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Orton Park & Ellesmere

Orton Park Rd & Ellesmere Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Morningside · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

Orton Park & Ellesmere, in Morningside, is a moderately heavy crossing. It has a bike lane, a park and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
22,728
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 28, 2024
918 pedestrians · 23 cyclists · #696 busiest
Collisions
136
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
46 with an injury · 81 property damage · #782 of 5,508 · +7 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #909 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings), Multi-Use Trail, Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,620 vehicles an hour, 1.40× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 25 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 14 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 6.0 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 32%, from 81 in 2016–2020 to 55 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 136 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Orton Park & Ellesmere

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
3895133154406 nearest 19 m
Express
995
Blue Night
395
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Orton Park Rd at Ellesmere Rd; Ellesmere Rd at Military Trail (West)
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Orton Park Rd installed 2007; Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Military Trl installed 2011; Multi-Use Trail on The Meadoway installed 2022; Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Ellesmere Rd installed 2011
Bike Share
Ellesmere Rd / Highland Creek Trail 363 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 (11)
  • Henry Hudson Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 310 m
  • Heather Heights Jr & Ben Heppner Vm AcademyEnglish Public · 538 m
  • St Thomas More Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 662 m
  • Woburn Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 792 m
  • Highcastle Public SchoolEnglish Public · 864 m
  • Woburn Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 925 m
  • and 5 more
Community centres
  • Curran Hall Community Centre569 m
Parks (7)
  • Heather Heights Woods191 m
  • Heather Heights Park338 m
  • Botany Hill Park489 m
  • Woburn Park - Scarborough866 m
  • Morningside Park1 km
  • Seven Oaks Park1.1 km
  • and 1 more
Signal
1082, activated 1974 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · bicycle signal

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 5 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 71 within a kilometre. The nearest is Heather Heights Jr P.s., 537 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 0 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Heather Heights Jr P.s. · 80 Slan Ave537 mPassed, Apr 2026
Heather Heights P.s. East Scarborough Boys & Girls Club · 80 Slan Ave537 mPassed, Nov 2025
Masala Boys · 25a Slan Ave749 mPassed, Oct 2025
Highcastle P.s. · 370 Military Trl865 mPassed, Oct 2025
St. Edmund Campion - Snp - Morning Meal · 30 Highcastle Rd, Rm-112b925 mPassed, Oct 2025

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 Curran Hall Community Centre Washroom, 570 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 556 m away at Botany Hill Park.

  • Curran Hall Community Centre Washroom · 277 Orton Park Rd
    View centre hours
    570 m
Drinking water
Botany Hill Park drinking fountain · 556 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 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.6 km away.

FireFire Station 213 · 1.9 km7 Lapsley Rd
Police42 Division · 2.1 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceTPS 43 Division/EMS Stn 26 · 3.6 km4331 Lawrence 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

One registered apartment building with 200 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 22. The nearest is 51 Trailridge Cres (1.0 km, 200 units, 17 storeys, built 1974), which scored 97 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings1 · 200 units
RentSafeTO score97 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 1
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
51 Trailridge Cres · Greenwin Corp.20017197497 · Sep 202411 km

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 lots167 lots · ≈32,580 spaces · 97.7 ha
Within 500 m10 lots · ≈160 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 24 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite · Surface2 km24 *

Nearest lots: 112 m away, ≈2 spaces; 125 m away, ≈2 spaces; 128 m away, ≈4 spaces; 183 m away, ≈3 spaces; 198 m away, ≈6 spaces; 325 m away, ≈76 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, Feb 28, 2024

The east leg carries the load — 10,067 westbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 719. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,155 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,078 from 3:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north719southbound · 1 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the west8,735eastbound · 4 bikes · 5.1% heavy
Total vehicles22,728918 pedestrians · 23 cyclists · 4.4% heavy
From the east10,067westbound · 17 bikes · 4.8% heavy
From the south3,207northbound · 1 bikes · 2.3% heavy
AM peak hour2,155 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,078 vehicles from 3:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Feb 28, 2024

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 counter on Orton Park Rd between 250 Orton Park Rd and 371 Orton Park Rd (301 m away) recorded an average of 42 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 8,100 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ellesmere Rd · Orton Park Rd – Morningside Park Trl · 175 mSep 2014 · 3 days11,676
Orton Park Rd · 250 Orton Park Rd – 371 Orton Park Rd · 301 mApr 2026 · 3 days8,10542 km/h48 km/h52 km/h

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

2017 was the peak year (30 collisions), and 2025 closed with 13. 34% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 23, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 6.0 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions136#782 of 5,508
With an injury46#268 of 4,660
Property damage only81
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian5#709 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1830 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 2014175latest Jun 23, 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 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Nov 7, 2020. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#909 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#516 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20063latest Nov 7, 2020

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

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310apartment parking (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 11, 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Orton Park & Ellesmere a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#909 of 1,505), out of 136 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Orton Park & Ellesmere?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #696 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.40× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Orton Park & Ellesmere?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Orton Park Rd between 250 Orton Park Rd and 371 Orton Park Rd (April 2026), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Orton Park & Ellesmere?

The nearest Green P car park is 1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite (2.0 km away, 24 spaces). The City's mapping shows 167 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,580 spaces — 10 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Orton Park & Ellesmere by transit?

Bus routes 38, 95, 133, 154, 406, 995 within 1 km (nearest stop: Orton Park Rd at Ellesmere Rd, 19 m).

What restaurants are near Orton Park & Ellesmere?

None within 300 m, and 5 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Heather Heights Jr P.s. (537 m), Heather Heights P.s. East Scarborough Boys & Girls Club (537 m), Masala Boys (749 m), Highcastle P.s. (865 m) and St. Edmund Campion - Snp - Morning Meal (925 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 Orton Park & Ellesmere?

The nearest is Curran Hall Community Centre Washroom, 277 Orton Park Rd, 570 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.

What apartment buildings are near Orton Park & Ellesmere?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 200 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 51 Trailridge Cres (1.0 km, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 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.

How many thefts are reported at Orton Park & Ellesmere?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no 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 page.

What neighbourhood is Orton Park & Ellesmere in?

Orton Park & Ellesmere 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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