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Government & Earlington

Government Rd & Earlington Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Kingsway South · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

In Kingsway South, Government & Earlington is a quiet local crossing, with significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
962
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 10, 2021
206 pedestrians · 51 cyclists
Collisions
4
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 3 property damage · #5149 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
4 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 120 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 10% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 5 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 5.3% of vehicle volume, about 6.8× the typical share. That comes with about 0.4 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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Government & Earlington

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
40554873 nearest 248 m
Blue Night
373
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Dundas St W / Prince Edward Dr N 316 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 49 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 (6)
  • Lambton Kingsway Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 160 m
  • Warren Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 763 m
  • Kingsway College SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
  • St James Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
  • Lambton Park Community SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Humbercrest Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
Community centres
Parks (20)
  • Lambton - Kingsway Park219 m
  • Lambton Park451 m
  • Joshua Glover Park454 m
  • Home Smith Park573 m
  • Lambton Woods755 m
  • Jackson Parkette762 m
  • and 14 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Brentwood branch1.4 km
  • Toronto Public Library Daniel G. Hill (formely Jane/Dundas) branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • James Garden ParkGarden / Conservatory · 1.4 km

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 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 16 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Malta's Finest Pastries, 254 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Malta's Finest Pastries · 4138 Dundas St W254 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Good Grains Healthy Quick Serve Cuisine · 4134 Dundas St W257 mPassed, Jun 2026
Del Market · 4180 Dundas St Wgrocery261 mPassed, Jan 2025
Delmanor Prince Edward · 4180 Dundas St W261 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Del Market · 4180 Dundas St Wgrocery261 mPassed, Sep 2026
Patricia's Cake Creations · 4130 Dundas St W267 mPassed, Jun 2026
Lambton Mini Mart · 4195 Dundas St W279 mPassed, Sep 2024
Domino's Pizza · 4204 Dundas St W Unit-B308 mPassed, Mar 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 Lambton - Kingsway Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 134 m away, View outdoor pool hours. A drinking fountain is 444 m away at Joshua Glover Park.

  • Lambton - Kingsway Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 37 Marquis Ave
    View outdoor pool hours
    134 m
  • Home Smith Park Washroom · 4101 Dundas St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    531 m
Drinking water
Joshua Glover Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 444 m; Home Smith Park drinking fountain · 532 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 283 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lambton - Kingsway Before & After School Program Inc. (160 m, 172 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 283 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Lambton - Kingsway Before & After School Program Inc. · 525 Prince Edward Dr N
    172 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    160 m
  • Kingsway Nursery School · 85 the Kingsway
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool
    737 m
  • Macaulay - Warren Park Child Care Centre · 135 Varsity Rd
    80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    763 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 422 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 340 m away.

FireFire Station 422 · 1.5 km590 Jane St
Police22 Division · 2.5 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 31 · 340 m4219 Dundas St W

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 11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,110 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 571 Prince Edward Dr N (198 m, 115 units, 8 storeys, built 2019), which scored 100 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 10 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings11 · 1,110 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202610 across the 11
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest12 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
571 Prince Edward Dr N · Dms Property Management Ltd11582019100 · Nov 20250198 m
4075 Old Dundas St · Granview Property Management757196586 · Jul 20242468 m
4070 Old Dundas St · Hannah Property Management Ltd.485195885 · Nov 20250474 m
4049 Dundas St Wsocial housing · Aykler Real Estate Inc.20812199097 · Aug 20252 · 3 fire542 m
1137 Royal York Rd · Princess Management12210196398 · Nov 20251623 m
4033 Old Dundas St475196071 · Jul 20240635 m
4029 Old Dundas St · Hannah Property Management Ltd.298195986 · Nov 20250668 m
1139 Royal York Rd · Princess Management9010196398 · Nov 20250675 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 lots367 lots · ≈16,040 spaces · 48.1 ha
Within 500 m21 lots · ≈1,120 spaces
Green P (public)9 car parks · about 715 spaces
EV charging (City)8 Kings Lynn Rd · 1.2 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
11 Grenview Blvd N · Surface1.2 km8341% (Q1 2026)
342 Prince Edward Dr N · Surface1.2 km4340% (Q1 2026)
7 Jackson Ave · Surface1.3 km4038% (Q1 2026)
12 Willingdon Blvd · Surface1.3 km6457% (Q1 2026)
9 Willingdon Blvd · Surface1.3 km11623% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 181 m away, ≈29 spaces; 182 m away, ≈62 spaces; 225 m away, ≈2 spaces; 240 m away, ≈36 spaces; 240 m away, ≈16 spaces; 243 m away, ≈17 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, Mar 10, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 361 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 38% of the total, against 285 from the north. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 186 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m., 11% above the afternoon peak from 2:45 p.m. (168). Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 6 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 north285southbound · 6 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the west361eastbound · 27 bikes · 5.5% heavy
Total vehicles962206 pedestrians · 51 cyclists · 3.1% heavy
From the east316westbound · 18 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour186 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour168 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 10, 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

On Government Rd between Dunedin Dr and Strath Ave, 390 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2021 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 48 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,600 vehicles a day. Earlington Ave between Thorndale Ave and Dundas St W measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Nov 2021). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Government Rd (79 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 352 vehicles logged in January 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Earlington Ave · Thorndale Ave – Dundas St W · 153 mNov 2021 · 2 days1,12032 km/h40 km/h45 km/h
Government Rd · Dunedin Dr – Strath Ave · 390 mNov 2021 · 3 days1,62736 km/h44 km/h48 km/h

School-zone speed sign 79 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 0 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Government Rd (westbound), 70 Government Road · 352 vehicles logged in January 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2024, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (25%). The most recent report on file is from Aug 2, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4#5149 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only3
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian1#2525 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20145latest Aug 2, 2024

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Government & Earlington a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 Government & Earlington?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 10, 2021, 10% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Government & Earlington?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Government Rd between Dunedin Dr and Strath Ave (November 2021), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 79 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in January 2026.

Where can I park near Government & Earlington?

The nearest Green P car park is 11 Grenview Blvd N (1.2 km away, 83 spaces, 41% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 367 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,040 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 8 Kings Lynn Rd (1.2 km).

How do I get to Government & Earlington by transit?

Bus routes 40, 55, 48, 73 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Government & Earlington?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 16 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Malta's Finest Pastries (254 m), Good Grains Healthy Quick Serve Cuisine (257 m), Delmanor Prince Edward (261 m), Patricia's Cake Creations (267 m) and Lambton Mini Mart (279 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 Government & Earlington?

The nearest is Lambton - Kingsway Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 37 Marquis Ave, 134 m away (View outdoor pool hours). Next nearest: Home Smith Park Washroom (531 m). 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 Government & Earlington?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 283 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lambton - Kingsway Before & After School Program Inc. (160 m, 172 spaces), Kingsway Nursery School (737 m, 31 spaces) and Macaulay - Warren Park Child Care Centre (763 m, 80 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Government & Earlington?

11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,110 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 571 Prince Edward Dr N (198 m, 115 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 4075 Old Dundas St (468 m, 75 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 4070 Old Dundas St (474 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 4049 Dundas St W (542 m, 208 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 11 is 91 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.

What neighbourhood is Government & Earlington in?

Government & Earlington is in Kingsway South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 015). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

Sources

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