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Oakmeadow & Highcastle (South)

Oakmeadow Blvd & Highcastle Rd (South) · Toronto, Ontario · Morningside · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

Oakmeadow & Highcastle (South), in Morningside, is a low-volume local intersection. At the corner: 2 schools within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,190
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 17, 2023
348 pedestrians · 9 cyclists · #2318 busiest
Collisions
10
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 8 property damage · #4308 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 90 vehicles, 7% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 3 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. That comes with about 1 reported collision a year, 2016–2025 — 8.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.69× the median rate for counted intersections. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Oakmeadow & Highcastle (South)

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1333895154132 nearest 426 m
Express
995938
Blue Night
334395
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Regional
Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Milner Eastbound @ Neilson1 km
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Ellesmere Rd / Highland Creek Trail 670 m · 11 docks · 3 stations, 41 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 (13)
  • St Edmund Campion Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 166 m
  • Highcastle Public SchoolEnglish Public · 172 m
  • Centennial College School - Progress CampusCollege · 1 km
  • Henry Hudson Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • St Thomas More Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.3 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (11)
  • Seven Oaks Park361 m
  • Brooks Road Park831 m
  • Heather Heights Woods1 km
  • Botany Hill Park1 km
  • Ellesmere Reservoir Park1 km
  • Heather Heights Park1.1 km
  • and 5 more

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 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 12 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Highcastle P.s., 172 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 2 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Highcastle P.s. · 370 Military Trl172 mPassed, Oct 2025
St. Edmund Campion - Snp - Morning Meal · 30 Highcastle Rd, Rm-112b177 mPassed, Oct 2025
Subway · 2848 Ellesmere Rd832 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 2 infractions
Vindaloo Indian & Hakka Cuisine · 2848 Ellesmere Rd Bldg-1832 mPassed, Aug 2026
Vindaloo Indian & Hakka Cuisine · 2848 Ellesmere Rd, Bldg-1832 mPassed, Sep 2025
Tim Hortons · 2862 Ellesmere Rd934 mPassed, Jan 2026
La Prep · 2863 Ellesmere Rd Unit-214c941 mPassed, May 2026
Real Fruit Bubble Tea · 2863 Ellesmere Rd Unit-214agrocery941 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Seven Oaks Park Washroom, 387 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 390 m away at Seven Oaks Park.

  • Seven Oaks Park Washroom · 372 Military Trl
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    387 m
Drinking water
Seven Oaks Park bottle filling station · 390 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

No licensed child care centre within 1 km.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 213 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.9 km away.

FireFire Station 213 · 1.3 km7 Lapsley Rd
Police42 Division · 2.1 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 25 · 2.9 km8500 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 two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 400 rental units. The nearest is 51 Trailridge Cres (797 m, 200 units, 17 storeys, built 1974), which scored 97 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings2 · 400 units
RentSafeTO score97 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20265 across the 2
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
51 Trailridge Cres · Greenwin Corp.20017197497 · Sep 20241797 m
30 Livonia Pl · CAPREIT20013197997 · Nov 20254819 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 lots197 lots · ≈40,740 spaces · 122.2 ha
Within 500 m11 lots · ≈220 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 116 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite · Surface1.9 km24 *
284 Milner Ave · Surface1.9 km9218% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 118 m away, ≈24 spaces; 220 m away, ≈5 spaces; 257 m away, ≈3 spaces; 261 m away, ≈3 spaces; 265 m away, ≈48 spaces; 289 m away, ≈3 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, Oct 17, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 349 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 29% of the total, against 259 from the south. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 177 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 11% above the afternoon peak from 2:45 p.m. (160). Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% 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 north265southbound · 0 bikes · 5.3% heavy
From the west349eastbound · 4 bikes · 1.4% heavy
Total vehicles1,190348 pedestrians · 9 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east317westbound · 3 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the south259northbound · 2 bikes · 4.6% heavy
AM peak hour177 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour160 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 17, 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

On Highcastle Rd between Pineslope Cres and Grovenest Dr, 204 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2024 put the average speed at 37 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. Oakmeadow Blvd between Stonefield Cres and Highcastle Rd measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Oct 2023). At the school-zone speed sign on Highcastle Rd (144 m away, 30 km/h limit), 29% of the 22,274 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Oakmeadow Blvd · Stonefield Cres – Highcastle Rd · 69 mOct 2023 · 3 days86635 km/h43 km/h47 km/h
Highcastle Rd · Pineslope Cres – Grovenest Dr · 204 mMar 2024 · 3 days85937 km/h45 km/h50 km/h

School-zone speed sign 144 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct34 · 43 km/h
Over the limit53%
40 km/h or more29%

Highcastle Rd (northbound), 37 Highcastle Road · 22,274 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2024, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 2 collisions (20%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Oct 9, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 8.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10#4308 of 5,508
With an injury2#3745 of 4,660
Property damage only8
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 201411latest Oct 9, 2025

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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Oakmeadow & Highcastle (South) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 Oakmeadow & Highcastle (South)?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #2318 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 7% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Oakmeadow & Highcastle (South)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Highcastle Rd between Pineslope Cres and Grovenest Dr (March 2024), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 144 m away (30 km/h), 29% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Oakmeadow & Highcastle (South)?

The nearest Green P car park is 1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite (1.9 km away, 24 spaces). The City's mapping shows 197 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 40,740 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Oakmeadow & Highcastle (South) by transit?

Bus routes 133, 38, 95, 154, 132, 995, 938 within 1 km; Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Milner Eastbound @ Neilson.

What restaurants are near Oakmeadow & Highcastle (South)?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 12 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Highcastle P.s. (172 m), St. Edmund Campion - Snp - Morning Meal (177 m), Subway (832 m), Vindaloo Indian & Hakka Cuisine (832 m) and Vindaloo Indian & Hakka Cuisine (832 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 Oakmeadow & Highcastle (South)?

The nearest is Seven Oaks Park Washroom, 372 Military Trl, 387 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), 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.

What apartment buildings are near Oakmeadow & Highcastle (South)?

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 400 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 51 Trailridge Cres (797 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 30 Livonia Pl (819 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 97 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.

What neighbourhood is Oakmeadow & Highcastle (South) in?

Oakmeadow & Highcastle (South) is in Morningside (City of Toronto neighbourhood 135), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

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