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Markham & Ormerod

Markham Rd & Ormerod St · Toronto, Ontario · Malvern West · Ward 23, Scarborough North

In Malvern West, Markham & Ormerod is a high-volume crossing. Nearby are 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
37,730
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 14, 2024
543 pedestrians · 45 cyclists · #147 busiest
Collisions
70
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1566 of 5,519
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
8 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
53/100
city median 48 · #2,332 of 5,672
8 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 360 m

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Markham & Ormerod

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 · May 14, 2024

The north leg carries the load — 18,691 southbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 482. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,222 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 9% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (2,945). Trucks and buses were 9.5% 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 16,177 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north18,691southbound · 18 bikes · 9.7% heavy
From the west673eastbound · 0 bikes · 1.3% heavy
Total vehicles37,730543 pedestrians · 45 cyclists · 9.5% heavy
From the east482westbound · 1 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the south17,884northbound · 26 bikes · 9.7% heavy

Peak hours: 2,945 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,222 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

2018 was the peak year (15 collisions), and 2025 closed with 8. 11% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 10, 2026.

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

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions70#1566 of 5,519
With an injury8#2087 of 4,669
Property damage only55
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
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.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Markham Rd between Ormerod St and Verne Cres (55 m away) recorded an average of 51 km/h in its 3-day count in August 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 60 km/h. That segment carries about 42,800 vehicles a day. Ormerod St between Markham Rd and Verne Cres measured slower: 41 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Jul 2014).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Markham Rd · Ormerod St – Verne Cres · 55 mAug 2026 · 3 days42,81951 km/h60 km/h67 km/h
Ormerod St · Markham Rd – Verne Cres · 87 mJul 2014 · 24 h1,68641 km/h49 km/h56 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.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
102 85 134 131 132 nearest 95 m
Express
902 985
Blue Night
385
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Markham Rd at Sheppard Ave East
Regional
Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920 921 Route 921 at Progress Northbound @ Milner Avenue878 m · 10 min
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
2 car parks · about 116 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
19 mapped lots within 500 m, 164 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite · Surface695 m24 *—
284 Milner Ave · Surface737 m9218% (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 Al-Nour Halal Meat and Grocery, 360 m away; 3 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 27 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Chopstick House, 106 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 86 m away, one of two within 300 m. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Sts. Peter and Paul Residence, a retirement home 939 m away. Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto - Golden Horizons Active Living Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 569 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Chopstick House · 1780 Markham Rd Unit-C3106 m
  • Harvey's · 1780 Markham Rd Unit-C1106 m
  • Mr. Singh's Pizza · 1780 Markham Rd106 m
  • Naan & Kabob · 1780 Markham Rd Unit -D6 & D7106 m
  • Osmows · 1780 Markham Rd Unit-110106 m
8 within 300 m · 27 within 1 km
Grocery
Al-Nour Halal Meat and Grocery 360 m · 4 min · 3 within 1 km
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 86 m · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • Sheppard Square Day Nursery · 118 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day292 m · 3 min
  • Kimbercroft Day Nursery 2 · 78 spaces, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day395 m · 5 min
  • Montessori Villa Wisdom Inc. · 58 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day831 m · 10 min
3 licensed centres · 254 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Burrows Hall Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed540 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • Sts. Peter and Paul Residence · retirement home939 m · 11 min
  • Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto - Golden Horizons Active Living Centre · seniors' active living centre569 m · 7 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
  • Cynthia Lai Park912 m · 11 min
  • Pinetree Park925 m · 11 min
Community centres
Schools (12)
  • Islamic Foundation SchoolPrivate · 466 m · 6 min
  • Gibraltar Leadership Academy SchoolPrivate · 669 m · 8 min
  • Malvern Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 767 m · 9 min
  • Vedic RootsPrivate · 928 m · 11 min
  • Al Azhar Islamic SchoolPrivate · 1 km · 12 min
and 7 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Burrows Hall branch572 m · 7 min
Places of interest
  • Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater TorontoAttraction · 542 m · 6 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.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,332 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food19/30

    3 grocery stores within 1 km · 8 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit15/28

    7 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go6/14

    library 572 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    nearest park 0.9 km · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

Three registered apartment buildings with 364 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 5600 Sheppard Ave E (292 m, 120 units, 10 storeys, built 1970), which scored 94 out of 100 at its October 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
5600 Sheppard Ave E · Signet Group Inc.12010197094 · Oct 2024292 m · 3 min
30 Kimbercroft Crt · Davpart Inc948198090 · Oct 2024535 m · 6 min
221 Milner Ave social housing15010198297 · Oct 2025927 m · 11 min

3 registered buildings · 364 units · 1 social housing · tallest 10 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 five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Apr 10, 2026.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle512street/outdoor (3), house driveway/garage (1)
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 Malvern West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Markham & Ormerod a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 70 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 Markham & Ormerod?

A high-volume crossing. It ranks #147 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.3× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Markham & Ormerod a walkable intersection?

Markham & Ormerod scores 53 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,332 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: 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 8 places to eat within 300 m; nearest park 0.9 km · 1 community centre within 800 m.

How fast do cars go at Markham & Ormerod?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Markham Rd between Ormerod St and Verne Cres (August 2026), found an average of 51 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 60 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Markham & Ormerod?

The nearest Green P car park is 1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite (695 m away, 24 spaces). The City's mapping shows 164 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 50,280 spaces — 19 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Markham & Ormerod by transit?

Bus routes 102, 85, 134, 131, 132, 902, 985 within 1 km (nearest stop: Markham Rd at Sheppard Ave East, 95 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Progress Northbound @ Milner Avenue.

What restaurants are near Markham & Ormerod?

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 27 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Chopstick House (106 m), Harvey's (106 m), Mr. Singh's Pizza (106 m), Naan & Kabob (106 m) and Osmows (106 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Markham & Ormerod?

The nearest is Burrows Hall Community Centre Washroom, 1081 Progress Ave, 540 m away.

Is there child care near Markham & Ormerod?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 254 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sheppard Square Day Nursery (292 m, 118 spaces), Kimbercroft Day Nursery 2 (395 m, 78 spaces) and Montessori Villa Wisdom Inc. (831 m, 58 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Markham & Ormerod?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 364 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5600 Sheppard Ave E (292 m, 120 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 30 Kimbercroft Crt (535 m, 94 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 221 Milner Ave (927 m, 150 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 94 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Markham & Ormerod?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Malvern West page.

What neighbourhood is Markham & Ormerod in?

Markham & Ormerod is in Malvern West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 145). 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