Toronto · intersection · signal 878 · red-light camera

Markham & Progress

Markham Rd & Progress Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Woburn North · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

In Woburn North, Markham & Progress is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. At the corner: a red-light camera in place since 2017 that issued 37 tickets in 2025. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre. It records more police-reported collisions than almost any other intersection in the city.

Traffic volume
36,570
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 30, 2023
1,595 pedestrians · 27 cyclists · #165 busiest
Collisions
975
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
169 with an injury · 733 property damage · #15 of 5,508 · +47 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1162 of 1,505
Red-light camera
37
tickets in 2025
since 2017 · 22 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,610 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 2.3× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 23 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 98 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 26.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 5.4× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 24%, from 554 in 2016–2020 to 421 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 975 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

Map

Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time

Layers click a category to show or hide it · None then one category to see it alone
Markham & Progress

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 Centennial College562 m
TTC bus
10213438951339132406 nearest 29 m
Express
902903938995
Blue Night
395
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Markham Rd at Progress Ave; Progress Ave at Markham Rd East Side
Regional
Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Progress Eastbound @ Markham Road55 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Centennial College (Progress Campus) 329 m · 23 docks · 2 stations, 38 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 (17)
  • Z3 Education Centre SchoolPrivate · 554 m
  • Woburn Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 591 m
  • Talenta AcademyPrivate · 605 m
  • Woburn Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 607 m
  • Centennial College School - Progress CampusCollege · 676 m
  • St Thomas More Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 794 m
  • and 11 more
Community centres
  • Strides Toronto505 m
  • Centennial Recreation Centre - Scarborough841 m
  • Burrows Hall Community Centre1.4 km
Parks (7)
  • Woburn Park - Scarborough501 m
  • Confederation Park889 m
  • Lee Centre Park1 km
  • Hillsborough Park1.2 km
  • Cynthia Lai Park1.3 km
  • Churchill Heights Park1.4 km
  • and 1 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Burrows Hall branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater TorontoAttraction · 1.4 km
Signal
0878, activated 1969 · SA1 · transit priority

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 10 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 48. The nearest is Ruchi # 1, 61 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 48 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Ruchi # 1 · 900 Progress Ave 261 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Fresh and Delish Take Out · 900 Progress Ave Unit-162 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Qoo Sushi · 900 Progress Ave 262 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Petro Canada · 900 Progress Ave Unit-1grocery62 mPassed, Aug 2026
Qoo Sushi · 900 Progress Ave, Unit-262 mPassed, Jul 2025
McDonald's · 1280 Markham Rd89 mPassed, Dec 2025
The Keg Steakhouse & Bar · 60 Estate Dr129 mPassed, Jun 2025
Panchvati Supermarket · 1255 Markham Rdgrocery173 mPassed, Sep 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

The nearest public washroom is Centennial Recreation Centre Scarborough Washroom, 841 m away, View centre hours.

  • Centennial Recreation Centre Scarborough Washroom · 1967 Ellesmere Rd
    View centre hours
    841 m

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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 389 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Vedic Roots Montessori Academy (Scarborough) (267 m, 32 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 389 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 5
  • Vedic Roots Montessori Academy (Scarborough) · 42 Tuxedo Crt
    32 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    267 m
  • Discovery Place Child Care Centre Ltd. · 22 Tuxedo Crt
    143 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    367 m
  • Centennial College Progress Campus Child Care Centre · 941 Progress Ave
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    676 m
  • Children's Village Day Care Centre #1 · 1050 Markham Rd
    94 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    842 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 213 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.5 km away.

FireFire Station 213 · 1.6 km7 Lapsley Rd
Police42 Division · 1 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 29 · 2.5 km4560 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

Within a kilometre there are ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,179 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 50 Tuxedo Crt (194 m, 378 units, 15 storeys, built 1971), which scored 86 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 51 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 2,179 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202651 across the 10
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
50 Tuxedo CrtToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation37815197186 · Sep 20254194 m
40 Tuxedo Crt · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.21616197084 · Jul 20247257 m
10 Tuxedo Crt · CAPREIT21015196895 · Jul 202412309 m
20 Tuxedo Crt · Q Residential21015197085 · Jul 20247345 m
30 Tuxedo Crt · CAPREIT21415196897 · Sep 20256355 m
2180 Ellesmere RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation18016196986 · Jun 20263510 m
2190 Ellesmere RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation18016196993 · Jun 20263533 m
40 Meadowglen Pl · R A B Properties Limited14617201994 · Aug 20261810 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 lots252 lots · ≈66,580 spaces · 199.7 ha
Within 500 m34 lots · ≈7,490 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 586 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite · Surface921 m24 *
284 Milner Ave · Surface927 m9218% (Q1 2026)
101 Grangeway Ave · Surface1.5 km2557% (Q1 2026)
40 Bushby Dr · Surface1.6 km21532% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 77 m away, ≈73 spaces; 97 m away, ≈140 spaces; 127 m away, ≈156 spaces; 149 m away, ≈32 spaces; 171 m away, ≈166 spaces; 181 m away, ≈227 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, Nov 30, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 13,170 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 36% of the total, against 5,234 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 5,354 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 4,917 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.5% 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 north13,170southbound · 3 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the west5,893eastbound · 7 bikes · 5.8% heavy
Total vehicles36,5701,595 pedestrians · 27 cyclists · 4.5% heavy
From the east5,234westbound · 5 bikes · 5.3% heavy
From the south12,273northbound · 12 bikes · 4.0% heavy
AM peak hour4,917 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour5,354 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 30, 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

The City's most recent midblock count on Progress Ave between Estate Dr and Markham Rd (45 m away, Mar 2015) recorded volume only — about 13,009 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Progress Ave · Estate Dr – Markham Rd · 45 mMar 2015 · 3 days13,009
Markham Rd · Markham Rd N – Hwy 401 Collectors E · 183 mSep 2014 · 7 days21,284

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 2017, with 131 collisions; 2025 recorded 90. 169 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 83 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 20 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 47 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 26.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions975#15 of 5,508
With an injury169#8 of 4,660
Property damage only733
Fail to remain83
Involving a pedestrian16#77 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist4#629 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist4
With a fatality1
Severity not classified72
Since January 2026 (outside the window)47
All since 20141,232latest Jun 27, 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 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jun 19, 2017. Going back to 2006, the total is 3. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1162 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness0
All KSI since 20063latest Jun 19, 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

33 thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 5.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 15 in 2023–2025, about 5.0 a year, against 2.6 a year before that. 61% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle33152street/outdoor (20), apartment parking (9)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 29, 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 Woburn North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Markham & Progress a dangerous intersection?

By collision count, yes: it ranks #15 of 5,508 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, and 1 of those left someone killed or seriously injured. 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 & Progress?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. It ranks #165 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.3× the median for a counted intersection.

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

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Markham & Progress since 2017, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 37 tickets in 2025 (55 in 2024) and 22 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 457 since it was switched on.

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

37 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 55 in 2024, and 22 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 457 tickets since 2017. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

Where can I park near Markham & Progress?

The nearest Green P car park is 1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite (921 m away, 24 spaces). The City's mapping shows 252 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 66,580 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Markham & Progress by transit?

Bus routes 102, 134, 38, 95, 133, 9, 132, 406 and 4 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Markham Rd at Progress Ave, 29 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Progress Eastbound @ Markham Road.

What restaurants are near Markham & Progress?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 48 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ruchi # 1 (61 m), Fresh and Delish Take Out (62 m), Qoo Sushi (62 m), Qoo Sushi (62 m) and McDonald's (89 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 Markham & Progress?

The nearest is Centennial Recreation Centre Scarborough Washroom, 1967 Ellesmere Rd, 841 m away (View centre hours). 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 Markham & Progress?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 389 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Vedic Roots Montessori Academy (Scarborough) (267 m, 32 spaces), Discovery Place Child Care Centre Ltd. (367 m, 143 spaces) and Centennial College Progress Campus Child Care Centre (676 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Markham & Progress?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,179 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 50 Tuxedo Crt (194 m, 378 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 40 Tuxedo Crt (257 m, 216 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 10 Tuxedo Crt (309 m, 210 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 20 Tuxedo Crt (345 m, 210 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 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 Markham & Progress?

Toronto Police place 33 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 Woburn North page.

What neighbourhood is Markham & Progress in?

Markham & Progress 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