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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
Traffic volume8-hour count · Dec 17, 2022 · weekend
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 1,487 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 40% of the total, against 370 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 631 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 283 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 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 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.
Peak hours: 283 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 631 from 4:30 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 2018, with 9 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 6 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 6, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on May 28, 2007.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 36 | #2532 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 6 | |
| Property damage only | 27 | |
| Fail to remain | 4 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 3 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest May 28, 2007 |
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
On Ellesmere Rd between Scarboro Ave and Walkway E of Deep Dene and S of Ellesmere, 391 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2023 put the average speed at 50 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 58 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 64 km/h or more. That segment carries about 3,200 vehicles a day. Morrish Rd between Ellesmere Rd and Grantown Ave measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Aug 2023). At the school-zone speed sign on Morrish Rd (325 m away, 40 km/h limit), 2.2% of the 40,408 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrish Rd · Ellesmere Rd – Grantown Ave · 141 m | Aug 2023 · 3 days | 2,077 | 34 km/h | 43 km/h | 47 km/h |
| Ellesmere Rd · Scarboro Ave – Walkway E of Deep Dene and S of Ellesmere · 391 m | Oct 2023 · 3 days | 3,163 | 50 km/h | 58 km/h | 64 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Morrish Rd (northbound), 325 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 34 km/h, 85th percentile 42 km/h; 2.2% at 50 km/h or more. 40,408 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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.
- The crossing
- Signal 1614, activated 1990 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 95 154 38 86 nearest 21 m
- Express
- 986
- Blue Night
- 395 386
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Morrish Rd; Morrish Rd at Ellesmere Rd
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900 N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Eastbound @ Meadowvale811 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 5 mapped lots within 500 m, 89 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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
No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 16 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Raani Fast Food, 112 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Care Ida Pharmacy, 101 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Raani Fast Food · 3600 Ellesmere Rd Unit-10112 m
- Creek Coffee & Co. · 370 Old Kingston Rd786 m · 9 min
- The Creek Cafe · 370 Old Kingston Rd787 m · 9 min
- Kilt Pub · 371 Old Kingston Rd Unit-9882 m · 11 min
- Marks' Pizza · 371 Old Kingston Rd882 m · 11 min
- Food shops
- Hq Meats 775 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Care Ida Pharmacy 101 m · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Cardinal Leger Child Care Centre (Scarborough) · 102 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day451 m · 5 min
- Morrish Jr YMCA · 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day766 m · 9 min
- Children's Land Learning Centre Inc. · 55 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day848 m · 10 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 (7)
- Highland Creek Community Park586 m · 7 min
- Canmore Park723 m · 9 min
- Bramber Woods Park767 m · 9 min
- Morrish Parkette0.9 km · 11 min
- Highland Creek Parkette1 km · 12 min
- Schools
- Cardinal Leger Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 451 m · 5 min
- Morrish Public SchoolEnglish Public · 766 m · 9 min
- Rouge Valley Education CentrePrivate · 1 km · 12 min
- Highland Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Meadowvale Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Highland Creek branch172 m
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 grocery store, a community centre, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (1), house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Highland Creek.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Morrish & Ellesmere a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 36 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 Morrish & Ellesmere?
A low-volume local intersection at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Dec 17, 2022, 40% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Morrish & Ellesmere a walkable intersection?
Morrish & Ellesmere scores 41 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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 · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; library 172 m away; 6 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Morrish & Ellesmere?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellesmere Rd between Scarboro Ave and Walkway E of Deep Dene and S of Ellesmere (October 2023), found an average of 50 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 325 m away (40 km/h), 2.2% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Morrish & Ellesmere?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 89 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 7,500 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Morrish & Ellesmere by transit?
Bus routes 95, 154, 38, 86, 986 within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Morrish Rd, 21 m); Durham Region Transit routes 900 Pulse 900, N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Eastbound @ Meadowvale.
What restaurants are near Morrish & Ellesmere?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 16 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Raani Fast Food (112 m), Creek Coffee & Co. (786 m), The Creek Cafe (787 m), Kilt Pub (882 m) and Marks' Pizza (882 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Morrish & Ellesmere?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 226 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Cardinal Leger Child Care Centre (Scarborough) (451 m, 102 spaces), Morrish Jr YMCA (766 m, 69 spaces) and Children's Land Learning Centre Inc. (848 m, 55 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Morrish & Ellesmere?
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Highland Creek page.
What neighbourhood is Morrish & Ellesmere in?
Morrish & Ellesmere is in Highland Creek (City of Toronto neighbourhood 134). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.
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 Dec 17, 2022.
- 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.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; 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.
- 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 25 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: 43.79011, -79.17340 · centreline node 13444398.