Toronto · intersection · signal 1584 · red-light camera

Morningside & Milner

Morningside Ave & Milner Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Morningside Heights · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

Morningside & Milner is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. It sits in Morningside Heights. At the corner: a red-light camera in place since 2017 that issued 161 tickets in 2025. Nearby: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
23,015
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 1, 2023
651 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
545
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
96 with an injury · 351 property damage · #105 of 5,508 · +25 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
3
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #84 of 1,505
Red-light camera
161
tickets in 2025
since 2017 · 82 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
2
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

The latest City count averages about 2,880 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 2.5× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 35 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 55 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 18× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions edged down 11%, from 289 in 2016–2020 to 256 in 2021–2025. About one in 182 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Morningside & Milner

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 Morningside Ave. @ Tams Rd.940 m
TTC bus
11685132 nearest 24 m
Express
985
Blue Night
385
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Morningside Ave at Milner Ave
Regional
Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Morningside Southbound @ Milner30 m
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 (9)
  • St Florence Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 669 m
  • Emily Carr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 822 m
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery Public SchoolEnglish Public · 906 m
  • St John Paul Ii Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • Alvin Curling Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Grey Owl Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
  • Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre935 m
  • Tam Heather Curling and Tennis Club1 km
  • Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre1.1 km
Parks (7)
  • Malvern Woods409 m
  • Murison Park548 m
  • John Tabor Park799 m
  • Bonspiel Park1 km
  • Joyce Trimmer Park1 km
  • Brooks Road Park1.1 km
  • and 1 more
Signal
1584, activated 1989 · 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 26 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 44. The nearest is Mr Greek, 68 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in November 2025.

Restaurants & cafés26 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mr Greek · 855 Milner Ave68 mPassed, Nov 2025
Mr Greek · 855 Milner Ave68 mPassed, Aug 2026
Hq Sports Bar & Lounge · 1139 Morningside Ave, Unit-3782 mPassed, Nov 2025
Samantha Roti and Doubles · 1139 Morningside Ave, Bldg-2382 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 1 infraction
Just Soups · 1143 Morningside Ave Unit-2101 mPassed, Mar 2026
Juicy + · 1143 Morningside Ave, Unit-1101 mPassed, May 2025
Charley's Caribbean Cuisine · 1158 Morningside Ave Unit-3108 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Chick - N - Joy · 1160 Morningside Ave108 mPassed, Jun 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 Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre Washrooms, 940 m away, Centre Hours; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre Washrooms · 8450 Sheppard Ave E
    Centre Hours · accessible
    940 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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 141 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lucy Maud Montgomery Jr YMCA (906 m, 79 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km2 centres · 141 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery Jr YMCA · 95 Murison Blvd
    79 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    906 m
  • Red Apple Day Care - Rouge Valley · 8450 Sheppard Ave E
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    919 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 212 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (3.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 212 · 1 km8500 Sheppard Ave E
Police42 Division · 3.5 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 25 · 1 km8500 Sheppard Ave E

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 lots179 lots · ≈32,020 spaces · 96.1 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈6,500 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 96 m away, ≈55 spaces; 122 m away, ≈159 spaces; 133 m away, ≈520 spaces; 151 m away, ≈92 spaces; 193 m away, ≈244 spaces; 211 m away, ≈1,020 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 — 8-hour, Apr 1, 2023 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 8,139 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 35% of the total, against 3,278 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 3,643 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 1,996 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north8,139southbound · 1 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the west3,553eastbound · 2 bikes · 0.9% heavy
Total vehicles23,015651 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 1.5% heavy
From the east3,278westbound · 1 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the south8,045northbound · 0 bikes · 1.8% heavy
AM peak hour1,996 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour3,643 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 1, 2023 · weekend

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 Morningside Ave between Morningside Ave S and Milner Ave, 15 m from the corner, a 7-day count in October 2019 put the average speed at 61 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 70 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 75 km/h or more. That segment carries about 9,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Morningside Ave · Morningside Ave S – Milner Ave · 15 mOct 2019 · 7 days9,93361 km/h70 km/h75 km/h
Milner Ave · Morningside Ave – Grand Marshall Dr · 102 mApr 2009 · 3 days14,773

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 2019, with 70 collisions; 2025 recorded 61. 96 collisions (18%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 116 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 23 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 25 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions545#105 of 5,508
With an injury96#63 of 4,660
Property damage only351
Fail to remain116
Involving a pedestrian19#39 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist4#524 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified97
Since January 2026 (outside the window)25
All since 2014665latest Jun 20, 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

Of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 1 pedestrian and 1 motorcyclist were among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. 2 of the 3 happened in darkness — 67%, above the citywide 39%. The most recent was on Feb 9, 2024. Going back to 2006, the total is 7.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions3#84 of 1,505
Fatal1#230 of 319
Involving a pedestrian1#280 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness267% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20067latest Feb 9, 2024

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

Seven thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 0.7 a year before that. 57% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle730street/outdoor (4), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft320street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 24, 2025. 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 Morningside & Milner a dangerous intersection?

By serious injuries, yes: it ranks #84 of 1,505 for killed-or-seriously-injured collisions in 2016–2025. 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 Morningside & Milner?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 1, 2023, 2.5× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Morningside & Milner?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Morningside & Milner since 2017, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 161 tickets in 2025 (131 in 2024) and 82 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 2,379 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Morningside & Milner?

161 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — up from 131 in 2024, and 82 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 2,379 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.

How fast do cars go at Morningside & Milner?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Morningside Ave between Morningside Ave S and Milner Ave (October 2019), found an average of 61 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 Morningside & Milner?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 179 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,020 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Morningside & Milner by transit?

Bus routes 116, 85, 132, 985 within 1 km (nearest stop: Morningside Ave at Milner Ave, 24 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Morningside Southbound @ Milner.

What restaurants are near Morningside & Milner?

26 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 44 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mr Greek (68 m), Mr Greek (68 m), Hq Sports Bar & Lounge (82 m), Samantha Roti and Doubles (82 m) and Just Soups (101 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 Morningside & Milner?

The nearest is Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre Washrooms, 8450 Sheppard Ave E, 940 m away (Centre Hours), with an accessible washroom. 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 Morningside & Milner?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 141 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lucy Maud Montgomery Jr YMCA (906 m, 79 spaces) and Red Apple Day Care - Rouge Valley (919 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Morningside & Milner?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. 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 Morningside & Milner in?

Morningside & Milner is in Morningside Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 144). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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