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Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
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 / Pickering41 Hamilton / Pickering at Military Trail. @ Pan Am Dr.342 m
- TTC bus
- 129511638154133 nearest 25 m
- Express
- 905938995
- Blue Night
- 395334
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Morningside Ave at Ellesmere Rd; Ellesmere Rd at Morningside Ave
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Westbound @ Moringside30 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Mornelle Ct / Ellesmere Rd 167 m · 11 docks · 4 stations, 69 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 · 82 m
- Military Trail Public SchoolEnglish Public · 517 m
- St John Paul Ii Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 714 m
- Rouge Valley Education CentrePrivate · 766 m
- West Hill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km
- Highland Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
- and 1 more
- Community centres
- Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre596 m
- Tam Heather Curling and Tennis Club799 m
- Parks (5)
- Ellesmere Reservoir Park687 m
- Bonspiel Park788 m
- Highland Creek Community Park1.2 km
- Morningside Park1.2 km
- Brooks Road Park1.3 km
- Signal
- 0719, activated 1968 · SA1 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · 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
There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 35 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 145 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Hortons · 755 Morningside Ave | 145 m | Passed, Oct 2025 |
| La Prep · 1095 Military Trl None | 341 m | Passed, Feb 2025 |
| 90 Mornelle Court Food Pantry · 90 Mornelle Crtgrocery | 354 m | Passed, Sep 2025 |
| 90 Mornelle Court Food Pantry · 90 Mornelle Crtgrocery | 355 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Cafe Depot · 1050 Military Trl 1035 None | 393 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| Military Trail P.s. Snack Program & Breakfast · 701 Military Trl | 518 m | Passed, Apr 2026 |
| Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 790 Military Trl | 566 m | Passed, Sep 2026 |
| Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 790 Military Trl, Unit-9 | 567 m | Passed, 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, 700 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Morningside Park Washroom · 390 Morningside Ave
9 a.m. to 10 p.m.700 m - Morningside Park Central Picnic Site Washroom · 390 Morningside Ave
9 a.m. to 10 p.m.893 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 (419 m, 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).
- Nsheemaehn Child Care Centre · 1255 Military Trail
52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day419 m - Centenary Seven Oaks Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 9 Neilson Rd
49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day919 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 212 (2.2 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.
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
Six registered apartment buildings with 1,237 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 22. The nearest is 110 Mornelle Crt (154 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 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 42 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 Mornelle CrtToronto Community Housing · Del Management | 145 | 15 | 1971 | 94 · Jul 2026 | 2 | 154 m |
| 750 Morningside Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc | 165 | 13 | 1973 | 95 · Sep 2024 | 13 | 346 m |
| 90 Mornelle CrtToronto Community Housing · Del Management | 198 | 13 | 1971 | 88 · Nov 2025 | 5 | 354 m |
| 70 Mornelle Crt · Self Managed | 264 | 16 | 1976 | 82 · Jul 2026 | 6 | 396 m |
| 80 Mornelle Crt · Q Residential | 265 | 16 | 1972 | 96 · Nov 2025 | 12 | 434 m |
| 30 Livonia Pl · CAPREIT | 200 | 13 | 1979 | 97 · Nov 2025 | 4 | 899 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
Nearest lots: 79 m away, ≈194 spaces; 180 m away, ≈106 spaces; 200 m away, ≈154 spaces; 230 m away, ≈34 spaces; 245 m away, ≈25 spaces; 250 m away, ≈666 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, Jul 3, 2025
The south leg carries the load — 9,985 northbound vehicles, or 34% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 4,074. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,674 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 31% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (2,043). Trucks and buses were 5.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 14 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
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 Morningside Ave between Morningside Park Trl and Ellesmere Rd (292 m away) recorded an average of 68 km/h in its 2-day count in January 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 75 km/h. That segment carries about 24,600 vehicles a day. Ellesmere Rd between Morningside Ave and Military Trl measured slower: 51 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 59 km/h (Dec 2023). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Rd · Morningside Ave – Military Trl · 213 m | Dec 2023 · 3 days | 11,268 | 51 km/h | 59 km/h | 64 km/h |
| Morningside Ave · Morningside Park Trl – Ellesmere Rd · 292 m | Jan 2019 · 2 days | 24,588 | 68 km/h | 75 km/h | 80 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
2018 was the peak year (53 collisions), and 2025 closed with 32. 24% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 71 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 22 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 22, 2026.
By year
Exposure-adjusted: 14.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 429 | #165 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 101 | #52 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 268 | |
| Fail to remain | 71 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 12 | #151 of 3,193 |
| Involving a cyclist | 3 | #785 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 60 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 22 | |
| All since 2014 | 550 | latest Jun 22, 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 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Nov 3, 2025.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All KSI collisions | 1 | #908 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | #515 of 879 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Nov 3, 2025 |
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 nine thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 3, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 9 | 2 | 1 | street/outdoor (6), apartment parking (3) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 3, 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 Highland Creek.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Ellesmere & Morningside a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#908 of 1,505), out of 429 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 & Morningside?
An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #349 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.83× the median for a counted intersection, and #485 for pedestrians.
Is there a red-light camera at Ellesmere & Morningside?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Ellesmere & Morningside since 2022, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 112 tickets in 2025 (147 in 2024) and 68 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 512 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Ellesmere & Morningside?
112 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 147 in 2024, and 68 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 512 tickets since 2022. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.
How fast do cars go at Ellesmere & Morningside?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Morningside Ave between Morningside Park Trl and Ellesmere Rd (January 2019), found an average of 68 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 75 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Ellesmere & Morningside?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 190 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 29,230 spaces — 19 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Ellesmere & Morningside by transit?
Bus routes 12, 95, 116, 38, 154, 133, 905, 938 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Morningside Ave at Ellesmere Rd, 25 m); Durham Region Transit routes 900 Pulse 900, N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Westbound @ Moringside.
What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Morningside?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 35 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (145 m), La Prep (341 m), Cafe Depot (393 m), Military Trail P.s. Snack Program & Breakfast (518 m) and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (566 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 & Morningside?
The nearest is Morningside Park Washroom, 390 Morningside Ave, 700 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Morningside Park Central Picnic Site Washroom (893 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 & Morningside?
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 (419 m, 52 spaces) and Centenary Seven Oaks Early Learning & Child Care Centre (919 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Ellesmere & Morningside?
Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,237 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 110 Mornelle Crt (154 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 750 Morningside Ave (346 m, 165 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 90 Mornelle Crt (354 m, 198 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 70 Mornelle Crt (396 m, 264 units, RentSafeTO score 82). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 92 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 & Morningside?
Toronto Police place nine 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 Highland Creek page.
What neighbourhood is Ellesmere & Morningside in?
Ellesmere & Morningside is in Highland Creek (City of Toronto neighbourhood 134). 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 Jul 3, 2025.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026).
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (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 3, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 24 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: 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. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: 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.
- Coordinates: 43.78534, -79.19334 · centreline node 13445039.