Toronto · intersection · signal 1195 · red-light camera

Ellesmere Rd & Military Trl

Toronto, Ontario · Highland Creek · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

In Highland Creek, Ellesmere Rd & Military Trl is a moderately travelled crossing. It has a red-light camera in place since 2009 that issued 324 tickets in 2025 and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
6,223
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 17, 2022
734 pedestrians · 9 cyclists
Collisions
124
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
20 with an injury · 88 property damage · #880 of 5,508 · +13 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #907 of 1,505
Red-light camera
324
tickets in 2025
since 2009 · 116 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
5 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 780 vehicles, 67% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 8 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). That comes with about 12 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions rose 18%, from 57 in 2016–2020 to 67 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 124 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Ellesmere Rd & Military Trl

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 41 Hamilton / Pickering41 Hamilton / Pickering at Military Trail. @ Pan Am Dr.217 m
TTC bus
951543812116 nearest 17 m
Express
905938995
Blue Night
395334
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Military Trail (East); Ellesmere Rd at Military Trail (East) West Side
Regional
Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Westbound @ Military Trail17 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
University of Toronto Scarborough 372 m · 16 docks · 3 stations, 50 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 (8)
  • Rouge Valley Education CentrePrivate · 342 m
  • Centennial College School - Morningside CampusCollege · 376 m
  • Military Trail Public SchoolEnglish Public · 761 m
  • Highland Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 863 m
  • St John Paul Ii Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Morrish Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 2 more
Community centres
  • Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre631 m
  • Tam Heather Curling and Tennis Club1 km
Parks (4)
  • Highland Creek Community Park785 m
  • Bonspiel Park1 km
  • Ellesmere Reservoir Park1.1 km
  • Canmore Park1.1 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Highland Creek branch1.1 km
Signal
1195, activated 1975 · SA1 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South · transit priority

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 29 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is La Prep, 104 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2025.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 29 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 3 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
La Prep · 1095 Military Trl None104 mPassed, Feb 2025
Cafe Depot · 1050 Military Trl 1035 None207 mPassed, May 2026
Bao Mama · 1265 Military Trl339 mPassed, Sep 2025
Bento Sushi · 1265 Military Trl339 mPassed, Apr 2025
Chopsticks · 1265 Military Trl339 mPassed, Mar 2025
Culinaria Research Centre · 1265 Military Trl339 mPassed, Oct 2025
Kelly's Frozen Treats · 1265 Military Trl, Flr-3339 mPassed, Apr 2024
Osmow's (Inside Market Place) · 1265 Military Trlgrocery339 mPassed, Apr 2024

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 Morningside Park Washroom, 1.0 km away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Morningside Park Washroom · 390 Morningside Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 52 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Nsheemaehn Child Care Centre (104 m, 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km1 centre · 52 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • Nsheemaehn Child Care Centre · 1255 Military Trail
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    104 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 212 (2.0 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 212 · 2 km8500 Sheppard Ave E
Police43 Division · 2.1 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 25 · 2 km8500 Sheppard 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

Five registered apartment buildings with 1,037 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 22. The nearest is 110 Mornelle Crt (490 m, 145 units, 15 storeys, built 1971), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 38 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings5 · 1,037 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202638 across the 5
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
110 Mornelle CrtToronto Community Housing · Del Management14515197194 · Jul 20262490 m
750 Morningside Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc16513197395 · Sep 202413570 m
90 Mornelle CrtToronto Community Housing · Del Management19813197188 · Nov 20255642 m
80 Mornelle Crt · Q Residential26516197296 · Nov 202512753 m
70 Mornelle Crt · Self Managed26416197682 · Jul 20266763 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 lots195 lots · ≈28,600 spaces · 85.8 ha
Within 500 m17 lots · ≈3,110 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 110 m away, ≈38 spaces; 126 m away, ≈7 spaces; 129 m away, ≈7 spaces; 145 m away, ≈1,144 spaces; 241 m away, ≈18 spaces; 262 m away, ≈666 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, Dec 17, 2022 (a weekend day)

The east leg carries the load — 2,205 westbound vehicles, or 35% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 1,023. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,033 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 100% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (516). Trucks and buses were 6.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north1,206southbound · 2 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the west1,789eastbound · 3 bikes · 9.9% heavy
Total vehicles6,223734 pedestrians · 9 cyclists · 6.6% heavy
From the east2,205westbound · 3 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the south1,023northbound · 1 bikes · 14.0% heavy
AM peak hour516 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,033 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 17, 2022 · weekend

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 Military Trl and Mirrow Crt (141 m away) recorded an average of 47 km/h in its 3-day count in December 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 55 km/h. That segment carries about 13,100 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ellesmere Rd · Military Trl – Mirrow Crt · 141 mDec 2023 · 3 days13,13247 km/h55 km/h60 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

2024 was the peak year (21 collisions), and 2025 closed with 17. 16% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 17 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 13 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions124#880 of 5,508
With an injury20#854 of 4,660
Property damage only88
Fail to remain17
Involving a pedestrian5#708 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1829 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)13
All since 2014181latest Jun 25, 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 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Jan 11, 2019. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#907 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#514 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20062latest Jan 11, 2019

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 no thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 80% of the bike thefts were from school or campus property.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle000
Bicycle theft510school/campus (4), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 25, 2024. 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 Rd & Military Trl a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#907 of 1,505), out of 124 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 Rd & Military Trl?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Dec 17, 2022, 67% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Ellesmere Rd & Military Trl?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Ellesmere Rd & Military Trl since 2009, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 324 tickets in 2025 (481 in 2024) and 116 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 1,853 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Ellesmere Rd & Military Trl?

324 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 481 in 2024, and 116 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 1,853 tickets since 2022. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

How fast do cars go at Ellesmere Rd & Military Trl?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellesmere Rd between Military Trl and Mirrow Crt (December 2023), found an average of 47 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 55 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Ellesmere Rd & Military Trl?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 195 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,600 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Ellesmere Rd & Military Trl by transit?

Bus routes 95, 154, 38, 12, 116, 905, 938, 995 within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Military Trail (East), 17 m); Durham Region Transit routes 900 Pulse 900, N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Westbound @ Military Trail.

What restaurants are near Ellesmere Rd & Military Trl?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 29 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are La Prep (104 m), Cafe Depot (207 m), Bao Mama (339 m), Bento Sushi (339 m) and Chopsticks (339 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 Rd & Military Trl?

The nearest is Morningside Park Washroom, 390 Morningside Ave, 1.0 km away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Rd & Military Trl?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 52 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Nsheemaehn Child Care Centre (104 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ellesmere Rd & Military Trl?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,037 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 110 Mornelle Crt (490 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 750 Morningside Ave (570 m, 165 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 90 Mornelle Crt (642 m, 198 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 80 Mornelle Crt (753 m, 265 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 91 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 Rd & Military Trl?

Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and five 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 Rd & Military Trl in?

Ellesmere Rd & Military Trl is in Highland Creek (City of Toronto neighbourhood 134). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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