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Islington & Duncanwoods

Islington Ave & Duncanwoods Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Humber Summit · Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek

In Humber Summit, Islington & Duncanwoods is a moderately heavy crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: Pearldale Station (Line 6) 926 m away.

Traffic volume
12,551
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 29, 2014
255 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
61
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
17 with an injury · 37 property damage · #1764 of 5,508 · +3 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Pearldale Station 926 m · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,570 vehicles, 1.36× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 49 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 6.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged down 9%, from 32 in 2016–2020 to 29 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Islington & Duncanwoods

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Pearldale Station (Line 6)926 m; Rowntree Mills Station (Line 6)929 m
TTC bus
37119166 nearest 34 m
Express
937
Blue Night
337336
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Islington Ave at Duncanwoods Dr North Side; Islington Ave at Rowntree Mill Rd South Side
Regional
York Region Transit 013 Islington at Islington Av / Duncanwoods Dr36 m
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 (8)
  • St Roch Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 203 m
  • Humber Summit Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 578 m
  • Gracedale Public SchoolEnglish Public · 589 m
  • Venerable John Merlini Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 867 m
  • North Kipling Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • Success AcademyPrivate · 1.4 km
  • and 2 more
Parks (16)
  • Islington Park282 m
  • Whitfield Parkette526 m
  • Rowntree Mills Park559 m
  • Gracedale Park619 m
  • Apted Park688 m
  • Gord and Irene Risk Park830 m
  • and 10 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Humber Summit branch532 m
Signal
1204, activated 1977 · SA2 · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 26 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is St Roch Catholic Scool, 203 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2025.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 26 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
A1 Petro Biz · 2922 Islington Avegrocery131 mPassed, Jun 2025
St Roch Catholic Scool · 174 Duncanwoods Dr, Bldg--203 mPassed, May 2025
Toronto Tikki Co. · 2930 Islington Ave, Bldg-3212 mPassed, Nov 2025
Gondal Shawarma · 2954-2956 Islington Ave278 mPassed, Aug 2026
La Fondita Mexican Food · 2965 Islington Ave 13-14grocery392 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Angel's Convenience · 2965 Islington Ave Unit-2grocery392 mPassed, Apr 2026
Domenic's Quality Meats · 2965 Islington Ave Unit-4grocery392 mPassed, Jul 2026
Nyamekye · 2965 Islington Ave Unit-15392 mPassed, Jan 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 Rowntree Mills Park Washroom, 777 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 305 m away at Islington Park.

  • Rowntree Mills Park Washroom · 155 Rowntree Mill Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    777 m
  • Gord and Irene Risk Community Centre Washroom · 2650 Finch Ave W
    View centre hours · accessible
    837 m
Drinking water
Islington Park drinking fountain · 305 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 216 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Roch Child Care Centre (203 m, 79 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 216 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • St. Roch Child Care Centre · 174 Duncanwoods Dr
    79 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    203 m
  • Northwest Childhood Learning Centre · 2978 Islington Ave
    47 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    477 m
  • Educare Kindergarten - Islington · 2825 Islington Ave
    90 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    717 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 411 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 23 Division (1.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 411 · 1.6 km75 Toryork Dr
Police23 Division · 1.7 km5230 Finch Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 51 · 1.6 km61 Toryork Dr

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 four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 450 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 50 Pearldale Ave (735 m, 96 units, 7 storeys, built 1965), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. No Landlord and Tenant Board order named any of them in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings4 · 450 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20260 across the 4
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
50 Pearldale Ave · Casmik Property Management967196588 · Aug 20240 · 1 fire735 m
2600 Finch Ave W · Jolan Properties Inc.1137197194 · Aug 20240 · 1 fire860 m
35 Duncanwoods Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc.757196995 · Aug 202401 km
3001 Finch Ave Wsocial housing · Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace16614199395 · Oct 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 lots260 lots · ≈67,500 spaces · 202.5 ha
Within 500 m14 lots · ≈1,500 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 23 spaces
EV charging (City)14 Barkwin Dr · 1.8 km · 4 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
14 Barkwin Dr · Surface1.8 km2320% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 37 m away, ≈31 spaces; 81 m away, ≈18 spaces; 106 m away, ≈31 spaces; 125 m away, ≈78 spaces; 127 m away, ≈61 spaces; 210 m away, ≈147 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 29, 2014

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 5,826 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 412 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 2,223 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 1,926 in the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north5,528southbound · 0 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the west412eastbound · 0 bikes · 1.2% heavy
Total vehicles12,551255 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east785westbound · 0 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the south5,826northbound · 0 bikes · 3.4% heavy
AM peak hour1,926 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,223 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 29, 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

On Rowntree Mill Rd between Islington Ave and Walby Dr, 72 m from the corner, a 2-day count in April 2013 put the average speed at 41 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 49 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 53 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,600 vehicles a day. Duncanwoods Dr between Benrubin Dr and Navenby Cres measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Jul 2022). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Rowntree Mill Rd · Islington Ave – Walby Dr · 72 mApr 2013 · 2 days1,59241 km/h49 km/h53 km/h
Islington Ave · Rowntree Mill Rd – Ayr Cres · 87 mDec 2011 · 3 days12,268
Duncanwoods Dr · Benrubin Dr – Navenby Cres · 334 mJul 2022 · 24 h3,01833 km/h40 km/h44 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 11 collisions. 17 collisions (28%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 7, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions61#1764 of 5,508
With an injury17#1044 of 4,660
Property damage only37
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian2#1785 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1166 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201473latest Apr 7, 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

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

11 thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 1.0 a year before that. 55% of the vehicle thefts were from other premises.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1140other (6), street/outdoor (5)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 14, 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 Humber Summit.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Islington & Duncanwoods a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 61 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 & Duncanwoods?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 29, 2014, 1.36× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Islington & Duncanwoods?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Rowntree Mill Rd between Islington Ave and Walby Dr (April 2013), found an average of 41 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 & Duncanwoods?

The nearest Green P car park is 14 Barkwin Dr (1.8 km away, 23 spaces, 20% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 260 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 67,500 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (1.8 km).

How do I get to Islington & Duncanwoods by transit?

Pearldale Station (Line 6) is 926 m away; bus routes 37, 119, 166, 937 within 1 km (nearest stop: Islington Ave at Duncanwoods Dr North Side, 34 m); York Region Transit route 013 Islington at Islington Av / Duncanwoods Dr.

What restaurants are near Islington & Duncanwoods?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 26 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are St Roch Catholic Scool (203 m), Toronto Tikki Co. (212 m), Gondal Shawarma (278 m) and Nyamekye (392 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 & Duncanwoods?

The nearest is Rowntree Mills Park Washroom, 155 Rowntree Mill Rd, 777 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Gord and Irene Risk Community Centre Washroom (837 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 & Duncanwoods?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 216 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Roch Child Care Centre (203 m, 79 spaces), Northwest Childhood Learning Centre (477 m, 47 spaces) and Educare Kindergarten - Islington (717 m, 90 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Islington & Duncanwoods?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 450 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 50 Pearldale Ave (735 m, 96 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 2600 Finch Ave W (860 m, 113 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 35 Duncanwoods Dr (1.0 km, 75 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 3001 Finch Ave W (1.0 km, 166 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 93 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 & Duncanwoods?

Toronto Police place 11 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 Humber Summit page.

What neighbourhood is Islington & Duncanwoods in?

Islington & Duncanwoods is in Humber Summit (City of Toronto neighbourhood 021), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek, represented by Councillor Anthony Perruzza.

Sources

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