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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, and the red-light camera
Live traffic camera RESCU 8121 · 25 m
Which way is it looking?4 reference views
Fixed shots from the City, not live.The City's own feed for McCowan & Ellesmere, replaced every few minutes. This card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds.
Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 25, 2025
Traffic is heaviest from the north: 13,486 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 29% of the total, against 9,634 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 4,250 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 3,112 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 3,112 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 4,250 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
The worst year was 2016, with 115 collisions; 2025 recorded 90. 132 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 95 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 23 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 55 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 22, 2026.
None of the five serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 3 pedestrians were among those hurt; 2 collisions involved vehicle occupants only. 4 of the 5 happened in darkness — 80%, above the citywide 39%. 2023 alone accounted for 2 of them. The last one inside the window was in 2024. Since January 2026, after the ranking window closed, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here, the latest on Jun 6, 2026. Going back to 2006, the total is 11.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 792 | #36 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 132 | #20 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 576 | |
| Fail to remain | 95 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 19 | #43 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 4 | #585 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 3 | |
| Severity not classified | 84 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 55 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 5 | #12 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #32 of 879 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 4 | 80% here vs 39% citywide |
| Killed or seriously injured since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | latest Jun 6, 2026 |
| All KSI since 2006 | 11 | latest Jun 6, 2026 |
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
On McCowan Rd between Huronia Gt and Hurley Cres, 377 m from the corner, a 2-day count in September 2019 put the average speed at 67 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 76 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 96 km/h or more. That segment carries about 27,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Ellesmere Rd between Grangeway Ave and Parkington Cres measured slower: 60 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 70 km/h (Oct 2017).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Rd · Grangeway Ave – Parkington Cres · 334 m | Oct 2017 · 24 h | 24,177 | 60 km/h | 70 km/h | 76 km/h |
| McCowan Rd · Huronia Gt – Hurley Cres · 377 m | Sep 2019 · 2 days | 27,034 | 67 km/h | 76 km/h | 96 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.
- Red-light camera
- In operation since 2021; 113 tickets in 2025, 61 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Scarborough.
- The crossing
- Signal 0699, activated 1965 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · transit priority
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 16 95 38 133 406 9 134 129 130 131 132 169 21 43 nearest 29 m
- Express
- 995 903 938 904 939 996
- Blue Night
- 316 395
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Ellesmere Rd; Ellesmere Rd at McCowan Rd
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920 921 Route 921 at Bushby Westbound @ McCowan309 m · 4 min
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- 100 Grangeway Ave 492 m · 6 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
- no post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
- Other lots
- 14 mapped lots within 500 m, 194 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 | 368 m | 215 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 158 Borough Drive · Surface | 471 m | 16 * | — |
| 101 Grangeway Ave · Surface | 483 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
A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Freshco, 233 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Country Bakery & Market, 147 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 76. The nearest is Burger King, 59 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 70 m away; 7 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Burger King · 1651 Ellesmere Rd59 m
- Tim Hortons · 1615 Ellesmere Rd62 m
- St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant · 1589 Ellesmere Rd166 m
- Hyderabad Biryani Hut · 1587 Ellesmere Rd170 m
- Subway · 1585 Ellesmere Rd174 m
- Grocery
- Freshco 233 m
- Food shops
- Country Bakery & Market 147 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 70 m · 7 within 1 km
- Child care
- Scarborough Jr YMCA · 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day455 m · 5 min
- The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day673 m · 8 min
- St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program · 58 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day937 m · 11 min
- Washrooms
- Scraborough Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed554 m · 7 min
- Scraborough Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible564 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 (8)
- Frank Faubert Wood Lot378 m · 5 min
- Albert Campbell Square561 m · 7 min
- Scarborough Civic Centre652 m · 8 min
- North Bendale Park1 km · 12 min
- St. Andrews Park - Scarborough1.1 km · 13 min
- Community centres
- Centennial Recreation Centre - Scarborough1.3 km · 15 min
- Birkdale Community Centre1.3 km · 16 min
- Schools (13)
- Mac Al-Furqan SchoolPrivate · 651 m · 8 min
- North Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 673 m · 8 min
- New Covenant Church SchoolPrivate · 680 m · 8 min
- Madinatul Uloom Islamic Academy & Oxford College & Fh InternationalPrivate · 789 m · 9 min
- Al Haadi SchoolPrivate · 926 m · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch527 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.
Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,631 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
Within a kilometre there is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 145 rental units — it is social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (176 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 | 176 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
Five thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 100% 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 | 5 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (5) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 1 | 0 | commercial premises (2) |
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 McCowan & Ellesmere a dangerous intersection?
By collision count, yes: it ranks #36 of 5,519 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, and 5 of those left someone killed or seriously injured. 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded since January 2026, after the ranking window closed. 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 McCowan & Ellesmere?
A top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. It ranks #55 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.9× the median for a counted intersection.
Is McCowan & Ellesmere a walkable intersection?
McCowan & Ellesmere scores 60 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,631 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 grocery store within 300 m · 5 places to eat within 300 m; 9 stops within 300 m · 22 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.
Is there a red-light camera at McCowan & Ellesmere?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at McCowan & Ellesmere since 2021, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 113 tickets in 2025 (130 in 2024) and 61 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 672 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at McCowan & Ellesmere?
113 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 130 in 2024, and 61 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 672 tickets since 2021. A red-light camera penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.
How fast do cars go at McCowan & Ellesmere?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McCowan Rd between Huronia Gt and Hurley Cres (September 2019), found an average of 67 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 76 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near McCowan & Ellesmere?
The nearest Green P car park is 40 Bushby Dr (368 m away, 215 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 194 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 46,940 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to McCowan & Ellesmere by transit?
Bus routes 16, 95, 38, 133, 406, 9, 134, 129 and 12 more within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Ellesmere Rd, 29 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Bushby Westbound @ McCowan.
What restaurants are near McCowan & Ellesmere?
5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 76 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Burger King (59 m), Tim Hortons (62 m), St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant (166 m), Hyderabad Biryani Hut (170 m) and Subway (174 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near McCowan & Ellesmere?
The nearest is Scraborough Civic Centre, 160 Borough Drive, 554 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed). Next nearest: Scraborough Civic Centre (564 m); Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (904 m).
Is there child care near McCowan & Ellesmere?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 204 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Scarborough Jr YMCA (455 m, 90 spaces), The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale (673 m, 56 spaces) and St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program (937 m, 58 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near McCowan & Ellesmere?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 145 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (176 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 98 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at McCowan & Ellesmere?
Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and two 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 McCowan & Ellesmere in?
McCowan & 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 Jun 25, 2025.
- 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; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026); live image from Traffic Cameras (RESCU).
- 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: 43.77214, -79.25150 · centreline node 13446827.