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Bloor & Poplar

Bloor St W & Poplar Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Islington · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Bloor & Poplar, in Islington, was an above-average intersection for traffic — that was the City's last count here, in 2015. Nearby are Kipling Station (Line 2) 728 m away and Kipling GO 716 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
14,389
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 6, 2015
100 pedestrians · 51 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Kipling Station 728 m · 17 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
52/100
city median 48 · #2,388 of 5,672
5 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 432 m

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Bloor & Poplar

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Oct 6, 2015

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 8,588 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 60% of the total, against 251 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,720 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,633 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 north651southbound · 4 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the west8,588eastbound · 25 bikes · 2.0% heavy
Total vehicles14,389100 pedestrians · 51 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east4,899westbound · 22 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the south251northbound · 0 bikes · 1.2% heavy

Peak hours: 2,720 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,633 from 4:45 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 2018, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 40% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Apr 30, 2024.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5
With an injury0
Property damage only3
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 2003

On Bloor St W between Poplar Ave and Wilmar Rd, 84 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in November 2003 put the average speed at 48 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 56 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 62 km/h or more. That segment carries about 19,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 23 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 5 speed humps slow traffic on Poplar Avenue between Dundas St W and Bloor St W.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bloor St W · Poplar Ave – Wilmar Rd · 84 mNov 2003 · 24 h19,71448 km/h56 km/h62 km/h
Traffic calming
Poplar Avenue (Dundas St W – Bloor St W): 5 speed humps

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

Subway
Kipling Station (Line 2)728 m · 9 min
GO Transit
Kipling GO — Milton716 m · 9 min; GO bus 29 Guelph / Mississauga at Kipling Bus Terminal691 m · 8 min
TTC bus
49 111 112 123 45 46 145 149 40 44 nearest 47 m
Express
945 900 944 927
Blue Night
300 345
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Bloor St West at Acorn Ave
Regional
MiWay 1 Dundas 3 Bloor 11 Westwood 20 Rathburn 26 Burnhamthorpe 35 Eglinton 70 Keaton 71 Sheridan 101 Dundas Express 108 Financial Express 109 Meadowvale Express 126 Burnhamthorpe Express at Bloor St at Acorn Ave58 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Kipling Station 757 m · 9 min · 23 docks · 2 stations, 38 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
6 car parks · about 2,371 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
32 mapped lots within 500 m, 325 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
16 Royalavon Cres · Surface1.2 km5938% (Q1 2026)
Kipling South Lot - 400 Munster Avenue · Surface1.2 km1,200 *—
Islington Main Lot - 3330 Bloor Street West · Surface1.4 km534 *—
22 Fieldway Rd · Surface1.7 km270 *—
7 Monkton Ave · Surface1.8 km2561% (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 Bulk Barn, 432 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Vatra Cheese & Deli, 92 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 33. The nearest is Milano's Pizza, 54 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Andrew's Pharmacy, 374 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Milano's Pizza · 3886 Bloor St W54 m
  • The Steak Master · 3882 Bloor St W82 m
  • Dairy Jug · 3884 Bloor St W84 m
  • Stari Grad · 3862 Bloor St W287 m · 3 min
  • Haroo Korean Restaurant · 3858 Bloor St W300 m · 4 min
5 within 300 m · 33 within 1 km
Grocery
Bulk Barn 432 m · 5 min · 3 within 1 km
Food shops
Vatra Cheese & Deli 92 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Andrew's Pharmacy 374 m · 4 min · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • Beamish Academy · 42 spaces, toddler, preschool496 m · 6 min
  • Wedgewood School Age YMCA · 129 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day882 m · 11 min
  • Growing Tykes Learning Centre (5150 Dundas Street West) · 119 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day930 m · 11 min
4 licensed centres · 417 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Wedgewood Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season795 m · 9 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 (7)
  • Greenfield Park361 m · 4 min
  • Six Points Park721 m · 9 min
  • Wedgewood Park - Etobicoke787 m · 9 min
  • Cloverdale Park1.1 km · 13 min
  • Smithwood Park1.2 km · 14 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
  • Islington Seniors' Centre1.5 km · 18 min
Schools (9)
  • Mindwerx4kids Learning Centre SchoolPrivate · 412 m · 5 min
  • Kingsley Primary SchoolPrivate · 587 m · 7 min
  • Wedgewood Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 882 m · 11 min
  • Our Lady of Peace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 11 min
  • Academy of Math and EnglishPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km

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 or a care or retirement home.

52of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,388 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food16/30

    3 grocery stores within 1 km · 5 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit23/28

    Kipling Station 0.7 km · 6 stops within 300 m · 17 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.5 km

  • Schools and child care6/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot2/10

    traffic calming

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 four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 894 rental units. The nearest is 5294 Dundas St W (469 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.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
5294 Dundas St W · Six Points Suites Inc457196092 · Jun 2025469 m · 6 min
5249 Dundas St W · Centurion Property Associates Inc.333412021100 · Jul 2024582 m · 7 min
20 Samuel Wood Way · Concert Real Estate Corporation233212023100 · Aug 2026695 m · 8 min
3 Summerland Ter283262012100 · Oct 2025934 m · 11 min

4 registered buildings · 894 units · tallest 41 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 one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (1), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft100other (1)

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 Bloor & Poplar 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 Bloor & Poplar?

An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2015. Its latest count is from Oct 6, 2015, 1.56× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Bloor & Poplar a walkable intersection?

Bloor & Poplar scores 52 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,388 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: Kipling Station 0.7 km · 6 stops within 300 m · 17 routes within 1 km; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 5 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Bloor & Poplar?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bloor St W between Poplar Ave and Wilmar Rd (November 2003), found an average of 48 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 56 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bloor & Poplar?

The nearest Green P car park is 16 Royalavon Cres (1.2 km away, 59 spaces, 38% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 325 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 43,420 spaces — 32 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Bloor & Poplar by transit?

Kipling Station (Line 2) is 728 m away; Kipling GO is 716 m away; bus routes 49, 111, 112, 123, 45, 46, 145, 149 and 6 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Bloor St West at Acorn Ave, 47 m); MiWay routes 1 Dundas, 3 Bloor, 11 Westwood, 20 Rathburn at Bloor St at Acorn Ave.

What restaurants are near Bloor & Poplar?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 33 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Milano's Pizza (54 m), The Steak Master (82 m), Dairy Jug (84 m), Stari Grad (287 m) and Haroo Korean Restaurant (300 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Bloor & Poplar?

The nearest is Wedgewood Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 15 Swan Ave, 795 m away. The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season.

Is there child care near Bloor & Poplar?

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 (496 m, 42 spaces), Wedgewood School Age YMCA (882 m, 129 spaces) and Growing Tykes Learning Centre (5150 Dundas Street West) (930 m, 119 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bloor & Poplar?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 894 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5294 Dundas St W (469 m, 45 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 5249 Dundas St W (582 m, 333 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 20 Samuel Wood Way (695 m, 233 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 3 Summerland Ter (934 m, 283 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 98 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Bloor & Poplar?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Islington page.

What neighbourhood is Bloor & Poplar in?

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

Sources

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