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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 volume8-hour count · Mar 21, 2016
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 8,579 westbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 299. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,728 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 13% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (2,404). Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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.
Peak hours: 2,404 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,728 from 4:30 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
2024 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 28% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 13% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 31, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 32 | #2700 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 9 | #1883 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 20 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 4 | #932 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 7 | |
| 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.
How fast traffic moves here
The City's counter on Ellesmere Rd between Birkdale Rd and Birkdale Ravine Trl (223 m away) recorded an average of 62 km/h in its 7-day count in May 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 69 km/h. That segment carries about 33,800 vehicles a day. Oakley Blvd between Canadine Rd and Ellesmere Rd measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Oct 2021).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakley Blvd · Canadine Rd – Ellesmere Rd · 77 m | Oct 2021 · 24 h | 1,131 | 35 km/h | 43 km/h | 47 km/h |
| Ellesmere Rd · Birkdale Rd – Birkdale Ravine Trl · 223 m | May 2023 · 7 days | 33,760 | 62 km/h | 69 km/h | 75 km/h |
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 38 129 131 133 57 21 43 nearest 21 m
- Express
- 903 904 938 939 995 996
- Blue Night
- 395
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Oakley Blvd; Ellesmere Rd at Oakley Blvd East Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Bernadine St / Brimley Rd 837 m · 10 min · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 docks 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
- 4 car parks · about 554 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 24 mapped lots within 500 m, 264 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface | 637 m | 68 * | — |
| 158 Borough Drive · Surface | 1.2 km | 16 * | — |
| 40 Bushby Dr · Surface | 1.8 km | 215 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 101 Grangeway Ave · Surface | 1.9 km | 255 | 7% (Q1 2026) |
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. There is a specialist food shop nearby — Norman Sue Bakery Ltd, 129 m away. There are 12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 18 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizza Pizza, 63 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Midland Pharmacy, 72 m away, one of two within 300 m. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Fieldstone Commons Community, a long-term care home 816 m away. City of Toronto, Parks Forestry & Recreation East District - Birkdale Community Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 512 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Pizza Pizza · 1197-1217 Ellesmere Rd63 m
- J & J Kapuso Filipino Restaurant · 1217 Ellesmere Rd Unit-085 m
- The Thamel Express · 1215 Ellesmere Rd Unit-121585 m
- House of Nizams · 1163 Ellesmere Rd Unit-6176 m
- Roll N Bowl · 1157 Ellesmere Rd Unit-6193 m
- Food shops
- Norman Sue Bakery Ltd 129 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Midland Pharmacy 72 m · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre · 123 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day391 m · 5 min
- Washrooms
- Birkdale Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed525 m · 6 min
- Health and care
- Fieldstone Commons Community · long-term care home816 m · 10 min
- City of Toronto, Parks Forestry & Recreation East District - Birkdale Community Centre · seniors' active living centre512 m · 6 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 (7)
- Edgewood Park313 m · 4 min
- West Birkdale Park583 m · 7 min
- Jolly Way Park881 m · 10 min
- Frank Faubert Wood Lot1.2 km · 15 min
- Scarborough Civic Centre1.2 km · 15 min
- Community centres
- Birkdale Community Centre513 m · 6 min
- Schools
- Centennial College - Midland CampusCollege · 177 m
- Edgewood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 589 m · 7 min
- St Victor Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
- Enquiring Minds Montessori and London School of DancePrivate · 1.5 km · 17 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch1.2 km · 14 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.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Three registered apartment buildings with 124 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 1181 Ellesmere Rd (82 m, 32 units, 4 storeys, built 1976), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1181 Ellesmere Rd | 32 | 4 | 1976 | 91 · Jul 2024 | 82 m |
| 1191 Ellesmere Rd | 27 | 4 | 1976 | 88 · Jul 2026 | 84 m |
| 1175 Ellesmere Rd · Loraview Holdings Inc. | 65 | 5 | 1967 | 95 · Oct 2025 | 149 m |
3 registered buildings · 124 units · tallest 5 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.1 a year. 64% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 11 | 3 | 0 | street/outdoor (7), commercial premises (3) |
| 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Ellesmere & Oakley a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 32 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 & Oakley?
A busier-than-typical intersection at the City's last count here, in 2016. Its latest count is from Mar 21, 2016, 1.79× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Ellesmere & Oakley a walkable intersection?
Ellesmere & Oakley scores 46 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: 1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 9 stops within 300 m · 15 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Ellesmere & Oakley?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellesmere Rd between Birkdale Rd and Birkdale Ravine Trl (May 2023), found an average of 62 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 69 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Ellesmere & Oakley?
The nearest Green P car park is Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 (637 m away, 68 spaces). The City's mapping shows 264 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 52,380 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Ellesmere & Oakley by transit?
Bus routes 95, 38, 129, 131, 133, 57, 21, 43 and 6 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Oakley Blvd, 21 m).
What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Oakley?
12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 18 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Pizza Pizza (63 m), J & J Kapuso Filipino Restaurant (85 m), The Thamel Express (85 m), House of Nizams (176 m) and Roll N Bowl (193 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Ellesmere & Oakley?
The nearest is Birkdale Community Centre Washroom, 1299 Ellesmere Rd, 525 m away.
Is there child care near Ellesmere & Oakley?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 123 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre (391 m, 123 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Ellesmere & Oakley?
Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 124 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1181 Ellesmere Rd (82 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 1191 Ellesmere Rd (84 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 1175 Ellesmere Rd (149 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 91 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Ellesmere & Oakley?
Toronto Police place 11 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew page.
What neighbourhood is Ellesmere & Oakley in?
Ellesmere & Oakley is in Bendale-Glen Andrew (City of Toronto neighbourhood 156). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.
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 Mar 21, 2016.
- 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; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; 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.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (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 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 21 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: 43.76842, -79.26880 · centreline node 13447419.