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Acorn & Montesson

Acorn Ave & Montesson St · Toronto, Ontario · Islington · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Acorn & Montesson is a quiet local crossing. It sits in Islington. Nearby is Kipling Station (Line 2) 405 m away and Kipling GO 398 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
463
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 27, 2021
26 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
2
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 1 property damage · #5335 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
Kipling Station 405 m · 10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 60 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 5% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 18 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. That comes with about 0.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Acorn & Montesson

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Kipling Station (Line 2)405 m
GO Transit
Kipling GO — Milton398 m; GO bus 29 Guelph / Mississauga at Kipling Bus Terminal382 m
TTC bus
4911111212346145451494440 nearest 154 m
Express
945900944927
Blue Night
300345
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m
Regional
MiWay 1 Dundas3 Bloor11 Westwood20 Rathburn26 Burnhamthorpe35 Eglinton70 Keaton71 Sheridan101 Dundas Express108 Financial Express109 Meadowvale Express126 Burnhamthorpe Express at Aukland Rd North of Dundas St102 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Bloor St W / Dundas St W (2) 826 m · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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)
  • Mindwerx4kids Learning Centre SchoolPrivate · 350 m
  • Kingsley Primary SchoolPrivate · 678 m
  • Wedgewood Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 861 m
  • Our Lady of Peace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 863 m
  • Academy of Math and EnglishPrivate · 1 km
  • Etobicoke Secondary Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
  • Islington Seniors' Centre1.3 km
Parks (10)
  • Greenfield Park352 m
  • Six Points Park387 m
  • Cloverdale Park634 m
  • Wedgewood Park - Etobicoke846 m
  • Smithwood Park850 m
  • Fieldway Parkette1 km
  • and 4 more

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores, and 53 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 138 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés16 within 300 m · 53 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 5250 Dundas St W138 mPassed, Aug 2026
Pita and Hummus · 5280 Dundas St W143 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Three Kitchens Restaurant · 5280 Dundas St W143 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
Shell Gas Station · 5286 Dundas St Wgrocery179 mPassed, Sep 2026
Apache Burger · 5236 Dundas St W227 mPassed, Jul 2026
Milano's Pizza · 3886 Bloor St W231 mPassed, Aug 2026
Vatra Cheese & Deli · 3878 Bloor St Wgrocery232 mPassed, Aug 2026
The Steak Master · 3882 Bloor St W234 mPassed, 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 Wedgewood Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 853 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 403 m away at Six Points Park.

  • Wedgewood Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 15 Swan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    853 m
Drinking water
Six Points Park bottle filling station · 403 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 417 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Beamish Academy (402 m, 42 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 417 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Beamish Academy · 3819 Bloor St W
    42 spaces · toddler, preschool
    402 m
  • Growing Tykes Learning Centre (5150 Dundas Street West) · 5150 Dundas St W
    119 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    756 m
  • Wedgewood School Age YMCA · 5 Swan Ave
    129 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    861 m
  • Our Lady of Peace School Age Program (YMCA) · 70 Mattice Ave
    127 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    864 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 445 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 445 · 1.2 km280 Burnhamthorpe Rd
Police22 Division · 1 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 39 · 1.9 km155 the East Mall

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

Five registered apartment buildings with 1,112 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 5294 Dundas St W (198 m, 45 units, 7 storeys, built 1960), which scored 92 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 98, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 17 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 16 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings5 · 1,112 units
RentSafeTO score98 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202617 across the 5
Open fire-code violations16
Tallest41 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
5294 Dundas St W · Six Points Suites Inc457196092 · Jun 20250198 m
5249 Dundas St W · Centurion Property Associates Inc.333412021100 · Jul 20245271 m
20 Samuel Wood Way · Concert Real Estate Corporation233212023100 · Aug 20264422 m
3 Summerland Ter283262012100 · Oct 20255 · 6 fire821 m
7 Summerland Ter218212011100 · Jul 20243 · 10 fire870 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 lots507 lots · ≈79,080 spaces · 237.3 ha
Within 500 m51 lots · ≈2,990 spaces
Green P (public)7 car parks · about 2,439 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Kipling South Lot - 400 Munster Avenue · Surface573 m1,200 *
16 Royalavon Cres · Surface1 km5938% (Q1 2026)
22 Fieldway Rd · Surface1.1 km270 *
Islington Main Lot - 3330 Bloor Street West · Surface1.3 km534 *
7 Monkton Ave · Surface1.6 km2561% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 158 m away, ≈206 spaces; 160 m away, ≈45 spaces; 179 m away, ≈49 spaces; 179 m away, ≈62 spaces; 183 m away, ≈15 spaces; 192 m away, ≈47 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 — 8-hour, Oct 27, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 236 northbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 44. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 77 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 38% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (56). Heavy vehicles made up 0.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north183southbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west44eastbound · 1 bikes · 2.3% heavy
Total vehicles46326 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 0.6% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south236northbound · 1 bikes · 0.8% heavy
AM peak hour56 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour77 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 27, 2021

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 Acorn Ave between Montesson St and Lane N of Dundas and W of Acorn (69 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 24-hour count in August 2012; 85% of drivers were at or under 51 km/h. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. The reading is 14 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Acorn Ave · Montesson St – Lane N of Dundas and W of Acorn · 69 mAug 2012 · 24 h85541 km/h51 km/h57 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

2020 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Oct 17, 2020.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions2#5335 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only1
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality1
All since 20142latest Oct 17, 2020

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.

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 Aug 17, 2024. 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 Islington.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Acorn & Montesson a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 2 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 Acorn & Montesson?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2021, 5% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Acorn & Montesson?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Acorn Ave between Montesson St and Lane N of Dundas and W of Acorn (August 2012), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 51 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Acorn & Montesson?

The nearest Green P car park is Kipling South Lot - 400 Munster Avenue (573 m away, 1,200 spaces). The City's mapping shows 507 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 79,080 spaces — 51 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Acorn & Montesson by transit?

Kipling Station (Line 2) is 405 m away; Kipling GO is 398 m away; bus routes 49, 111, 112, 123, 46, 145, 45, 149 and 6 more within 1 km; MiWay routes 1 Dundas, 3 Bloor, 11 Westwood, 20 Rathburn at Aukland Rd North of Dundas St.

What restaurants are near Acorn & Montesson?

16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 53 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (138 m), Pita and Hummus (143 m), Three Kitchens Restaurant (143 m), Apache Burger (227 m) and Milano's Pizza (231 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 Acorn & Montesson?

The nearest is Wedgewood Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 15 Swan Ave, 853 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. 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 Acorn & Montesson?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 417 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Beamish Academy (402 m, 42 spaces), Growing Tykes Learning Centre (5150 Dundas Street West) (756 m, 119 spaces) and Wedgewood School Age YMCA (861 m, 129 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Acorn & Montesson?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,112 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5294 Dundas St W (198 m, 45 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 5249 Dundas St W (271 m, 333 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 20 Samuel Wood Way (422 m, 233 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 3 Summerland Ter (821 m, 283 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 98 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 Acorn & Montesson?

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 Islington page.

What neighbourhood is Acorn & Montesson in?

Acorn & Montesson is in Islington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 158). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

Sources

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