Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- TTC bus
- 958615438 nearest 13 m
- Express
- 986
- Blue Night
- 395386
- Nearest stops
- 7 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Zaph Ave
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Eastbound @ Meadowvale235 m
- 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.
Within walking distance 1.5 km
- Schools (10)
- Meadowvale Public SchoolEnglish Public · 471 m
- Cardinal Leger Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 722 m
- Morrish Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
- St Dominic Savio Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
- Chief Dan George Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
- John G Diefenbaker Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
- and 4 more
- Community centres
- Tall Pines Community Centre1.4 km
- Parks (14)
- Bramber Woods Park328 m
- Tanis Cres Woodlot648 m
- Lavery Trail Park654 m
- Highland Creek Parkette816 m
- Canmore Park860 m
- Bob Hunter Park1 km
- and 8 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Highland Creek branch703 m
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 12 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Royal Canadian Legion Branch 258 Highland Creek, 755 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2025.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Raani Fast Food · 3600 Ellesmere Rd, Unit-10grocery | 622 m | Passed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction |
| Raani Fast Food · 3600 Ellesmere Rd Unit-10grocery | 623 m | Passed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions |
| Royal Canadian Legion Branch 258 Highland Creek · 305 Morrish Rd | 755 m | Passed, Dec 2025 |
| Ted's Restaurant · 404 Old Kingston Rd | 821 m | Passed, Apr 2026 |
| Peggy's Caribbean Cuisine · 402 Old Kingston Rd | 832 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Fratelli Village Pizzeria · 384 Old Kingston Rd | 902 m | Passed, Dec 2025 |
| Amigos Bar & Grill · 6089 Kingston Rd | 908 m | Passed, May 2025 · 1 infraction |
| Shamrock Burgers · 6109 Kingston Rd | 908 m | Passed, Aug 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
No City washroom within 1 km.
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
Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 192 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Meadowvale Daycare Centre (471 m, 59 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).
- Meadowvale Daycare Centre · 761 Meadowvale Rd
59 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day471 m - Cardinal Leger Child Care Centre (Scarborough) · 600 Morrish Rd
102 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day722 m - Absorbent Minds Montessori East · 6534 Kingston Rd
31 spaces · toddler, preschool1 km
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 214 (372 m), the nearest police station 43 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.
Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.
Parking
Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking
Nearest lots: 368 m away, ≈28 spaces; 411 m away, ≈67 spaces; 460 m away, ≈9 spaces; 534 m away, ≈50 spaces; 598 m away, ≈58 spaces; 660 m away, ≈19 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 — 14-hour, Oct 15, 2025
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 3,351 westbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 354. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 669 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 699 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.
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 counter on Ellesmere Rd between Zaph Ave and Walkway W of Meadowvale and S of Ellesmere (87 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. At the school-zone speed sign on Meadowvale Rd (388 m away, 50 km/h limit), 6.0% of the 118,302 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Rd · Zaph Ave – Walkway W of Meadowvale and S of Ellesmere · 87 m | Dec 2023 · 3 days | 6,987 | 51 km/h | 59 km/h | 64 km/h |
School-zone speed sign 388 m
Meadowvale Rd (northbound), 761 Meadowvale Road · 118,302 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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
2021 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 27% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Oct 26, 2023.
By year
Exposure-adjusted: 2.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 15 | #3788 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 4 | #2945 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 8 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | #2473 of 3,193 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| All since 2014 | 16 | latest Oct 26, 2023 |
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
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 2 | 0 | house driveway/garage (3), street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 20, 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 Highland Creek.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Ellesmere & Zaph a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 15 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 & Zaph?
A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #1904 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 43% of the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Ellesmere & Zaph?
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. At the school-zone speed sign 388 m away (50 km/h), 6.0% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.
Where can I park near Ellesmere & Zaph?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 167 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,760 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Ellesmere & Zaph by transit?
Bus routes 95, 86, 154, 38, 986 within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Zaph Ave, 13 m); Durham Region Transit routes 900 Pulse 900, N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Eastbound @ Meadowvale.
What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Zaph?
None within 300 m, and 12 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Royal Canadian Legion Branch 258 Highland Creek (755 m), Ted's Restaurant (821 m), Peggy's Caribbean Cuisine (832 m), Fratelli Village Pizzeria (902 m) and Amigos Bar & Grill (908 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Ellesmere & Zaph?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 192 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Meadowvale Daycare Centre (471 m, 59 spaces), Cardinal Leger Child Care Centre (Scarborough) (722 m, 102 spaces) and Absorbent Minds Montessori East (1.0 km, 31 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Ellesmere & Zaph?
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles 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 Highland Creek page.
What neighbourhood is Ellesmere & Zaph in?
Ellesmere & Zaph 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 15, 2025.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Nov 20, 2025.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 25 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: 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. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: 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.
- Coordinates: 43.79174, -79.16673 · centreline node 13444174.