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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
Live traffic camera RESCU 8026 · 24 m
Which way is it looking?4 reference views
Fixed shots from the City, not live.The City's own feed for The Queensway & Ellis, replaced every few minutes. This card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds.
Traffic volume8-hour count · Oct 4, 2016
The west leg carries the load — 6,721 eastbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 1,534. Morning rush is the busier period: 3,027 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 2,704 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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: 3,027 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,704 from 5:00 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
2024 was the peak year (18 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 5% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 14, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 110 | #1012 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 21 | #826 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 84 | |
| Fail to remain | 5 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 5 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 6 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2015
The City's counter on The Queensway between Ellis Ave and Coe Hill Dr (80 m away) recorded an average of 52 km/h in its 24-hour count in March 2015; 85% of drivers were at or under 61 km/h. That segment carries about 23,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 11 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Ellis Ave between Ellis Gdns and Woodland Hts measured slower: 49 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 57 km/h (Dec 2011).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Queensway · Ellis Ave – Coe Hill Dr · 80 m | Mar 2015 · 24 h | 23,303 | 52 km/h | 61 km/h | 67 km/h |
| Ellis Ave · Ellis Gdns – Woodland Hts · 237 m | Dec 2011 · 24 h | 3,952 | 49 km/h | 57 km/h | 61 km/h |
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 0561, activated 1967 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Streetcar
- 501 508 nearest 61 m
- TTC bus
- 80 77 nearest 24 m
- Blue Night
- 301
- Nearest stops
- 8 surface stops within 300 m — The Queensway at Ellis Ave; The Queensway at Ellis Ave West Side
- Cycling
- Bike Lane on Ellis Ave installed 2020; Bike Lane on The Queensway installed 2007; Sharrows on Ellis Ave installed 2006; Multi-Use Trail on High Park Trl installed 2001
- Bike Share
- Ellis Ave / The Queensway 104 m · 19 docks · 8 stations, 180 docks 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
- 5 car parks · about 635 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 10 mapped lots within 500 m, 171 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface | 491 m | 187 * | — |
| 2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface | 627 m | 185 * | — |
| 1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface | 1.4 km | 193 * | — |
| 15 Marine Parade Drive · Surface | 1.7 km | 14 * | — |
| 255 Kennedy Ave · Surface | 1.8 km | 56 | 65% (Q1 2026) |
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. The nearest pharmacy is First Light Pharmacy, 441 m away. The nearest hospital site is St. Joseph's Health Centre, 1.4 km away.
- Food shops
- Cheese Boutique Giftware 942 m · 11 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- First Light Pharmacy 441 m · 5 min
- Child care
- Windermere Early Learning Centre · 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day429 m · 5 min
- Washrooms
- Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible376 m · 4 min
- High Park Colborne Lodge Coach House Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible768 m · 9 min
- Health and care
- St. Joseph's Health Centre · hospital site1.4 km · 16 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 (12)
- Sunnyside Bike Park300 m · 4 min
- Sir Casimir Gzowski Park407 m · 5 min
- Rennie Park781 m · 9 min
- Coe Hill Drive Parkette827 m · 10 min
- Windermere Avenue Parkette848 m · 10 min
- Community centres
- Swansea Community Recreation Centre1.3 km · 16 min
- Schools
- Swansea Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 15 min
- Places of interest
- Colborne LodgeMuseum · 736 m · 9 min
- Sunnyside BeachNature/ Park · 948 m · 11 min
- High ParkNature/ Park · 1.4 km · 17 min
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 restaurant or café, a grocery store, a library 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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Five registered apartment buildings with 315 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 65 Windermere Ave (550 m, 92 units, 6 storeys, built 1962), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 Windermere Ave · Greenwin Corp. | 92 | 6 | 1962 | 95 · Jul 2025 | 550 m · 7 min |
| 75 Windermere Ave · Greenwin Corp. | 52 | 6 | 1962 | 95 · Sep 2026 | 603 m · 7 min |
| 93 Coe Hill Dr · Aman's Renovations & Property Management | 38 | 4 | 1958 | 89 · Jul 2026 | 754 m · 9 min |
| 99 Coe Hill Dr · Trivest Developments Corporation | 86 | 4 | 1957 | 94 · Jul 2025 | 804 m · 10 min |
| 101 Coe Hill Dr | 47 | 3 | 1955 | 94 · Jul 2026 | 860 m · 10 min |
5 registered buildings · 315 units · tallest 6 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is The Queensway & Ellis a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 110 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 The Queensway & Ellis?
A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2016. Its latest count is from Oct 4, 2016, 1.76× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is The Queensway & Ellis a walkable intersection?
The Queensway & Ellis scores 34 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: 2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km; nearest school 1.2 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 8 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at The Queensway & Ellis?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on The Queensway between Ellis Ave and Coe Hill Dr (March 2015), found an average of 52 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 61 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near The Queensway & Ellis?
The nearest Green P car park is 2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) (491 m away, 187 spaces). The City's mapping shows 171 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,360 spaces — 10 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to The Queensway & Ellis by transit?
Streetcar routes 501, 508 stop within 1 km, the nearest 61 m away; bus routes 80, 77 within 1 km (nearest stop: The Queensway at Ellis Ave, 24 m).
Is there a public washroom near The Queensway & Ellis?
The nearest is Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 2001 Lake Shore Blvd W, 376 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: High Park Colborne Lodge Coach House Washroom (768 m); High Park Children's Garden Washroom (805 m).
Is there child care near The Queensway & Ellis?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 57 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Windermere Early Learning Centre (429 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near The Queensway & Ellis?
Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 315 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 65 Windermere Ave (550 m, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 75 Windermere Ave (603 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 93 Coe Hill Dr (754 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 99 Coe Hill Dr (804 m, 86 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 93 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is The Queensway & Ellis in?
The Queensway & Ellis is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.
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 Oct 4, 2016.
- 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; live image from Traffic Cameras (RESCU).
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; 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.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 4 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: 43.63777, -79.46645 · centreline node 13468559.