (305 m), Atithi Pure Veg (377 m), Z 3 Educational Centre (458 m), Tuxedo Mart (472 m) and Daisy Mart (472 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 & Dormington?

The nearest is Centennial Recreation Centre Scarborough Washroom, 1967 Ellesmere Rd, 905 m away (View centre hours). 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 & Dormington?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 480 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Discovery Place Child Care Centre Ltd. (410 m, 143 spaces), Vedic Roots Montessori Academy (Scarborough) (507 m, 32 spaces) and Children's Village Day Care Centre #1 (538 m, 94 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ellesmere & Dormington?

11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,390 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2190 Ellesmere Rd (279 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 2180 Ellesmere Rd (369 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 20 Tuxedo Crt (408 m, 210 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 40 Meadowglen Pl (415 m, 146 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 11 is 89 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 & Dormington?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and two 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 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

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