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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
Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 7, 2025
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 697 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 345 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 206 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 121 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 121 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 206 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
The worst year was 2017, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 60% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 2, 2025.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 5 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 2 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| 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.
How fast traffic moves here
On Barkwin Dr between Batawa Cres and Albion Gardens Trl, 275 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2025 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 39 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 44 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,900 vehicles a day. Wardlaw Cres between Islington Ave and Barkwin Dr measured slower: 29 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Nov 2025).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wardlaw Cres · Islington Ave – Barkwin Dr · 126 m | Nov 2025 · 3 days | 773 | 29 km/h | 35 km/h | 39 km/h |
| Barkwin Dr · Batawa Cres – Albion Gardens Trl · 275 m | Jun 2025 · 3 days | 1,887 | 33 km/h | 39 km/h | 44 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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 37 73 118 nearest 149 m
- Express
- 937
- Blue Night
- 337
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Thistletown Community Centre 634 m · 8 min · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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
- 1 car park · about 23 spaces
- EV charging
- 14 Barkwin Dr · 75 m · 4 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
- Bike parking
- 2 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 19 mapped lots within 500 m, 86 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Barkwin Dr · Surface | 122 m | 23 | 20% (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 within 300 m of the corner. The closest is New India Fresh Market, 330 m away. Three specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Potenza Meats at 155 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 10 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 36. The nearest is India Bazar, 123 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Medi Plus Pharmacy, 300 m away; 6 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Westside, a long-term care home 437 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- India Bazar · 2645 Islington Ave123 m
- Bengali Sweets & Restaurant · 2651 Islington Ave143 m
- Pizza 2 Go · 2661 Islington Ave180 m
- Amenecer Salvadoreno Restaurant · 2663 Islington Ave184 m
- Indian Pakwan · 2646 Islington Ave198 m
- Grocery
- New India Fresh Market 330 m · 4 min · 7 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Potenza Meats 155 m · 3 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Medi Plus Pharmacy 300 m · 4 min · 6 within 1 km
- Child care
- Rexdale Day Nursery · 73 spaces, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day594 m · 7 min
- Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke · 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day688 m · 8 min
- Rowntree Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 36 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day797 m · 9 min
- Washrooms
- Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom · hours not listed611 m · 7 min
- Health and care
- Westside · long-term care home437 m · 5 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 (8)
- Village Green Park560 m · 7 min
- Albion Gardens Park868 m · 10 min
- Beaumonde Heights Park1 km · 12 min
- Finch - Islington Park1 km · 12 min
- Thistletown Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Community centres
- Thistletown Multi-Service Centre611 m · 7 min
- Gord and Irene Risk Community Recreation Centre1.3 km · 15 min
- Schools
- St Noel Chabanel Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 688 m · 8 min
- St John Vianney Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 947 m · 11 min
- Beaumonde Heights Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 16 min
- Thistletown Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 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 library.
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
Within a kilometre there are two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 317 rental units — all social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2715 Islington Ave (554 m, 80 units, 5 storeys, built 1992), which scored 100 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2715 Islington Ave social housing · Our Saviour Thistletown Lutheran Lodge | 80 | 5 | 1992 | 100 · Nov 2025 | 554 m · 7 min |
| 2765 Islington Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 237 | 14 | 1984 | 94 · Nov 2025 | 797 m · 9 min |
2 registered buildings · 317 units · 2 social housing · tallest 14 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1), other (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Barkwin & Wardlaw a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Barkwin & Wardlaw?
A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 7, 2025, 10% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Barkwin & Wardlaw a walkable intersection?
Barkwin & Wardlaw scores 39 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: 7 grocery stores within 1 km · 10 places to eat within 300 m; nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Barkwin & Wardlaw?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Barkwin Dr between Batawa Cres and Albion Gardens Trl (June 2025), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Barkwin & Wardlaw?
The nearest Green P car park is 14 Barkwin Dr (122 m away, 23 spaces, 20% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 86 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,510 spaces — 19 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (75 m).
How do I get to Barkwin & Wardlaw by transit?
Bus routes 37, 73, 118, 937 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Barkwin & Wardlaw?
10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 36 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are India Bazar (123 m), Bengali Sweets & Restaurant (143 m), Pizza 2 Go (180 m), Amenecer Salvadoreno Restaurant (184 m) and Indian Pakwan (198 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Barkwin & Wardlaw?
The nearest is Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom, 925 Albion Rd, 611 m away.
Is there child care near Barkwin & Wardlaw?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 178 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Rexdale Day Nursery (594 m, 73 spaces), Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke (688 m, 69 spaces) and Rowntree Early Learning & Child Care Centre (797 m, 36 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Barkwin & Wardlaw?
Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 317 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2715 Islington Ave (554 m, 80 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 2765 Islington Ave (797 m, 237 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 97 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Barkwin & Wardlaw?
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Thistletown-Beaumond Heights page.
What neighbourhood is Barkwin & Wardlaw in?
Barkwin & Wardlaw is in Thistletown-Beaumond Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 003), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 1, Etobicoke North, represented by Councillor Vincent Crisanti.
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 7, 2025.
- 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.
- 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).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 1 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: 43.73876, -79.56410 · centreline node 13452480.