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Ellesmere & Gladeside

Ellesmere Rd & Gladeside Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Dorset Park · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

In Dorset Park, Ellesmere & Gladeside is an above-average intersection for traffic. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 15 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
15,829
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 16, 1987
823 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
16
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3687 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,980 vehicles an hour, 1.71× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 19 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 1.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Ellesmere & Gladeside

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
95433812913113317 nearest 129 m
Express
995996903904938939
Blue Night
395343
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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)
  • Ellesmere Statton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 181 m
  • Alif Canada Elementary SchoolPrivate · 779 m
  • Enquiring Minds Montessori and London School of DancePrivate · 784 m
  • Glamorgan Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 792 m
  • Sathya Sai Elementary SchoolPrivate · 915 m
  • Bond Academy SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
  • Ellesmere Community Recreation Centre1.2 km
Parks (7)
  • Mondeo Park318 m
  • Dorset Park376 m
  • Jolly Way Park620 m
  • Glamorgan Park912 m
  • West Birkdale Park1.1 km
  • Ellesmere Park1.1 km
  • and 1 more

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 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 68. The nearest is Highland Farms, 229 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 68 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Highland Farms · 850 Ellesmere Rd229 mPassed, Jul 2026
Alexis Lodges · 707 Ellesmere Rd272 mPassed, Sep 2026
Circle K · 1480 Kennedy Rdgrocery343 mPassed, Jun 2026
Tim Hortons · 1480 Kennedy Rd343 mPassed, Aug 2026
Fusion Restaurant & Lounge · 880 Ellesmere Rd343 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Khaas Bistro Bar · 880 Ellesmere Rd343 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
New Hopper Hut · 880 Ellesmere Rd Unit-215343 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pizza On Fire · 880 Ellesmere Rd Unit-10343 mPassed, Feb 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 Glamorgan Park Washroom, 896 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 323 m away at Mondeo Park.

  • Glamorgan Park Washroom · 50 Antrim Cres
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    896 m
Drinking water
Mondeo Park drinking fountain · 323 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 295 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre (95 m, 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 295 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 4
  • Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre · 764 Ellesmere Rd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age
    95 m
  • Progress Childcare (Scarborough Inc. #1 (3 Glamorgan) · 3 Glamorgan Ave
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    491 m
  • Enquiring Minds Montessori · 24 Progress Ave
    93 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    784 m
  • Glamorgan School Age YMCA · 51 Antrim Cres
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    792 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 245 (505 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 245 · 505 m1600 Birchmount Rd
Police41 Division · 3.8 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 20 · 1.9 km2430 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 16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,783 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 7 Glamorgan Ave (359 m, 196 units, 12 storeys, built 1971), which scored 86 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 50 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings16 · 1,783 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202650 across the 16
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
7 Glamorgan AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation19612197186 · Sep 20243359 m
5 Glamorgan Ave · Firm Capital Properties Inc14010197487 · Sep 202415455 m
3 Glamorgan Ave · Living Properties Inc.13910198483 · Sep 20240491 m
6 Glamorgan AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation18412197182 · Aug 20242528 m
1555 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc466195071 · Sep 20255548 m
1545 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc374196076 · Jul 20263567 m
1535 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc374196083 · Jul 20263594 m
1525 Birchmount Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.524195689 · Sep 20252613 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 lots388 lots · ≈90,980 spaces · 272.9 ha
Within 500 m55 lots · ≈3,490 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 68 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 · Surface796 m68 *

Nearest lots: 50 m away, ≈63 spaces; 70 m away, ≈2 spaces; 73 m away, ≈10 spaces; 89 m away, ≈16 spaces; 95 m away, ≈9 spaces; 110 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, Feb 16, 1987

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 7,929 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 12 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 2,721 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 2,322 in the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 40 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1987, 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 north12southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west7,929eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.5% heavy
Total vehicles15,829823 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 4.4% heavy
From the east7,822westbound · 0 bikes · 5.5% heavy
From the south66northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,322 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,721 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 16, 1987

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 Birchmount Rd and Mondeo Dr, 346 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2024 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 54 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 59 km/h or more. That segment carries about 38,600 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ellesmere Rd · Birchmount Rd – Mondeo Dr · 346 mAug 2024 · 3 days38,55245 km/h54 km/h59 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 2019, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 3 collisions (19%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 26, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions16#3687 of 5,508
With an injury3#3278 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201419latest Dec 26, 2025

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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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

Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle321street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 26, 2026. 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 Dorset Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Ellesmere & Gladeside a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 16 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 & Gladeside?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Feb 16, 1987, 1.71× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Ellesmere & Gladeside?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellesmere Rd between Birchmount Rd and Mondeo Dr (August 2024), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Ellesmere & Gladeside?

The nearest Green P car park is Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 (796 m away, 68 spaces). The City's mapping shows 388 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 90,980 spaces — 55 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Ellesmere & Gladeside by transit?

Bus routes 95, 43, 38, 129, 131, 133, 17, 995 and 5 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Gladeside?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 68 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Highland Farms (229 m), Alexis Lodges (272 m), Tim Hortons (343 m), Fusion Restaurant & Lounge (343 m) and Khaas Bistro Bar (343 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 & Gladeside?

The nearest is Glamorgan Park Washroom, 50 Antrim Cres, 896 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 & Gladeside?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 295 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre (95 m, 69 spaces), Progress Childcare (Scarborough Inc. #1 (3 Glamorgan) (491 m, 90 spaces) and Enquiring Minds Montessori (784 m, 93 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ellesmere & Gladeside?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,783 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 7 Glamorgan Ave (359 m, 196 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 5 Glamorgan Ave (455 m, 140 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 3 Glamorgan Ave (491 m, 139 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 6 Glamorgan Ave (528 m, 184 units, RentSafeTO score 82). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 87 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 & Gladeside?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Dorset Park page.

What neighbourhood is Ellesmere & Gladeside in?

Ellesmere & Gladeside is in Dorset Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 126). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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