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Elmhurst & Fordwich

Elmhurst Dr & Fordwich Cres · Toronto, Ontario · Rexdale-Kipling · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

Elmhurst & Fordwich is a moderately travelled crossing. It sits in Rexdale-Kipling. At the corner: a bike lane. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
4,989
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 11, 2023
292 pedestrians · 14 cyclists
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 9 property damage · #3867 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 620 vehicles, 54% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 17 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 1.4 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Elmhurst & Fordwich

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
963745 nearest 41 m
Express
937996945
Blue Night
396337345
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Elmhurst Dr at Fordwich Cres
Cycling
Sharrows on Elmhurst Dr installed 2022
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 (14)
  • Thistletown Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 297 m
  • Rivercrest Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 538 m
  • St Benedict Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 690 m
  • Rexdale Learning Centre LINCEnglish Public · 749 m
  • Monsignor Percy Johnson Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 801 m
  • Timothy Christian SchoolPrivate · 936 m
  • and 8 more
Parks (11)
  • Rexdale Park329 m
  • Curtin Park664 m
  • Turpin Avenue Park863 m
  • Village Green Park1.1 km
  • Sunnydale Acres Park1.1 km
  • The Elms Park1.1 km
  • and 5 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Rexdale branch641 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 24 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Thistletown Collegiate Institute (Student Nutrition), 298 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 2 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Thistletown Collegiate Institute (Student Nutrition) · 20 Fordwich Cres298 mPassed, Oct 2025
Circle K · 2428 Islington Avegrocery507 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Grabb A Pizza · 2428 Islington Ave Unit-108507 mPassed, Aug 2026
Spice N Bites · 2428 Islington Ave Bldg-107507 mPassed, Aug 2026
The Golden Gate Restaurant · 2428 Islington Ave Unit-104507 mPassed, Aug 2026
Kipling Acres · 2233 Kipling Ave542 mPassed, Sep 2026
Kipling Acres Adult Day Program · 2233 Kipling Ave542 mPassed, Aug 2024
Tim Hortons · 2422 Islington Ave564 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 West Acres Seniors Centre Washroom, 537 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 193 m away at Rexdale Park.

  • West Acres Seniors Centre Washroom · 65 Hinton Rd
    View centre hours
    537 m
Drinking water
Rexdale Park drinking fountain · 193 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 363 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kipling Early Learning & Child Care Centre (522 m, 36 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 363 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • Kipling Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 2233 Kipling Ave
    36 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    522 m
  • Sunny Faces Day Care Centre - Rivercrest · 30 Harefield Dr
    100 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    538 m
  • Sunny Faces Day Care Centre - St. Benedict Site · 2202 Kipling Ave
    76 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    690 m
  • Mandi Day Care · 30 Barrhead Cres
    72 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    749 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 415 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 23 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 415 · 1 km2120 Kipling Ave
Police23 Division · 2.5 km5230 Finch Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 14 · 2 km321 Rexdale Blvd

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

Within a kilometre there are 13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 342 rental units. The nearest is 2413 Islington Ave (578 m, 52 units, 6 storeys, built 1955), which scored 85 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 7 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings13 · 342 units
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20267 across the 13
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2413 Islington Ave526195585 · Jun 20240578 m
75 Irwin Rd536195575 · Sep 20243592 m
2386 Islington Ave183196094 · Sep 20250801 m
5 Jansusie Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc.453196788 · Sep 20261863 m
40 Torbolton Dr173196298 · Sep 20250867 m
30 Torbolton Dr163196076 · Sep 20240890 m
20 Torbolton Dr173195981 · Aug 20240920 m
15 Jansusie Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc453196781 · Sep 20251927 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 lots264 lots · ≈45,490 spaces · 136.5 ha
Within 500 m11 lots · ≈750 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 23 spaces
EV charging (City)14 Barkwin Dr · 1.4 km · 4 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
14 Barkwin Dr · Surface1.4 km2320% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 207 m away, ≈208 spaces; 356 m away, ≈11 spaces; 365 m away, ≈4 spaces; 368 m away, ≈20 spaces; 375 m away, ≈4 spaces; 380 m away, ≈13 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, May 11, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 2,003 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 40% of the total, against 190 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 755 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 797 from 2:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.0% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north2,003southbound · 7 bikes · 6.5% heavy
From the west190eastbound · 1 bikes · 5.3% heavy
Total vehicles4,989292 pedestrians · 14 cyclists · 6.0% heavy
From the east1,070westbound · 0 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the south1,726northbound · 6 bikes · 7.3% heavy
AM peak hour755 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour797 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 11, 2023

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

On Fordwich Cres between Pakenham Dr and Elmhurst Dr, 144 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in June 2023 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 3,100 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Fordwich Cres · Pakenham Dr – Elmhurst Dr · 144 mJun 2023 · 24 h3,06748 km/h56 km/h62 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

The worst year was 2019, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 4 collisions (29%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jan 6, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3867 of 5,508
With an injury4#2947 of 4,660
Property damage only9
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201417latest Jan 6, 2025

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

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

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

Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 8, 2023. 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 Rexdale-Kipling.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Elmhurst & Fordwich a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 Elmhurst & Fordwich?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from May 11, 2023, 54% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Elmhurst & Fordwich?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Fordwich Cres between Pakenham Dr and Elmhurst Dr (June 2023), 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 Elmhurst & Fordwich?

The nearest Green P car park is 14 Barkwin Dr (1.4 km away, 23 spaces, 20% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 264 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 45,490 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (1.4 km).

How do I get to Elmhurst & Fordwich by transit?

Bus routes 96, 37, 45, 937, 996, 945 within 1 km (nearest stop: Elmhurst Dr at Fordwich Cres, 41 m).

What restaurants are near Elmhurst & Fordwich?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 24 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Thistletown Collegiate Institute (Student Nutrition) (298 m), Grabb A Pizza (507 m), Spice N Bites (507 m), The Golden Gate Restaurant (507 m) and Kipling Acres (542 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 Elmhurst & Fordwich?

The nearest is West Acres Seniors Centre Washroom, 65 Hinton Rd, 537 m away (View centre hours). 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 Elmhurst & Fordwich?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 363 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kipling Early Learning & Child Care Centre (522 m, 36 spaces), Sunny Faces Day Care Centre - Rivercrest (538 m, 100 spaces) and Sunny Faces Day Care Centre - St. Benedict Site (690 m, 76 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elmhurst & Fordwich?

13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 342 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2413 Islington Ave (578 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 75 Irwin Rd (592 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 2386 Islington Ave (801 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 5 Jansusie Rd (863 m, 45 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 13 is 87 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 Elmhurst & Fordwich?

Toronto Police place three 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 Rexdale-Kipling page.

What neighbourhood is Elmhurst & Fordwich in?

Elmhurst & Fordwich is in Rexdale-Kipling (City of Toronto neighbourhood 004). It is in Ward 1, Etobicoke North, represented by Councillor Vincent Crisanti.

Sources

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