Toronto · intersection · signal 2257

Islington & Advance

Islington Ave & Advance Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Etobicoke City Centre · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Islington & Advance, in Etobicoke City Centre, is an above-average intersection for traffic. It has a park and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
28,316
vehicles · 14-hour count, Mar 31, 2026
1,044 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · #404 busiest
Collisions
92
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 73 property damage · #1212 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,020 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.75× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 27 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 9.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 3.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged up 14%, from 43 in 2016–2020 to 49 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Islington & Advance

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
110157644 nearest 26 m
Blue Night
337315345
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Islington Ave at Advance Rd; Islington Ave at Saybrook Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
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 (11)
  • Norseman Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 330 m
  • Castlebar Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 765 m
  • Holy Angels Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 849 m
  • St Marguerite D'youville Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 1.1 km
  • The Learning CommonPrivate · 1.2 km
  • Bishop Allen AcademyEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (15)
  • Chauncey - Islington Parkette234 m
  • Fairfield Park333 m
  • Norseman Heights Park470 m
  • Lora Hill Park484 m
  • Spring Garden Park790 m
  • Fieldway Parkette872 m
  • and 9 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Brentwood branch1.4 km
Signal
2257, activated 2011 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 42 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Ontario Fresh & Tasty, 30 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés8 within 300 m · 42 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Ontario Fresh & Tasty · 99 Advance Rd30 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 1084 Islington Ave53 mPassed, Mar 2026
Mr. Sub · 1088 Islington Ave Unit-169 mPassed, Mar 2026
Burger Legend · 1086 Islington Ave74 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Versac Lounge · 1068 Islington Ave117 mPassed, Jul 2025
Kids and Company · 104 Advance Rd122 mPassed, Jul 2026
Second Cup · 1050 Islington Ave178 mPassed, Apr 2026
Teddy Bear Educare Advance · 86 Advance Rd295 mPassed, Jul 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 Fairfield Seniors' Centre Washroom, 408 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 250 m away at Fairfield Park.

  • Fairfield Seniors' Centre Washroom · 80 Lothian Ave
    View centre hours
    408 m
Drinking water
Fairfield Park drinking fountain · 250 m; Norseman Heights Park bottle filling station · 471 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 879 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kids Club Daycare & Learning Centre (Op-Aaa Childrens Inc.) (108 m, 109 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 879 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 9
  • Kids Club Daycare & Learning Centre (Op-Aaa Childrens Inc.) · 104 Advance Rd
    109 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    108 m
  • Teddy Bear Educare Advance · 86 Advance Rd
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    294 m
  • Norseman School Age Program (YMCA) · 105 Norseman St
    245 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    330 m
  • Learning Garden Childcare · 69 Six Point Rd
    60 spaces · toddler, preschool
    340 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 433 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.7 km away.

FireFire Station 433 · 1.6 km615 Royal York Rd
Police22 Division · 1.1 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 31 · 2.7 km4219 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

Two registered apartment buildings with 120 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 800 Royal York Rd (946 m, 60 units, 6 storeys, built 1965), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings2 · 120 units
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 2
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
800 Royal York Rd · Summa Property Management606196591 · Aug 20261946 m
810 Royal York Rd606196098 · Nov 202501 km

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 lots620 lots · ≈72,930 spaces · 218.8 ha
Within 500 m43 lots · ≈5,840 spaces
Green P (public)16 car parks · about 2,851 spaces
EV charging (City)8 Kings Lynn Rd · 1.9 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
7 Monkton Ave · Surface1 km2561% (Q1 2026)
22 Fieldway Rd · Surface1 km270 *
Islington Main Lot - 3330 Bloor Street West · Surface1.1 km534 *
3220 Bloor St W · Surface1.1 km6829% (Q1 2026)
Kipling South Lot - 400 Munster Avenue · Surface1.2 km1,200 *

Nearest lots: 42 m away, ≈75 spaces; 68 m away, ≈132 spaces; 102 m away, ≈192 spaces; 110 m away, ≈58 spaces; 121 m away, ≈25 spaces; 149 m away, ≈8 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 — 14-hour, Mar 31, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 13,192 northbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 3,020. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,484 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,656 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north12,104southbound · 10 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the west3,020eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.0% heavy
Total vehicles28,3161,044 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east0westbound · 5 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south13,192northbound · 4 bikes · 3.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,484 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,656 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Mar 31, 2026

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 Islington Ave between Saybrook Ave and Six Point Rd (87 m away) recorded an average of 54 km/h in its 24-hour count in March 2010; 85% of drivers were at or under 63 km/h. That segment carries about 10,600 vehicles a day. Advance Rd between Shawbridge Ave and Lane W of Islington and S of Advance measured slower: 44 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 53 km/h (Jun 2023). The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Norseman St (234 m away, 30 km/h limit), 39% of the 17,409 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Islington Ave · Saybrook Ave – Six Point Rd · 87 mMar 2010 · 24 h10,57554 km/h63 km/h68 km/h
Advance Rd · Shawbridge Ave – Lane W of Islington and S of Advance · 350 mJun 2023 · 7 days3,06944 km/h53 km/h59 km/h

School-zone speed sign 234 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct34 · 43 km/h
Over the limit70%
40 km/h or more39%

Norseman St (eastbound), 112 Norseman Street · 17,409 vehicles logged in July 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

2024 was the peak year (20 collisions), and 2025 closed with 11. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Oct 28, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions92#1212 of 5,508
With an injury9#1897 of 4,660
Property damage only73
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian1#2572 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1933 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
All since 2014109latest Oct 28, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection 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 vehicle300street/outdoor (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 8, 2021. 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 Etobicoke City Centre.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Islington & Advance a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 92 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 Islington & Advance?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #404 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.75× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Islington & Advance?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Islington Ave between Saybrook Ave and Six Point Rd (March 2010), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 63 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 234 m away (30 km/h), 39% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Islington & Advance?

The nearest Green P car park is 7 Monkton Ave (1.0 km away, 25 spaces, 61% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 620 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 72,930 spaces — 43 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 8 Kings Lynn Rd (1.9 km).

How do I get to Islington & Advance by transit?

Bus routes 110, 15, 76, 44 within 1 km (nearest stop: Islington Ave at Advance Rd, 26 m).

What restaurants are near Islington & Advance?

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 42 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ontario Fresh & Tasty (30 m), Tim Hortons (53 m), Mr. Sub (69 m), Burger Legend (74 m) and Versac Lounge (117 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 Islington & Advance?

The nearest is Fairfield Seniors' Centre Washroom, 80 Lothian Ave, 408 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 Islington & Advance?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 879 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kids Club Daycare & Learning Centre (Op-Aaa Childrens Inc.) (108 m, 109 spaces), Teddy Bear Educare Advance (294 m, 63 spaces) and Norseman School Age Program (YMCA) (330 m, 245 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Islington & Advance?

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 120 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 800 Royal York Rd (946 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 810 Royal York Rd (1.0 km, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 95 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 Islington & Advance?

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 Etobicoke City Centre page.

What neighbourhood is Islington & Advance in?

Islington & Advance is in Etobicoke City Centre (City of Toronto neighbourhood 159). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

Sources

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