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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 volume14-hour count · May 5, 2026
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 1,875 westbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 360. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 397 vehicles in the hour from 3:15 p.m., 30% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (306). Trucks and buses were 7.8% 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 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.
Peak hours: 306 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 397 from 3:15 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 (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 40% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 31, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 10 | 2.5 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 4 | |
| Property damage only | 4 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 3 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
Traffic on these streets
The City's most recent midblock count on Ellesmere Rd between Meadowvale Rd and Muirbank Blvd (247 m away, Sep 2014) recorded volume only — about 2,410 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Rd · Meadowvale Rd – Muirbank Blvd · 247 m | Sep 2014 · 3 days | 2,410 | — | — | — |
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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 95 86 nearest 14 m
- Express
- 986
- Blue Night
- 395 386
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Muirbank Blvd
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900 N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Westbound @ Meadowvale473 m · 6 min
- 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.
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
- 6 mapped lots within 500 m, 85 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
No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 7 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Lucky Lin's E Press, 809 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 845 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Lucky Lin's E Press · 91 Rylander Blvd 1016a/B809 m · 10 min
- Nadi Halal Kebab House · 65 Rylander Blvd Unit-0889 m · 11 min
- Mucho Burrito · 6714 Kingston Rd Unit-1921 m · 11 min
- Subway · 6714 Kingston Rd Unit-5921 m · 11 min
- Starbucks Coffee · 6714 Kingston Rd921 m · 11 min
- Food shops
- British Pride Bakery 889 m · 11 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 845 m · 10 min
- Child care
- Absorbent Minds Montessori East · 31 spaces, toddler, preschool284 m · 3 min
- Meadowvale Daycare Centre · 59 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day845 m · 10 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
- Lavery Trail Park777 m · 9 min
- Tall Pines Park1.1 km · 14 min
- Bramber Woods Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Tanis Cres Woodlot1.5 km · 18 min
- Community centres
- Tall Pines Community Centre1.2 km · 14 min
- Schools
- Meadowvale Public SchoolEnglish Public · 845 m · 10 min
- Rouge Valley Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 15 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Highland Creek branch1.5 km · 18 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 grocery store, a public washroom 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 & Muirbank a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 & Muirbank?
A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from May 5, 2026, 24% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Ellesmere & Muirbank a walkable intersection?
Ellesmere & Muirbank scores 21 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: nearest school 0.8 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km; nearest park 0.8 km · nearest centre 1.2 km.
Where can I park near Ellesmere & Muirbank?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 85 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 7,750 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Ellesmere & Muirbank by transit?
Bus routes 95, 86, 986 within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Muirbank Blvd, 14 m); Durham Region Transit routes 900 Pulse 900, N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Westbound @ Meadowvale.
What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Muirbank?
None within 300 m, and 7 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Lucky Lin's E Press (809 m), Nadi Halal Kebab House (889 m), Mucho Burrito (921 m), Subway (921 m) and Starbucks Coffee (921 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Ellesmere & Muirbank?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 90 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Absorbent Minds Montessori East (284 m, 31 spaces) and Meadowvale Daycare Centre (845 m, 59 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Ellesmere & Muirbank?
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Highland Creek page.
What neighbourhood is Ellesmere & Muirbank in?
Ellesmere & Muirbank is in Highland Creek (City of Toronto neighbourhood 134). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.
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 May 5, 2026.
- 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.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; 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.
- 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 25 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: 43.79387, -79.15775 · centreline node 13443902.