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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 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 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.
Peak hours: 669 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 699 from 4:45 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
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.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 15 | 2.1 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 4 | |
| Property damage only | 8 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| 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 (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), 6.4% of the 115,043 vehicles logged in August 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 |
- Speed sign
- Meadowvale Rd (northbound), 388 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 48 km/h, 85th percentile 56 km/h; 6.4% at 60 km/h or more. 115,043 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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 86 154 nearest 13 m
- Express
- 986
- Blue Night
- 395 386
- Nearest stops
- 7 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Zaph Ave
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900 N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Eastbound @ Meadowvale246 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.
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
- 1 mapped lot within 500 m, 97 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; 1 eating place is within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Raani Fast Food, 677 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Care Ida Pharmacy, 666 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Raani Fast Food · 3600 Ellesmere Rd Unit-10677 m · 8 min
- Pharmacy
- Care Ida Pharmacy 666 m · 8 min
- Child care
- Meadowvale Daycare Centre · 59 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day639 m · 8 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 Park443 m · 5 min
- Lavery Trail Park897 m · 11 min
- Tanis Cres Woodlot1 km · 12 min
- Highland Creek Parkette1.1 km · 13 min
- Highland Creek Community Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Schools
- Meadowvale Public SchoolEnglish Public · 639 m · 8 min
- Cardinal Leger Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
- Morrish Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 16 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Highland Creek branch737 m · 9 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 four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 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 | — |
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. Its latest count is from Oct 15, 2025, 43% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Ellesmere & Zaph a walkable intersection?
Ellesmere & Zaph scores 25 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: 7 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m; library 737 m away.
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), 6.4% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Ellesmere & Zaph?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 97 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 7,660 spaces — 1 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, 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 1 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Raani Fast Food (677 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Ellesmere & Zaph?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 59 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Meadowvale Daycare Centre (639 m, 59 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. 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 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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: 43.79174, -79.16673 · centreline node 13444174.