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Ellesmere & Stoneton

Ellesmere Rd & Stoneton Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Woburn North · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

Ellesmere & Stoneton, in Woburn North, is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is 22 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
15,102
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 21, 2016
305 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 17 property damage · #3476 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #910 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop 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

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,890 vehicles, 1.63× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 50 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 1.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Just one of those 19 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Ellesmere & Stoneton

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 Terminal923 m
TTC bus
38133951640691341291301311321692143 nearest 58 m
Express
995903938904939996
Blue Night
395316
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at McCowan Rd East Side
Regional
Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Bushby Westbound @ McCowan298 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
100 Grangeway Ave 300 m · 39 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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (19)
  • North Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 273 m
  • New Covenant Church SchoolPrivate · 460 m
  • Mac Al-Furqan SchoolPrivate · 492 m
  • Madinatul Uloom Islamic Academy & Oxford College & Fh InternationalPrivate · 581 m
  • Al Haadi SchoolPrivate · 613 m
  • Advanced Christian AcademyPrivate · 647 m
  • and 13 more
Parks (12)
  • Frank Faubert Wood Lot446 m
  • North Bendale Park513 m
  • Albert Campbell Square540 m
  • Scarborough Civic Centre623 m
  • St. Andrews Park - Scarborough785 m
  • Lee Centre Park1 km
  • and 6 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch577 m

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 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 98. The nearest is Burger King, 103 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 98 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Burger King · 1651 Ellesmere Rd103 mPassed, Mar 2026
Circle K · 1615 Ellesmere Rdgrocery188 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 1615 Ellesmere Rd188 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Freshco · 1255 McCowan Rdgrocery203 mPassed, Aug 2026
Country Bakery & Market · 1601 Ellesmere Rdgrocery243 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Country Bakery & Market · 1601 Ellesmere Rdgrocery243 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 2 infractions
St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant · 1589 Ellesmere Rdgrocery262 mPassed, Dec 2025
Hyderabad Biryani Hut · 1587 Ellesmere Rd266 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction

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, 535 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed. A drinking fountain is 409 m away at North Bendale Park.

  • Scraborough Civic Centre · 160 Borough Drive
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed
    535 m
  • Scraborough Civic Centre · 150 Borough Drive
    Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible
    594 m
  • Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom · 150 Borough Dr
    View outdoor rink hours
    647 m
Drinking water
North Bendale Park drinking fountain · 409 m; Albert Campbell Square bottle filling station · 554 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 273 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale (273 m, 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 273 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale · 29 Aveline Cres
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    273 m
  • Scarborough Jr YMCA · 230 Town Centre Crt
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    431 m
  • Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program · 60 Brimorton Dr
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    764 m
  • St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program · 20 Bernadine St
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    837 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 231 (2.0 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 231 · 2 km740 Markham Rd
Police42 Division · 2 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 28 · 2.1 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 is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 145 rental units — it is social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (42 m, 145 units, 8 storeys, built 1994), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings1 · 145 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score98 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20263 across the 1
Open fire-code violations8
Tallest8 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1680 Ellesmere Rdsocial housing · Aykler Management1458199498 · Sep 20243 · 8 fire42 m

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 lots304 lots · ≈72,080 spaces · 216.2 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈2,810 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 486 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
40 Bushby Dr · Surface258 m21532% (Q1 2026)
101 Grangeway Ave · Surface318 m2557% (Q1 2026)
158 Borough Drive · Surface525 m16 *

Nearest lots: 84 m away, ≈40 spaces; 104 m away, ≈383 spaces; 127 m away, ≈84 spaces; 142 m away, ≈42 spaces; 151 m away, ≈34 spaces; 174 m away, ≈59 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

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 7,377 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 141 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 2,427 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 2,081 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.7% 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 north370southbound · 0 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the west7,214eastbound · 2 bikes · 4.8% heavy
Total vehicles15,102305 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 4.7% heavy
From the east7,377westbound · 0 bikes · 4.8% heavy
From the south141northbound · 0 bikes · 1.4% heavy
AM peak hour2,081 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,427 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

On Ellesmere Rd between Grangeway Ave and Parkington Cres, 196 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2017 put the average speed at 60 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 70 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 76 km/h or more. That segment carries about 24,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Stoneton Dr · Lynnbrook Dr – Ellesmere Rd · 139 mOct 2001 · 3 days515
Ellesmere Rd · Grangeway Ave – Parkington Cres · 196 mOct 2017 · 24 h24,17760 km/h70 km/h76 km/h

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 2018, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 3, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3476 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only17
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201427latest Mar 3, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Jun 3, 2021.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#910 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Jun 3, 2021

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

Six thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle610apartment parking (3), other (1)
Bicycle theft100apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 26, 2023. 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 Woburn North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Ellesmere & Stoneton a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#910 of 1,505), out of 19 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Stoneton?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Mar 21, 2016, 1.63× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Ellesmere & Stoneton?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellesmere Rd between Grangeway Ave and Parkington Cres (October 2017), found an average of 60 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 70 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Ellesmere & Stoneton?

The nearest Green P car park is 40 Bushby Dr (258 m away, 215 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 304 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 72,080 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Ellesmere & Stoneton by transit?

Bus routes 38, 133, 95, 16, 406, 9, 134, 129 and 12 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at McCowan Rd East Side, 58 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Bushby Westbound @ McCowan.

What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Stoneton?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 98 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Burger King (103 m), Tim Hortons (188 m) and Hyderabad Biryani Hut (266 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 & Stoneton?

The nearest is Scraborough Civic Centre, 160 Borough Drive, 535 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed). Next nearest: Scraborough Civic Centre (594 m); Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (647 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 & Stoneton?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 273 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale (273 m, 56 spaces), Scarborough Jr YMCA (431 m, 90 spaces) and Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program (764 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ellesmere & Stoneton?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 145 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (42 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 98 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 & Stoneton?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Woburn North page.

What neighbourhood is Ellesmere & Stoneton in?

Ellesmere & Stoneton is in Woburn North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 142), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

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