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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, and the red-light camera
Traffic volume14-hour count · Dec 5, 2023
The south leg carries the load — 5,658 northbound vehicles, or 35% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,655. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,454 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (2,195). Heavy vehicles made up 4.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 2,195 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,454 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
2019 was the peak year (23 collisions), and 2025 closed with 16. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 18 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 25, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Apr 13, 2012.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 154 | #696 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 29 | #532 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 111 | |
| Fail to remain | 18 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 14 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 8 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Apr 13, 2012 |
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.
How fast traffic moves here
The City's counter on Elmhurst Dr between Turpin Ave and Urban Crt (258 m away) recorded an average of 40 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 45 km/h. That segment carries about 7,600 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islington Ave · Golfdown Dr – Elmhurst Dr · 54 m | Dec 2011 · 3 days | 12,457 | — | — | — |
| Elmhurst Dr · Turpin Ave – Urban Crt · 258 m | Apr 2025 · 3 days | 7,628 | 40 km/h | 45 km/h | 50 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.
- Red-light camera
- In operation since 2022; 258 tickets in 2025, 144 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Etobicoke and York.
- The crossing
- Signal 0716, activated 1964 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 96 37 73 118 nearest 21 m
- Express
- 996 937
- Blue Night
- 396 337
- Nearest stops
- 8 surface stops within 300 m — Elmhurst Dr at Islington Ave; Islington Ave at Elmhurst Dr
- Regional
- MiWay 30 Rexdale at Bergamot Ave at Islington Ave758 m · 9 min
- Cycling
- Sharrows on Elmhurst Dr installed 2022
- Bike Share
- Albion Rd / Arcot Blvd 1 km · 12 min · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 docks 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 · 1.9 km · 4 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 12 mapped lots within 500 m, 180 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 | 1.8 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
The nearest grocery store is M & B Tropical Grocery, 712 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. A specialist food shop is closer still: Spice N Bites, 136 m away. There are 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 18 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 40 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Islington Ida Pharmacy, 135 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 2422 Islington Ave40 m
- Grabb A Pizza · 2428 Islington Ave Unit-108136 m
- The Golden Gate Restaurant · 2428 Islington Ave Unit-104136 m
- Al-Aruba Restaurant · 377 Albion Rd703 m · 8 min
- Benin Cafe · 359 Albion Rd Unit-0704 m · 8 min
- Grocery
- M & B Tropical Grocery 712 m · 8 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Spice N Bites 136 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Islington Ida Pharmacy 135 m · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- St. Stephen Child Care Centre · 79 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day522 m · 6 min
- B.F. Toronto Centre For Early Childhood Education · 98 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day718 m · 9 min
- YWCA Bergamot Early Learning · 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day913 m · 11 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 (6)
- Turpin Avenue Park489 m · 6 min
- Rexdale Park629 m · 7 min
- The Elms Park632 m · 8 min
- Rexlington Park938 m · 11 min
- Curtin Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Community centres
- West Acres Seniors Centre1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools (11)
- Timothy Christian SchoolPrivate · 513 m · 6 min
- St Stephen Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 522 m · 6 min
- Can-Aim High SchoolPrivate · 665 m · 8 min
- Thistletown Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 682 m · 8 min
- The Elms & Boys LeadershipEnglish Public · 718 m · 9 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 library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. 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
21 registered apartment buildings with 996 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2413 Islington Ave (100 m, 52 units, 6 storeys, built 1955), which scored 85 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2413 Islington Ave | 52 | 6 | 1955 | 85 · Jun 2024 | 100 m |
| 2386 Islington Ave | 18 | 3 | 1960 | 94 · Sep 2025 | 288 m · 3 min |
| 75 Irwin Rd | 53 | 6 | 1955 | 75 · Sep 2024 | 369 m · 4 min |
| 2366 Islington Ave | 16 | 3 | 1950 | 98 · Sep 2025 | 409 m · 5 min |
| 40 Torbolton Dr | 17 | 3 | 1962 | 98 · Sep 2025 | 467 m · 6 min |
| 2362 Islington Ave | 13 | 3 | 1972 | 77 · Sep 2024 | 471 m · 6 min |
21 registered buildings · 996 units · 2 social housing · tallest 11 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
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (2), apartment parking (1) |
| 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 Elms-Old Rexdale.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Islington & Elmhurst a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 154 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 & Elmhurst?
A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 5, 2023, about the median for a counted intersection.
Is Islington & Elmhurst a walkable intersection?
Islington & Elmhurst scores 41 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 8 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 3 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
Is there a red-light camera at Islington & Elmhurst?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Islington & Elmhurst since 2022, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 258 tickets in 2025 (365 in 2024) and 144 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 1,182 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Islington & Elmhurst?
258 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 365 in 2024, and 144 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 1,182 tickets since 2022. A red-light camera penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.
How fast do cars go at Islington & Elmhurst?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Elmhurst Dr between Turpin Ave and Urban Crt (April 2025), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Islington & Elmhurst?
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 180 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,400 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (1.9 km).
How do I get to Islington & Elmhurst by transit?
Bus routes 96, 37, 73, 118, 996, 937 within 1 km (nearest stop: Elmhurst Dr at Islington Ave, 21 m); MiWay route 30 Rexdale at Bergamot Ave at Islington Ave.
What restaurants are near Islington & Elmhurst?
3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 18 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (40 m), Grabb A Pizza (136 m), The Golden Gate Restaurant (136 m), Al-Aruba Restaurant (703 m) and Benin Cafe (704 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Islington & Elmhurst?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 239 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Stephen Child Care Centre (522 m, 79 spaces), B.F. Toronto Centre For Early Childhood Education (718 m, 98 spaces) and YWCA Bergamot Early Learning (913 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Islington & Elmhurst?
21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 996 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2413 Islington Ave (100 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 2386 Islington Ave (288 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 75 Irwin Rd (369 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 2366 Islington Ave (409 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 88 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Islington & Elmhurst?
Toronto Police place four 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 Elms-Old Rexdale page.
What neighbourhood is Islington & Elmhurst in?
Islington & Elmhurst is in Elms-Old Rexdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 005), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 1, Etobicoke North, represented by Councillor Vincent Crisanti.
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 Dec 5, 2023.
- 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; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026).
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; 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 1 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: 43.72311, -79.55892 · centreline node 13454806.