Toronto · intersection · signal 1560 · red-light camera

Markham & McNicoll

Markham Rd & McNicoll Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Morningside Heights · Ward 23, Scarborough North

Markham & McNicoll, in Morningside Heights, is a top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. At the corner: a red-light camera in place since 2021 that issued 510 tickets in 2025. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
47,240
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 5, 2023
981 pedestrians · 88 cyclists · #47 busiest
Collisions
529
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
107 with an injury · 370 property damage · #112 of 5,508 · +25 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #389 of 1,505
Red-light camera
510
tickets in 2025
since 2021 · 257 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 3,370 vehicles an hour, 2.9× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 48 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 53 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 11.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.3× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged up 13%, from 248 in 2016–2020 to 281 in 2021–2025. About one in 265 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Markham & McNicoll

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
10213442 nearest 28 m
Express
902
Blue Night
339334353
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Markham Rd at McNicoll Ave; McNicoll Ave at Markham Rd
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 (4)
  • Miraj AcademyPrivate · 430 m
  • Shirdi Sai School of CanadaPrivate · 497 m
  • Brookside Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km
Parks (1)
  • Hummingbird Park1 km
Signal
1560, activated 1988 · SA2

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 27 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 69. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 22 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés27 within 300 m · 69 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 2825 Markham Rd22 mPassed, Jun 2026
Timmy's Bagel & Coffee · 2834 Markham Rd Unit-151 mPassed, May 2026
Chola Chai Cafe Juice Bar · 2900 Markham Rd, Unit-H880 mPassed, Sep 2025
Vasantham Supermarket · 2900 Markham Rd, Unit-A36grocery80 mPassed, Jun 2025
Cafe Le Majestik · 2900 Markham Rd81 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 4 infractions
Nantha Majestic City · 2900 Markham Rd Unit-6-981 mPassed, Feb 2026
Sj Cheese Kottu · 2900 Markham Rd Unit-Fc281 mPassed, Feb 2026
Lamochi Sweets · 3580 McNicoll Ave100 mPassed, Apr 2026

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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 58 spaces; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Cambridge Leaf Montessori School (905 m, 58 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km1 centre · 58 spaces
Fee subsidynone
  • Cambridge Leaf Montessori School · 3875 McNicoll Ave
    58 spaces · toddler, preschool
    905 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 211 (397 m), the nearest police station 42 Division (3.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 397 m away.

FireFire Station 211 · 397 m900 Tapscott Rd
Police42 Division · 3.9 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 27 · 397 m900 Tapscott Rd

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

All parking lots200 lots · ≈101,910 spaces · 305.7 ha
Within 500 m37 lots · ≈10,530 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 89 m away, ≈525 spaces; 101 m away, ≈256 spaces; 105 m away, ≈331 spaces; 124 m away, ≈322 spaces; 140 m away, ≈289 spaces; 218 m away, ≈120 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 5, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 17,023 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 36% of the total, against 6,440 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 4,261 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:45 p.m., against 3,600 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north17,023southbound · 13 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the west6,440eastbound · 25 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles47,240981 pedestrians · 88 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east7,801westbound · 25 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south15,976northbound · 25 bikes · 4.5% heavy
AM peak hour3,600 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour4,261 vehicles from 5:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 5, 2023

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

On McNicoll Ave between Maybrook Dr and Dynamic Dr, 354 m from the corner, a 7-day count in May 2023 put the average speed at 50 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 61 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 67 km/h or more. That segment carries about 13,800 vehicles a day. Markham Rd between McNicoll Ave and Turbina Ave measured slower: 53 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 60 km/h (Sep 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Markham Rd · McNicoll Ave – Turbina Ave · 192 mSep 2025 · 3 days28,15153 km/h60 km/h65 km/h
McNicoll Ave · Maybrook Dr – Dynamic Dr · 354 mMay 2023 · 7 days13,84950 km/h61 km/h67 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

The worst year was 2023, with 78 collisions; 2025 recorded 47. 107 collisions (20%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 64 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 13 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 25 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 28, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 11.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions529#112 of 5,508
With an injury107#46 of 4,660
Property damage only370
Fail to remain64
Involving a pedestrian10#234 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#848 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified52
Since January 2026 (outside the window)25
All since 2014621latest Jun 28, 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

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. Both happened in darkness. The most recent was on Nov 26, 2017. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#389 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#659 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness2
All KSI since 20063latest Nov 26, 2017

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

13 thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.6 a year before that. 69% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Apr 1, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1322street/outdoor (9), commercial premises (4)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 1, 2026. 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 Morningside Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Markham & McNicoll a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#389 of 1,505), out of 529 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 Markham & McNicoll?

A top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. It ranks #47 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.9× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Markham & McNicoll?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Markham & McNicoll since 2021, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 510 tickets in 2025 (537 in 2024) and 257 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 3,168 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Markham & McNicoll?

510 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — about the same as 537 in 2024, and 257 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 3,168 tickets since 2021. 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 Markham & McNicoll?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McNicoll Ave between Maybrook Dr and Dynamic Dr (May 2023), found an average of 50 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 61 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Markham & McNicoll?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 200 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 101,910 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Markham & McNicoll by transit?

Bus routes 102, 134, 42, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: Markham Rd at McNicoll Ave, 28 m).

What restaurants are near Markham & McNicoll?

27 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 69 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (22 m), Timmy's Bagel & Coffee (51 m), Chola Chai Cafe Juice Bar (80 m), Cafe Le Majestik (81 m) and Nantha Majestic City (81 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 Markham & McNicoll?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 58 spaces in total; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Cambridge Leaf Montessori School (905 m, 58 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Markham & McNicoll?

Toronto Police place 13 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 Morningside Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Markham & McNicoll in?

Markham & McNicoll is in Morningside Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 144). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.

Sources

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