Toronto · intersection · signal 1771

Islington & Cordova

Islington Ave & Cordova Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Islington · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Islington & Cordova is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Islington. It has a park and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: Islington Station (Line 2) 347 m away.

Traffic volume
17,848
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 24, 2014
1,330 pedestrians · 29 cyclists
Collisions
42
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 30 property damage · #2317 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
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
4
TTC stops within 100 m
Islington Station 347 m · 8 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 2,230 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.93× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 4.2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 25%, from 24 in 2016–2020 to 18 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Islington & Cordova

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Islington Station (Line 2)347 m
TTC bus
3750401101494546145 nearest 16 m
Express
937
Blue Night
337300345
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Islington Ave at Central Park Roadway; Central Park Rdwy at Islington Ave
Regional
MiWay 26 Burnhamthorpe at Central Park Roadway at Islington Ave17 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Islington Subway Station (Aberfoyle Cres) 332 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 84 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 (9)
  • Islington Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 251 m
  • Etobicoke Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 294 m
  • German International School TorontoPrivate · 411 m
  • Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 493 m
  • Academy of Math and EnglishPrivate · 682 m
  • Kingsway College SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (18)
  • Tom Riley Park267 m
  • Kenway Park526 m
  • Michael Power Park590 m
  • Donnybrook Park638 m
  • Birchview Boulevard Parkette794 m
  • Chestnut Hills Park819 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Brentwood branch885 m
Places of interest
  • Montgomery's InnMuseum · 373 m
Signal
1771, activated 1997 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/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, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 80 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Rolly Polly Cow, 173 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2025.

Restaurants & cafés8 within 300 m · 80 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Rolly Polly Cow · 70 Cordova Ave None173 mPassed, Aug 2025
Sevenday Mart · 64 Cordova Ave, Unit-2174 mPassed, Aug 2025
Rabba Fine Foods · 4869 Dundas St Wgrocery255 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tim Hortons · 4869 Dundas St W255 mPassed, Jul 2026
Fire Wing's Bar and Grill · 4903 Dundas St W265 mPassed, May 2026
Neighbour's Fine Foods · 4917 Dundas St W 1 and 2grocery281 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 3 infractions
Via Napoli Pizzeria · 4923 Dundas St W291 mPassed, May 2026
Etobicoke Collegiate Institute · 86 Montgomery Rd294 mPassed, Feb 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 Central Arena Washroom, 420 m away, View arena hours. A drinking fountain is 52 m away at Tom Riley Park.

  • Central Arena Washroom · 50 Montgomery Rd
    View arena hours
    420 m
  • Memorial Pool and Health Club Washroom · 44 Montgomery Rd
    View centre hours
    440 m
Drinking water
Tom Riley Park drinking fountain · 52 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 715 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp Islington Junior Middle School (251 m, 116 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 715 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 7
  • Plasp Islington Junior Middle School · 44 Cordova Ave
    116 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    251 m
  • Sunnylea Co-Operative Nursery School · 86 Montgomery Rd
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    294 m
  • Willowbrae Academy Etobicoke · 4975 Dundas St W
    110 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten
    400 m
  • Kids & Company Etobicoke · 3250 Bloor St W
    74 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    438 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 445 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (673 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 445 · 1.6 km280 Burnhamthorpe Rd
Police22 Division · 673 m3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 31 · 1.7 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

21 registered apartment buildings with 3,945 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1286 Islington Ave (55 m, 77 units, 8 storeys, built 1971), which scored 88 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 96, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 57 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 68 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 3,945 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score96 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202657 across the 21
Open fire-code violations68
Tallest37 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1286 Islington Ave · Hollyburn Properties Ltd778197188 · Jul 20240 · 7 fire55 m
1276 Islington Ave · Ranee Management20213195797 · Nov 2025391 m
1294 Islington Ave · Hollyburn Properties Ltd778197198 · Nov 20250 · 10 fire111 m
90 Cordova Ave · Ranee Management18413197796 · Nov 20253 · 10 fire111 m
50 Cordova Ave · Compten Management Inc.28537197396 · Jul 20246 · 1 fire180 m
4875 Dundas St W · Forest Gate5610196898 · Nov 20253235 m
24 Mabelle Ave · Compten Management Inc.54036197399 · Oct 202510260 m
8 Lomond Dr · Cogir Management Corporation GP18324197398 · Aug 20264 · 6 fire295 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 lots467 lots · ≈34,540 spaces · 103.6 ha
Within 500 m57 lots · ≈4,040 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 2,796 spaces
EV charging (City)8 Kings Lynn Rd · 1.7 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking6 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Islington Lomond Lot - 20 Lomond Drive · Surface253 m283 *
Islington Main Lot - 3330 Bloor Street West · Surface475 m534 *
7 Monkton Ave · Surface519 m2561% (Q1 2026)
3220 Bloor St W · Surface626 m6829% (Q1 2026)
22 Fieldway Rd · Surface686 m270 *

Nearest lots: 62 m away, ≈27 spaces; 80 m away, ≈23 spaces; 86 m away, ≈336 spaces; 112 m away, ≈109 spaces; 123 m away, ≈56 spaces; 144 m away, ≈125 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, Apr 24, 2014

The south leg carries the load — 8,139 northbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 283. Morning rush is the busier period: 2,989 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:45 a.m., compared with 2,628 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.2% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 12 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2014, 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 north7,581southbound · 5 bikes · 6.6% heavy
From the west1,845eastbound · 10 bikes · 6.8% heavy
Total vehicles17,8481,330 pedestrians · 29 cyclists · 5.2% heavy
From the east283westbound · 5 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the south8,139northbound · 9 bikes · 3.5% heavy
AM peak hour2,989 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,628 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 24, 2014

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 Cordova Ave between Lane S of Dundas and E of Cordova and Central Park Rdwy (199 m away) recorded an average of 40 km/h in its 2-day count in December 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 7,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Cordova Ave · Lane S of Dundas and E of Cordova – Central Park Rdwy · 199 mDec 2021 · 2 days7,01240 km/h49 km/h55 km/h
Islington Ave · Tom Riley Park Trl – Dundas St W · 314 mOct 2014 · 7 days15,646

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

2019 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions42#2317 of 5,508
With an injury8#2067 of 4,660
Property damage only30
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian2#1781 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1938 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201447latest Apr 29, 2026

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 18 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.1 a year. 56% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1850street/outdoor (10), apartment parking (7)
Bicycle theft300apartment parking (2), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 27, 2025. 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 Islington & Cordova a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 42 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 & Cordova?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Apr 24, 2014, 1.93× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Islington & Cordova?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Cordova Ave between Lane S of Dundas and E of Cordova and Central Park Rdwy (December 2021), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Islington & Cordova?

The nearest Green P car park is Islington Lomond Lot - 20 Lomond Drive (253 m away, 283 spaces). The City's mapping shows 467 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,540 spaces — 57 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 8 Kings Lynn Rd (1.7 km).

How do I get to Islington & Cordova by transit?

Islington Station (Line 2) is 347 m away; bus routes 37, 50, 40, 110, 149, 45, 46, 145 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Islington Ave at Central Park Roadway, 16 m); MiWay route 26 Burnhamthorpe at Central Park Roadway at Islington Ave.

What restaurants are near Islington & Cordova?

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 80 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Rolly Polly Cow (173 m), Sevenday Mart (174 m), Tim Hortons (255 m), Fire Wing's Bar and Grill (265 m) and Via Napoli Pizzeria (291 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 & Cordova?

The nearest is Central Arena Washroom, 50 Montgomery Rd, 420 m away (View arena hours). Next nearest: Memorial Pool and Health Club Washroom (440 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 Islington & Cordova?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 715 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Plasp Islington Junior Middle School (251 m, 116 spaces), Sunnylea Co-Operative Nursery School (294 m, 31 spaces) and Willowbrae Academy Etobicoke (400 m, 110 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Islington & Cordova?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,945 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1286 Islington Ave (55 m, 77 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 1276 Islington Ave (91 m, 202 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1294 Islington Ave (111 m, 77 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 90 Cordova Ave (111 m, 184 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 96 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 & Cordova?

Toronto Police place 18 thefts from vehicles and three 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 Islington page.

What neighbourhood is Islington & Cordova in?

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

Sources

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