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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · 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 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 13 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.
Peak hours: 1,926 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 2,223 from 4:30 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).
Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m
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, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 4, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 61 | #1764 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 17 | #1044 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 37 | |
| Fail to remain | 8 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | #1166 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 7 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 4 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.
Speeds here, last measured in 2022
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. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 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) — a much more recent reading than the one above.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowntree Mill Rd · Islington Ave – Walby Dr · 72 m | Apr 2013 · 2 days | 1,592 | 41 km/h | 49 km/h | 53 km/h |
| Islington Ave · Rowntree Mill Rd – Ayr Cres · 87 m | Dec 2011 · 3 days | 12,268 | — | — | — |
| Duncanwoods Dr · Benrubin Dr – Navenby Cres · 334 m | Jul 2022 · 24 h | 3,018 | 33 km/h | 40 km/h | 44 km/h |
Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.
- The crossing
- Signal 1204, activated 1977 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Rowntree Mills Station (Line 6)1 km · 11 min
- TTC bus
- 37 166 nearest 34 m
- Express
- 937
- Blue Night
- 337 336
- 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.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 1 car park · about 23 spaces
- EV charging
- 14 Barkwin Dr · 2 km · 4 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 12 mapped lots within 500 m, 131 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Barkwin Dr · Surface | 1.9 km | 23 | 20% (Q1 2026) |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Boyo African Superstore, 547 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 14 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is A1 Petro Biz, 169 m away. The nearest pharmacy is St. Joseph Pharmacy, 244 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- A1 Petro Biz · 2922 Islington Ave169 m
- Toronto Tikki Co. · 2930 Islington Ave, Bldg-3247 m
- Gondal Shawarma · 2954-2956 Islington Ave315 m · 4 min
- La Fondita Mexican Food · 2965 Islington Ave 13-14432 m · 5 min
- Nyamekye · 2965 Islington Ave Unit-15432 m · 5 min
- Grocery
- Boyo African Superstore 547 m · 7 min
- Food shops
- Domenic's Quality Meats 432 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- St. Joseph Pharmacy 244 m · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- St. Roch Child Care Centre · 79 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day394 m · 5 min
- Northwest Childhood Learning Centre · 47 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day496 m · 6 min
- Educare Kindergarten - Islington · 90 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day778 m · 9 min
- Washrooms
- Gord and Irene Risk Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible1 km · 12 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (10)
- Islington Park344 m · 4 min
- Whitfield Parkette574 m · 7 min
- Apted Park831 m · 10 min
- Gracedale Park840 m · 10 min
- Gord and Irene Risk Park939 m · 11 min
- Community centres
- Gord and Irene Risk Community Recreation Centre1 km · 12 min
- North Kipling Community Centre1.5 km · 18 min
- Schools
- St Roch Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 394 m · 5 min
- Humber Summit Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 750 m · 9 min
- Gracedale Public SchoolEnglish Public · 839 m · 10 min
- Venerable John Merlini Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- North Kipling Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km · 18 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Humber Summit branch577 m · 7 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,315 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 96 rental units. The nearest is 50 Pearldale Ave (1.0 km, 96 units, 7 storeys, built 1965), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Pearldale Ave · Casmik Property Management | 96 | 7 | 1965 | 88 · Aug 2024 | 1 km · 11 min |
1 registered building · 96 units · tallest 7 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
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
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 11 | 4 | 0 | other (6), street/outdoor (5) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 at the City's last count here, in 2014. Its latest count is from Apr 29, 2014, 1.36× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Islington & Duncanwoods a walkable intersection?
Islington & Duncanwoods scores 53 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,315 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; Rowntree Mills Station 1 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
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 (1.9 km away, 23 spaces, 20% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 131 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,520 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (2.0 km).
How do I get to Islington & Duncanwoods by transit?
Rowntree Mills Station (Line 6) is 1.0 km away; bus routes 37, 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?
2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 14 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are A1 Petro Biz (169 m), Toronto Tikki Co. (247 m), Gondal Shawarma (315 m), La Fondita Mexican Food (432 m) and Nyamekye (432 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Islington & Duncanwoods?
The nearest is Gord and Irene Risk Community Centre Washroom, 2650 Finch Ave W, 1.0 km away, with an accessible washroom.
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 (394 m, 79 spaces), Northwest Childhood Learning Centre (496 m, 47 spaces) and Educare Kindergarten - Islington (778 m, 90 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Islington & Duncanwoods?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 96 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 50 Pearldale Ave (1.0 km, 96 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 88 out of 100.
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. 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
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 29, 2014.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 7 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.75471, -79.56887 · centreline node 13449995.