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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 · Dec 18, 2024
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 12,580 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 609 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 2,298 vehicles in the peak hour from 3:00 p.m., against 1,825 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 1,825 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,298 from 3:00 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
The worst year was 2016, with 8 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 15 collisions (32%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 18, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 2, 2013.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 47 | #2160 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 15 | #1176 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 25 | |
| Fail to remain | 7 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 7 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 5 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Aug 2, 2013 |
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 Borough Approach E and Saratoga Dr (74 m away, Sep 2014) recorded volume only — about 16,247 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Rd · Borough Approach E – Saratoga Dr · 74 m | Sep 2014 · 3 days | 16,247 | — | — | — |
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 16 38 133 406 9 134 129 130 131 132 169 21 43 nearest 38 m
- Express
- 995 903 904 938 939 996
- Blue Night
- 395 316
- Nearest stops
- 8 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Saratoga Dr East Side
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920 921 Route 921 at Bushby Westbound @ McCowan490 m · 6 min
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Scarborough Town Centre 560 m · 7 min · 23 docks · 4 stations, 84 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
- no post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
- Other lots
- 12 mapped lots within 500 m, 184 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 158 Borough Drive · Surface | 290 m | 16 * | — |
| 40 Bushby Dr · Surface | 549 m | 215 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 101 Grangeway Ave · Surface | 664 m | 255 | 7% (Q1 2026) |
| Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface | 1.9 km | 68 * | — |
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 within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Freshco, 414 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Country Bakery & Market, 120 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 18. The nearest is Subway, 67 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 247 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Subway · 1585 Ellesmere Rd67 m
- Hyderabad Biryani Hut · 1587 Ellesmere Rd70 m
- St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant · 1589 Ellesmere Rd73 m
- Tim Hortons · 1615 Ellesmere Rd170 m
- Burger King · 1651 Ellesmere Rd237 m
- Grocery
- Freshco 414 m · 5 min
- Food shops
- Country Bakery & Market 120 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 247 m · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- Scarborough Jr YMCA · 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day636 m · 8 min
- St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program · 58 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day756 m · 9 min
- The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day854 m · 10 min
- Washrooms
- Scraborough Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed373 m · 4 min
- Scraborough Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible383 m · 5 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)
- Frank Faubert Wood Lot197 m
- Albert Campbell Square380 m · 5 min
- Scarborough Civic Centre471 m · 6 min
- St. Andrews Park - Scarborough892 m · 11 min
- North Bendale Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Community centres
- Birkdale Community Centre1.1 km · 14 min
- Centennial Recreation Centre - Scarborough1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools (12)
- Mac Al-Furqan SchoolPrivate · 595 m · 7 min
- St Victor Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 756 m · 9 min
- North Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 854 m · 10 min
- New Covenant Church SchoolPrivate · 861 m · 10 min
- Madinatul Uloom Islamic Academy & Oxford College & Fh InternationalPrivate · 1 km · 12 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch346 m · 4 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 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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 145 rental units — it is social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (357 m, 145 units, 8 storeys, built 1994), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1680 Ellesmere Rd social housing · Aykler Management | 145 | 8 | 1994 | 98 · Sep 2024 | 357 m · 4 min |
1 registered building · 145 units · 1 social housing · tallest 8 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Ellesmere & Saratoga a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 47 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 & Saratoga?
A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #562 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.56× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Ellesmere & Saratoga a walkable intersection?
Ellesmere & Saratoga scores 48 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: 3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km; 8 stops within 300 m · 22 routes within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 5 places to eat within 300 m.
Where can I park near Ellesmere & Saratoga?
The nearest Green P car park is 158 Borough Drive (290 m away, 16 spaces). The City's mapping shows 184 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 40,430 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Ellesmere & Saratoga by transit?
Bus routes 95, 16, 38, 133, 406, 9, 134, 129 and 12 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Saratoga Dr East Side, 38 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Bushby Westbound @ McCowan.
What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Saratoga?
5 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 Subway (67 m), Hyderabad Biryani Hut (70 m), St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant (73 m), Tim Hortons (170 m) and Burger King (237 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Ellesmere & Saratoga?
The nearest is Scraborough Civic Centre, 160 Borough Drive, 373 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed). Next nearest: Scraborough Civic Centre (383 m); Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (723 m).
Is there child care near Ellesmere & Saratoga?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 327 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Scarborough Jr YMCA (636 m, 90 spaces), St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program (756 m, 58 spaces) and The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale (854 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Ellesmere & Saratoga?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 145 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (357 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 98 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is Ellesmere & Saratoga in?
Ellesmere & Saratoga 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 Dec 18, 2024.
- 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).
- 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: 43.77168, -79.25365 · centreline node 13446898.