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Ellesmere & Mornelle

Ellesmere Rd & Mornelle Crt · Toronto, Ontario · Morningside · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

Ellesmere & Mornelle is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in Morningside. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
17,059
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 4, 2026
287 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · #1117 busiest
Collisions
70
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 46 property damage · #1558 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,220 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 59 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 4.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions rose 41%, from 29 in 2016–2020 to 41 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Ellesmere & Mornelle

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 Military Trail. @ Pan Am Dr.496 m
TTC bus
389515412116133 nearest 27 m
Express
995938905
Blue Night
334395
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Mornelle Crt
Regional
Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Westbound @ Moringside204 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Mornelle Ct / Ellesmere Rd 50 m · 11 docks · 5 stations, 80 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 (7)
  • Centennial College School - Morningside CampusCollege · 241 m
  • Military Trail Public SchoolEnglish Public · 495 m
  • St John Paul Ii Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 663 m
  • Rouge Valley Education CentrePrivate · 943 m
  • West Hill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Highland Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
  • and 1 more
Community centres
Parks (7)
  • Ellesmere Reservoir Park520 m
  • Bonspiel Park780 m
  • Morningside Park1.1 km
  • Brooks Road Park1.2 km
  • Seven Oaks Park1.3 km
  • Highland Creek Community Park1.4 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 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 42. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 283 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 42 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 755 Morningside Ave283 mPassed, Oct 2025
90 Mornelle Court Food Pantry · 90 Mornelle Crtgrocery337 mPassed, Sep 2025
90 Mornelle Court Food Pantry · 90 Mornelle Crtgrocery337 mPassed, Jul 2026
Military Trail P.s. Snack Program & Breakfast · 701 Military Trl496 mPassed, Apr 2026
La Prep · 1095 Military Trl None517 mPassed, Feb 2025
Cafe Depot · 1050 Military Trl 1035 None555 mPassed, May 2026
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 790 Military Trl597 mPassed, Sep 2026
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 790 Military Trl, Unit-9598 mPassed, Sep 2025

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 Morningside Park Washroom, 652 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Morningside Park Washroom · 390 Morningside Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    652 m
  • Morningside Park Central Picnic Site Washroom · 390 Morningside Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    793 m
  • Morningside Park West Parking Lot Washroom · 390 Morningside Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    949 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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 101 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Nsheemaehn Child Care Centre (592 m, 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 101 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Nsheemaehn Child Care Centre · 1255 Military Trail
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    592 m
  • Centenary Seven Oaks Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 9 Neilson Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    744 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 212 (2.3 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 212 · 2.3 km8500 Sheppard Ave E
Police43 Division · 2.3 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 25 · 2.3 km8500 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

Within a kilometre there are seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,437 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 110 Mornelle Crt (202 m, 145 units, 15 storeys, built 1971), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 43 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings7 · 1,437 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202643 across the 7
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
110 Mornelle CrtToronto Community Housing · Del Management14515197194 · Jul 20262202 m
70 Mornelle Crt · Self Managed26416197682 · Jul 20266295 m
90 Mornelle CrtToronto Community Housing · Del Management19813197188 · Nov 20255337 m
80 Mornelle Crt · Q Residential26516197296 · Nov 202512373 m
750 Morningside Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc16513197395 · Sep 202413376 m
30 Livonia Pl · CAPREIT20013197997 · Nov 20254740 m
51 Trailridge Cres · Greenwin Corp.20017197497 · Sep 20241881 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 lots216 lots · ≈29,940 spaces · 89.8 ha
Within 500 m11 lots · ≈2,080 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 139 m away, ≈194 spaces; 161 m away, ≈106 spaces; 161 m away, ≈216 spaces; 188 m away, ≈34 spaces; 244 m away, ≈25 spaces; 316 m away, ≈500 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 — 14-hour, Feb 4, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 8,099 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 1,751 from the north. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,718 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 14% above the afternoon peak from 5:15 p.m. (1,511). Trucks and buses were 5.9% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north1,751southbound · 0 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the west7,209eastbound · 0 bikes · 6.1% heavy
Total vehicles17,059287 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 5.9% heavy
From the east8,099westbound · 3 bikes · 6.3% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,718 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,511 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Feb 4, 2026

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 Morningside Ave and Military Trl, 390 m from the corner, a 3-day count in December 2023 put the average speed at 51 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 59 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 64 km/h or more. That segment carries about 11,300 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ellesmere Rd · Morningside Ave – Military Trl · 390 mDec 2023 · 3 days11,26851 km/h59 km/h64 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 11 collisions. 11 collisions (16%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 13 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high 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 Jun 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions70#1558 of 5,508
With an injury11#1579 of 4,660
Property damage only46
Fail to remain13
Involving a pedestrian3#1232 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1125 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified13
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201478latest Jun 27, 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

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

18 thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.9 a year. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1861street/outdoor (12), apartment parking (6)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 23, 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 Morningside.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Ellesmere & Mornelle a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 70 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 & Mornelle?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #1117 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Ellesmere & Mornelle?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellesmere Rd between Morningside Ave and Military Trl (December 2023), found an average of 51 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Ellesmere & Mornelle?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 216 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 29,940 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Ellesmere & Mornelle by transit?

Bus routes 38, 95, 154, 12, 116, 133, 995, 938 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Mornelle Crt, 27 m); Durham Region Transit routes 900 Pulse 900, N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Westbound @ Moringside.

What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Mornelle?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 42 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (283 m), Military Trail P.s. Snack Program & Breakfast (496 m), La Prep (517 m), Cafe Depot (555 m) and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (597 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 & Mornelle?

The nearest is Morningside Park Washroom, 390 Morningside Ave, 652 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Morningside Park Central Picnic Site Washroom (793 m); Morningside Park West Parking Lot Washroom (949 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 & Mornelle?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 101 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Nsheemaehn Child Care Centre (592 m, 52 spaces) and Centenary Seven Oaks Early Learning & Child Care Centre (744 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ellesmere & Mornelle?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,437 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 110 Mornelle Crt (202 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 70 Mornelle Crt (295 m, 264 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 90 Mornelle Crt (337 m, 198 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 80 Mornelle Crt (373 m, 265 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 93 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 & Mornelle?

Toronto Police place 18 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Morningside page.

What neighbourhood is Ellesmere & Mornelle in?

Ellesmere & Mornelle is in Morningside (City of Toronto neighbourhood 135), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

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