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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 · Oct 12, 2023
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 3,540 eastbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 481. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 707 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 708 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 707 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 708 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
2023 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 14, 2023.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 1 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 1 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| 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 Zaph Ave and Walkway W of Meadowvale and S of Ellesmere (361 m away) recorded an average of 51 km/h in its 3-day count in December 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 59 km/h. That segment carries about 7,000 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Rd · Zaph Ave – Walkway W of Meadowvale and S of Ellesmere · 361 m | Dec 2023 · 3 days | 6,987 | 51 km/h | 59 km/h | 64 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
- 95 154 86 38 nearest 17 m
- Express
- 986
- Blue Night
- 395 386
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Scarboro Ave; Ellesmere Rd at Deep Dene Dr
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900 N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Eastbound @ Meadowvale519 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
- 3 mapped lots within 500 m, 90 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; 12 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Raani Fast Food, 404 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Care Ida Pharmacy, 393 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Raani Fast Food · 3600 Ellesmere Rd Unit-10404 m · 5 min
- Ted's Restaurant · 404 Old Kingston Rd823 m · 10 min
- Peggy's Caribbean Cuisine · 402 Old Kingston Rd835 m · 10 min
- Amigos Bar & Grill · 6089 Kingston Rd904 m · 11 min
- Shamrock Burgers · 6109 Kingston Rd904 m · 11 min
- Food shops
- Hq Meats 1 km · 12 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Care Ida Pharmacy 393 m · 5 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Cardinal Leger Child Care Centre (Scarborough) · 102 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day743 m · 9 min
- Meadowvale Daycare Centre · 59 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day912 m · 11 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)
- Bramber Woods Park531 m · 6 min
- Highland Creek Parkette803 m · 10 min
- Highland Creek Community Park878 m · 10 min
- Canmore Park1 km · 12 min
- Tanis Cres Woodlot1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools
- Cardinal Leger Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 743 m · 9 min
- Meadowvale Public SchoolEnglish Public · 912 m · 11 min
- Morrish Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Rouge Valley Education CentrePrivate · 1.3 km · 15 min
- Highland Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km · 17 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Highland Creek branch464 m · 6 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 community centre, 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 one theft from a vehicle 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1) |
| 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 & Scarboro a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 1 lesser collision. 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 & Scarboro?
A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 12, 2023, 45% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Ellesmere & Scarboro a walkable intersection?
Ellesmere & Scarboro scores 26 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: library 464 m away; 5 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.7 km · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Ellesmere & Scarboro?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellesmere Rd between Zaph Ave and Walkway W of Meadowvale and S of Ellesmere (December 2023), found an average of 51 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Ellesmere & Scarboro?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 90 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 7,560 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Ellesmere & Scarboro by transit?
Bus routes 95, 154, 86, 38, 986 within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Scarboro Ave, 17 m); Durham Region Transit routes 900 Pulse 900, N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Eastbound @ Meadowvale.
What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Scarboro?
None within 300 m, and 12 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Raani Fast Food (404 m), Ted's Restaurant (823 m), Peggy's Caribbean Cuisine (835 m), Amigos Bar & Grill (904 m) and Shamrock Burgers (904 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Ellesmere & Scarboro?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 161 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Cardinal Leger Child Care Centre (Scarborough) (743 m, 102 spaces) and Meadowvale Daycare Centre (912 m, 59 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Ellesmere & Scarboro?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 & Scarboro in?
Ellesmere & Scarboro 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 Oct 12, 2023.
- 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: 43.79095, -79.16996 · centreline node 13444265.