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Ellis Park & Wendigo

Ellis Park Rd & Wendigo Way · Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Ellis Park & Wendigo, in High Park-Swansea, was a low-volume local intersection — that was the City's last count here, in 2010. Nearby is High Park Station (Line 2) 559 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
1,625
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 29, 2010
149 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
High Park Station 559 m · 9 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
37/100
city median 48
53 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 615 m

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Ellis Park & Wendigo

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 29, 2010

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 825 northbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 51. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 303 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 310 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 16 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2010, 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 north749southbound · 1 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,625149 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east51westbound · 1 bikes · 7.8% heavy
From the south825northbound · 2 bikes · 2.8% heavy

Peak hours: 303 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 310 from 5:00 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

2022 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 13% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Apr 2, 2025.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8
With an injury1
Property damage only6
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified1
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2019

The City's counter on Ellis Park Rd between Wendigo Way and Lane S of Bloor and E of Ellis Park (52 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 2-day count in November 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 4,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Ellis Park Road between Dacre Cres and Wendigo Way.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ellis Park Rd · Wendigo Way – Lane S of Bloor and E of Ellis Park · 52 mNov 2019 · 2 days4,66641 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
Traffic calming
Ellis Park Road (Dacre Cres – Wendigo Way): 4 speed humps

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

Subway
High Park Station (Line 2)559 m · 7 min; Runnymede Station (Line 2)625 m · 7 min
TTC bus
77 79 71 30 203 189 nearest 670 m · 8 min
Blue Night
300
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Glendonwynne Rd / Bloor St W 529 m · 6 min · 19 docks · 8 stations, 144 docks 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
8 car parks · about 842 spaces
EV charging
115 High Park Avenue · 1.2 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 265 Armadale Ave (1.2 km), 535 Runnymeade Rd (1.8 km)
Bike parking
7 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 28 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
5 mapped lots within 500 m, 222 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
255 Kennedy Ave · Surface617 m5665% (Q1 2026)
265 Durie St · Surface948 m14470% (Q1 2026)
265 Willard Ave · Surface1.2 km9053% (Q1 2026)
265 Armadale Ave · Surface1.3 km14458% (Q1 2026)
Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road · Surface1.5 km187 *—

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

The nearest grocery store is No Frills, 615 m away; 4 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 53 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Ohana - Pandebonos & Coffee, 300 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Mortar + Pestle, 245 m away; 6 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Chartwell Grenadier Retirement Residence, a retirement home 276 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Ohana - Pandebonos & Coffee · 2100 Bloor St W300 m · 4 min
  • Greelz On Bloor · 2100 Bloor St W Unit-5301 m · 4 min
  • Pizza Hut · 2100 Bloor St W 1301 m · 4 min
  • Ihalo Krunch · 2114 Bloor St W337 m · 4 min
  • Wiki Cafe · 2114 Bloor St W337 m · 4 min
0 within 300 m · 53 within 1 km
Grocery
No Frills 615 m · 7 min · 4 within 1 km
Food shops
Second Nature Natural Foods 562 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Mortar + Pestle 245 m · 6 within 1 km
Child care
  • Humberside Montessori School · 120 spaces, preschool655 m · 8 min
  • La Petite Ecole · 16 spaces, preschool681 m · 8 min
  • Atelier Kids Inc. · 44 spaces, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy695 m · 8 min
6 licensed centres · 405 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • High Park Chess House Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible746 m · 9 min
  • High Park Lower Hillside Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Under Construction878 m · 10 min
Health and care
  • Chartwell Grenadier Retirement Residence · retirement home276 m · 3 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 (14)
  • Kennedy - Margdon Parkette483 m · 6 min
  • Parkview Gardens Parkette496 m · 6 min
  • Bennett Park725 m · 9 min
  • Neil McLellan Park806 m · 10 min
  • Glenlake Square1 km · 12 min
and 9 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (10)
  • Humberside Montessori SchoolPrivate · 655 m · 8 min
  • Erudite Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1 km · 12 min
  • Ursula Franklin AcademyEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Swansea Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • The Student SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 5 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Runnymede branch506 m · 6 min
  • Toronto Public Library Swansea Memorial branch1.2 km · 14 min
Places of interest
  • The Village PlayersPerforming Arts · 582 m · 7 min
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 1.3 km · 16 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.

37of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    4 grocery stores within 1 km · 53 within 1 km

  • Transit12/28

    High Park Station 0.6 km · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go6/14

    library 506 m away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.7 km · 6 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot2/10

    traffic calming

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.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

17 registered apartment buildings with 1,453 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 2001 Bloor St W (247 m, 60 units, 4 storeys, built 1930), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
2001 Bloor St W · Travi Inc.604193094 · Jul 2026247 m
2010 Bloor St W · Advent Property Management Services243192989 · Nov 2025397 m · 5 min
1950 Bloor St W · Trivest Developments Corporation164194091 · Jul 2026608 m · 7 min
2 Kennedy Ave254196792 · Jul 2025626 m · 7 min
1942 Bloor St W · Trivest Developments Corporation164194091 · Jul 2026627 m · 7 min
9 Morningside Ave · Westside Storeys Limited364195793 · Aug 2024649 m · 8 min

17 registered buildings · 1,453 units · tallest 26 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000—

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 High Park-Swansea.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Ellis Park & Wendigo a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 Ellis Park & Wendigo?

A low-volume local intersection at the City's last count here, in 2010. Its latest count is from Nov 29, 2010, 18% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Ellis Park & Wendigo a walkable intersection?

Ellis Park & Wendigo scores 37 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: 2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km; High Park Station 0.6 km · 9 routes within 1 km; library 506 m away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Ellis Park & Wendigo?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellis Park Rd between Wendigo Way and Lane S of Bloor and E of Ellis Park (November 2019), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Ellis Park & Wendigo?

The nearest Green P car park is 255 Kennedy Ave (617 m away, 56 spaces, 65% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 222 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 5,850 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 115 High Park Avenue (1.2 km).

How do I get to Ellis Park & Wendigo by transit?

High Park Station (Line 2) is 559 m away; bus routes 77, 79, 71, 30, 203, 189 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Ellis Park & Wendigo?

None within 300 m, and 53 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Ohana - Pandebonos & Coffee (300 m), Greelz On Bloor (301 m), Pizza Hut (301 m), Ihalo Krunch (337 m) and Wiki Cafe (337 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Ellis Park & Wendigo?

The nearest is High Park Chess House Washroom, 1873 Bloor St W, 746 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: High Park Lower Hillside Washroom (878 m); High Park Sport Field Washroom (939 m).

Is there child care near Ellis Park & Wendigo?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 405 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Humberside Montessori School (655 m, 120 spaces), La Petite Ecole (681 m, 16 spaces) and Atelier Kids Inc. (695 m, 44 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ellis Park & Wendigo?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,453 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2001 Bloor St W (247 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 2010 Bloor St W (397 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 1950 Bloor St W (608 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 2 Kennedy Ave (626 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 is 90 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Ellis Park & Wendigo?

Toronto Police place two 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 High Park-Swansea page.

What neighbourhood is Ellis Park & Wendigo in?

Ellis Park & Wendigo is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined