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Ellesmere & Packard

Ellesmere Rd & Packard Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Bendale-Glen Andrew · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

In Bendale-Glen Andrew, Ellesmere & Packard is a moderately heavy crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 22 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
13,967
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 21, 2016
184 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
3
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 1 property damage · #5256 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
14 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,750 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.51× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 76 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 0.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Ellesmere & Packard

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 94 Pickering / Square One41 Hamilton / Pickering96 Oshawa / Finch Express92 Oshawa / Yorkdale at Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal515 m
TTC bus
95406211321691691304313413138129133 nearest 19 m
Express
995996903904938939
Blue Night
395316
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Packard Blvd; Ellesmere Rd at Borough Approach West
Regional
Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Scarborough Centre Station395 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Bernadine St / Brimley Rd 344 m · 11 docks · 5 stations, 95 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 (15)
  • St Victor Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 230 m
  • Mac Al-Furqan SchoolPrivate · 319 m
  • St Andrews & Alternative ScarboroughEnglish Public · 521 m
  • North Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 793 m
  • Edgewood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 826 m
  • Madinatul Uloom Islamic Academy & Oxford College & Fh InternationalPrivate · 1 km
  • and 9 more
Community centres
Parks (13)
  • Frank Faubert Wood Lot227 m
  • Scarborough Civic Centre235 m
  • Albert Campbell Square268 m
  • St. Andrews Park - Scarborough460 m
  • Edgewood Park829 m
  • North Bendale Park1 km
  • and 7 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch177 m
Places of interest
  • Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 1.5 km

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 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 91. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 248 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 91 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 1401 Ellesmere Rd248 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Gong Cha · 60 Town Centre Crt Unit-Cu4297 mPassed, Aug 2026
Gong Cha · 60 Town Centre Crt, Unit-Cu4297 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 1 infraction
Petro Canada · 1270 Brimley Rdgrocery355 mPassed, Mar 2026
Coco Fresh Tea & Juice · 60 Brian Harrison Way Unit-4355 mPassed, Mar 2026
Subway · 1585 Ellesmere Rd391 mPassed, Jul 2026
Hyderabad Biryani Hut · 1587 Ellesmere Rd395 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant · 1589 Ellesmere Rdgrocery399 mPassed, Dec 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 Scraborough Civic Centre, 221 m away, Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 346 m away at Albert Campbell Square.

  • Scraborough Civic Centre · 150 Borough Drive
    Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible
    221 m
  • Scraborough Civic Centre · 160 Borough Drive
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed
    263 m
  • Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom · 150 Borough Dr
    View outdoor rink hours
    286 m
Drinking water
Albert Campbell Square bottle filling station · 346 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 396 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program (230 m, 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 396 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program · 20 Bernadine St
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    230 m
  • Scarborough Jr YMCA · 230 Town Centre Crt
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    495 m
  • Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program · 60 Brimorton Dr
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    521 m
  • The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre · 1305 Ellesmere Rd
    123 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    558 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 232 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 232 · 1.9 km1550 Midland Ave
Police42 Division · 2.5 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 28 · 1.9 km2900 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 three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 204 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (671 m, 145 units, 8 storeys, built 1994), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 7 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 8 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings3 · 204 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20267 across the 3
Open fire-code violations8
Tallest8 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1680 Ellesmere Rdsocial housing · Aykler Management1458199498 · Sep 20243 · 8 fire671 m
1191 Ellesmere Rd274197688 · Jul 202631 km
1181 Ellesmere Rd324197691 · Jul 202411 km

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 lots317 lots · ≈85,680 spaces · 257.1 ha
Within 500 m38 lots · ≈3,580 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 554 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
158 Borough Drive · Surface181 m16 *
40 Bushby Dr · Surface655 m21532% (Q1 2026)
101 Grangeway Ave · Surface790 m2557% (Q1 2026)
Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface1.6 km68 *

Nearest lots: 40 m away, ≈34 spaces; 191 m away, ≈123 spaces; 206 m away, ≈54 spaces; 218 m away, ≈56 spaces (Green P); 251 m away, ≈3 spaces; 253 m away, ≈175 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, Mar 21, 2016

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 7,031 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 176 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 2,226 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 2,040 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west6,760eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.0% heavy
Total vehicles13,967184 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 4.1% heavy
From the east7,031westbound · 0 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the south176northbound · 1 bikes · 4.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,040 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,226 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 21, 2016

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 most recent midblock count on Packard Blvd between Gable Pl and Ellesmere Rd (31 m away, Oct 2001) recorded volume only — about 1,056 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Packard Blvd · Gable Pl – Ellesmere Rd · 31 mOct 2001 · 3 days1,056
Ellesmere Rd · Packard Blvd – Borough Approach E · 94 mSep 2014 · 3 days15,555

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 2022, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 67% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (33%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3#5256 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only1
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1831 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20144latest May 17, 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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 8, 2025. 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 & Packard a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 & Packard?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 21, 2016, 1.51× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Ellesmere & Packard?

The nearest Green P car park is 158 Borough Drive (181 m away, 16 spaces). The City's mapping shows 317 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 85,680 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Ellesmere & Packard by transit?

Bus routes 95, 406, 21, 132, 169, 16, 9, 130 and 12 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Packard Blvd, 19 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Scarborough Centre Station.

What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Packard?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 91 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (248 m), Gong Cha (297 m), Gong Cha (297 m), Coco Fresh Tea & Juice (355 m) and Subway (391 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 & Packard?

The nearest is Scraborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Drive, 221 m away (Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Scraborough Civic Centre (263 m); Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (286 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 & Packard?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 396 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program (230 m, 71 spaces), Scarborough Jr YMCA (495 m, 90 spaces) and Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program (521 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ellesmere & Packard?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 204 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1680 Ellesmere Rd (671 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 1191 Ellesmere Rd (1.0 km, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 1181 Ellesmere Rd (1.0 km, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 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 & Packard?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew page.

What neighbourhood is Ellesmere & Packard in?

Ellesmere & Packard is in Bendale-Glen Andrew (City of Toronto neighbourhood 156). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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