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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 volume8-hour count · Dec 17, 2022 · weekend
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 5,621 eastbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 922. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,250 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 166% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (846). Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 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.
Peak hours: 846 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 2,250 from 4:15 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
2023 was the peak year (10 collisions), and 2025 closed with 9. 24% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 26, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 67 | #1631 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 16 | #1109 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 42 | |
| Fail to remain | 10 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1231 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 9 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 5 | |
| 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 Grangeway Ave and Parkington Cres (107 m away) recorded an average of 60 km/h in its 24-hour count in October 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 70 km/h. 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. Grangeway Ave between Ellesmere Rd and Bushby Dr measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 46 km/h (Jun 2024) — a much more recent reading than the one above.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Rd · Grangeway Ave – Parkington Cres · 107 m | Oct 2017 · 24 h | 24,177 | 60 km/h | 70 km/h | 76 km/h |
| Grangeway Ave · Ellesmere Rd – Bushby Dr · 130 m | Jun 2024 · 3 days | 5,920 | 39 km/h | 46 km/h | 50 km/h |
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.
- The crossing
- Signal 2515, activated 2020 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 38 133 95 16 406 9 134 129 130 131 132 169 nearest 159 m
- Express
- 995 903 938 904
- Blue Night
- 395 316
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920 921 Route 921 at Bushby Westbound @ McCowan531 m · 6 min
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- 100 Grangeway Ave 301 m · 4 min · 39 docks · 3 stations, 73 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
- 3 car parks · about 486 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 13 mapped lots within 500 m, 183 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 Bushby Dr · Surface | 590 m | 215 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 158 Borough Drive · Surface | 693 m | 16 * | — |
| 101 Grangeway Ave · Surface | 705 m | 255 | 7% (Q1 2026) |
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 Freshco, 455 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 26 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Burger King, 222 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 215 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Burger King · 1651 Ellesmere Rd222 m
- Tim Hortons · 1615 Ellesmere Rd284 m · 3 min
- St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant · 1589 Ellesmere Rd388 m · 5 min
- Hyderabad Biryani Hut · 1587 Ellesmere Rd392 m · 5 min
- Subway · 1585 Ellesmere Rd396 m · 5 min
- Grocery
- Freshco 455 m · 5 min
- Food shops
- Country Bakery & Market 369 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 215 m · 5 within 1 km
- Child care
- The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day627 m · 7 min
- Scarborough Jr YMCA · 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day677 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Scraborough Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed776 m · 9 min
- Scraborough Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible786 m · 9 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 (6)
- Frank Faubert Wood Lot600 m · 7 min
- Albert Campbell Square783 m · 9 min
- North Bendale Park783 m · 9 min
- Scarborough Civic Centre874 m · 10 min
- Confederation Park1.2 km · 15 min
- Community centres
- Centennial Recreation Centre - Scarborough1 km · 12 min
- Schools (14)
- New Covenant Church SchoolPrivate · 458 m · 5 min
- North Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 627 m · 7 min
- Mac Al-Furqan SchoolPrivate · 873 m · 10 min
- Advanced Christian AcademyPrivate · 884 m · 11 min
- Advanced Christian Academy (Renamed)Private · 884 m · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch749 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 care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,750 of 5,672. 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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
One registered apartment building with 145 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner, it is social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (112 m, 145 units, 8 storeys, built 1994), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1680 Ellesmere Rd social housing · Aykler Management | 145 | 8 | 1994 | 98 · Sep 2024 | 112 m |
1 registered building · 145 units · 1 social housing · tallest 8 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 six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 6 | 5 | 0 | street/outdoor (3), transit property (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 Woburn North.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Grangeway & Ellesmere a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 67 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 Grangeway & Ellesmere?
A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Dec 17, 2022, 1.31× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Grangeway & Ellesmere a walkable intersection?
Grangeway & Ellesmere scores 49 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,750 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: 6 stops within 300 m · 18 routes within 1 km; 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Grangeway & Ellesmere?
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 Grangeway & Ellesmere?
The nearest Green P car park is 40 Bushby Dr (590 m away, 215 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 183 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 40,610 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Grangeway & Ellesmere by transit?
Bus routes 38, 133, 95, 16, 406, 9, 134, 129 and 8 more within 1 km; Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Bushby Westbound @ McCowan.
What restaurants are near Grangeway & Ellesmere?
2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 26 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Burger King (222 m), Tim Hortons (284 m), St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant (388 m), Hyderabad Biryani Hut (392 m) and Subway (396 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Grangeway & Ellesmere?
The nearest is Scraborough Civic Centre, 160 Borough Drive, 776 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed). Next nearest: Scraborough Civic Centre (786 m).
Is there child care near Grangeway & Ellesmere?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 146 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 (627 m, 56 spaces) and Scarborough Jr YMCA (677 m, 90 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Grangeway & Ellesmere?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 145 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (112 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 98 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Grangeway & Ellesmere?
Toronto Police place six 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 Woburn North page.
What neighbourhood is Grangeway & Ellesmere in?
Grangeway & Ellesmere 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
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 Dec 17, 2022.
- 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.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; 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.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- 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 24 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: 43.77276, -79.24880 · centreline node 14249902.