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Senlac & Ellerslie

Senlac Rd & Ellerslie Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Willowdale West · Ward 18, Willowdale

In Willowdale West, Senlac & Ellerslie is an intersection of typical volume. It has 2 schools within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 4 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
5,498
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 25, 2017
335 pedestrians · 7 cyclists
Collisions
22
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 18 property damage · #3301 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 690 vehicles, 59% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 16 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. That comes with about 2.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 53%, from 15 in 2016–2020 to 7 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Senlac & Ellerslie

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
9836 nearest 14 m
Express
939
Blue Night
336
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Senlac Rd at Ellerslie Ave
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 (21)
  • Willowdale Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 137 m
  • Churchill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 240 m
  • The Prestige SchoolPrivate · 832 m
  • Yorkview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 839 m
  • Toronto French MontessoriPrivate · 919 m
  • St Antoine Daniel Catholic Elementary School (Closed For Reno)English Separate · 1 km
  • and 15 more
Parks (31)
  • Abbotsford Park464 m
  • Horsham Parkette535 m
  • Dempsey Park733 m
  • Basswood Parkette812 m
  • Beecroft Park831 m
  • Edithvale Park856 m
  • and 25 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library North York Central Library branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Gibson House MuseumMuseum · 1 km
  • Mel Lastman SquareLandmark · 1 km
  • Meridian Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the Arts)Performing Arts · 1 km
  • Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education CentreMuseum · 1.3 km

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 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Yorkview Kids Care- North York, 840 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 0 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Yorkview Kids Care- North York · 130 Yorkview Dr840 mPassed, Aug 2026
Centre Cafe · 5 Park Home Ave1 kmPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Novotel Hotel · 3 Park Home Ave1 kmPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Twilight Cafe · 16 Park Home Ave1 kmPassed, Apr 2025
Twilight Cafe · 16 Park Home Ave1 kmPassed, Aug 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 Edithvale Community Centre Washroom, 924 m away, View centre hours.

  • Edithvale Community Centre Washroom · 131 Finch Ave W
    View centre hours
    924 m
  • North York Civic Centre · 5100 Yonge Street
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    1 km
  • Douglas Snow Aquatic Centre Washroom · 5100 Yonge St
    View centre hours · accessible
    1 km

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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 343 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Churchill Chums School Age Child Care Centre (241 m, 189 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 343 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • Churchill Chums School Age Child Care Centre · 188 Churchill Ave
    189 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    241 m
  • Yorkview Kids Care - North York · 130 Yorkview Dr
    126 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    840 m
  • Plasp St. Antoine Daniel · 160 Finch Ave W
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 114 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 114 · 1 km12 Canterbury Pl
Police32 Division · 1 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 58 · 1 km12 Canterbury Pl

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

Three registered apartment buildings with 781 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 35 Park Home Ave (896 m, 283 units, 10 storeys, built 1974), which scored 92 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 96, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 2 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings3 · 781 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score96 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20262 across the 3
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
35 Park Home AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation28310197492 · Aug 20250896 m
65 Ellerslie Ave · M&r Property Management1076196697 · Oct 20250920 m
55 Ellerslie Ave · M&r Property Management39117196699 · Jun 20242 · 1 fire1 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 lots423 lots · ≈36,620 spaces · 109.9 ha
Within 500 m3 lots · ≈220 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 3,375 spaces
EV charging (City)33 Elmhurst Ave · 1.3 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
180 Beecroft Road · Surface853 m173 *
10 Empress Ave · Surface1.1 km6769% (Q1 2026)
10 Kingsdale Ave · Surface1.1 km5344% (Q1 2026)
95 Beecroft Rd · Garage1.2 km38615% (Q1 2026)
68 Sheppard Ave W · Surface1.3 km3063% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 107 m away, ≈143 spaces; 279 m away, ≈26 spaces; 292 m away, ≈47 spaces; 612 m away, ≈5,170 spaces; 665 m away, ≈5,674 spaces; 688 m away, ≈154 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Glendora Ave (1.7 km, 2 ports); 19 Glendora Ave (1.7 km, 2 ports).

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, May 25, 2017

The south leg carries the load — 2,314 northbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 289. Morning rush is the busier period: 1,084 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 749 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 11.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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.

From the north2,246southbound · 1 bikes · 10.3% heavy
From the west649eastbound · 3 bikes · 10.5% heavy
Total vehicles5,498335 pedestrians · 7 cyclists · 11.7% heavy
From the east289westbound · 0 bikes · 6.6% heavy
From the south2,314northbound · 3 bikes · 14.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,084 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour749 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 25, 2017

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 Senlac Rd between Churchill Ave and Horsham Ave (278 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 3-day count in January 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 7,200 vehicles a day. Ellerslie Ave between Diagonal Rd and Senlac Rd measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Jul 2021). At the school-zone speed sign on Churchill Ave (237 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 36,391 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ellerslie Ave · Diagonal Rd – Senlac Rd · 61 mJul 2021 · 3 days72033 km/h42 km/h47 km/h
Senlac Rd · Churchill Ave – Horsham Ave · 278 mJan 2026 · 3 days7,23337 km/h44 km/h49 km/h

School-zone speed sign 237 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct19 · 39 km/h
Over the limit0.5%
60 km/h or more0.1%

Churchill Ave (eastbound), 213 Churchill Avenue · 36,391 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

2024 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 5% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions22#3301 of 5,508
With an injury4#3086 of 4,660
Property damage only18
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201428latest Jun 28, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jan 1, 2007.

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 two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 21, 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 Willowdale West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Senlac & Ellerslie a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 22 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 Senlac & Ellerslie?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from May 25, 2017, 59% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Senlac & Ellerslie?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Senlac Rd between Churchill Ave and Horsham Ave (January 2026), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 237 m away (50 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Senlac & Ellerslie?

The nearest Green P car park is 180 Beecroft Road (853 m away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 423 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 36,620 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 33 Elmhurst Ave (1.3 km).

How do I get to Senlac & Ellerslie by transit?

Bus routes 98, 36, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Senlac Rd at Ellerslie Ave, 14 m).

What restaurants are near Senlac & Ellerslie?

None within 300 m, and 5 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Yorkview Kids Care- North York (840 m), Centre Cafe (1.0 km), Novotel Hotel (1.0 km), Twilight Cafe (1.0 km) and Twilight Cafe (1.0 km). 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 Senlac & Ellerslie?

The nearest is Edithvale Community Centre Washroom, 131 Finch Ave W, 924 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: North York Civic Centre (1.0 km); Douglas Snow Aquatic Centre Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Senlac & Ellerslie?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 343 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Churchill Chums School Age Child Care Centre (241 m, 189 spaces), Yorkview Kids Care - North York (840 m, 126 spaces) and Plasp St. Antoine Daniel (1.0 km, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Senlac & Ellerslie?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 781 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 35 Park Home Ave (896 m, 283 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 65 Ellerslie Ave (920 m, 107 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 55 Ellerslie Ave (1.0 km, 391 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 96 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 Senlac & Ellerslie?

Toronto Police place two 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 Willowdale West page.

What neighbourhood is Senlac & Ellerslie in?

Senlac & Ellerslie is in Willowdale West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 037). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined