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Islington & Princess Margaret

Islington Ave & Princess Margaret Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Edenbridge-Humber Valley · Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre

Islington & Princess Margaret, in Edenbridge-Humber Valley, is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
14,916
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 25, 2020
123 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
54
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 39 property damage · #1946 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1002 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 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 1,860 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.61× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 121 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 5.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged down 14%, from 29 in 2016–2020 to 25 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 54 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Islington & Princess Margaret

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
373240545145 nearest 19 m
Express
937
Blue Night
337334345
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Islington Ave at Poplar Heights Dr; Islington Ave at Princess Margaret Blvd South Side
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)
  • Richview Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 385 m
  • St George's Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 501 m
  • Silver Creek PreschoolPrivate · 1.1 km
  • Father Serra Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • All Saints Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.3 km
  • Mindwerx4kids Day SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km
  • and 2 more
Parks (18)
  • Princess Anne Park338 m
  • Eden Valley Park419 m
  • Lion's Gate Park701 m
  • Silver Creek Park933 m
  • Allanhurst Park1 km
  • Edenbrook Park1 km
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Richview branch925 m
Signal
1315, activated 1978 · 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 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 14 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is St. George's Golf & Country Club, 231 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in November 2024 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 1 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
St. George's Golf & Country Club · 1668 Islington Ave231 mPassed, Nov 2024 · 1 infraction
Richview Collegiate Institute · 1738 Islington Ave Staff Room Main387 mPassed, Apr 2026
Richview Collegiate Institute - Student Nutrition Program - A.m. · 1738 Islington Ave387 mPassed, Apr 2026
Subway · 265 Wincott Dr 2b763 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Booster Juice · 265 Wincott Dr 2a763 mPassed, Mar 2026
Second Cup · 265 Wincott Dr763 mPassed, Apr 2026
Subway · 265 Wincott Dr763 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction
Breton Bistro & Lounge · 4650 Eglinton Ave W None788 mPassed, Jun 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 Richmond Gardens Outdoor Pool Washroom, 1.0 km away, View outdoor pool hours. A drinking fountain is 380 m away at Princess Anne Park.

  • Richmond Gardens Outdoor Pool Washroom · 44 Strathdee Dr
    View outdoor pool hours
    1 km
Drinking water
Princess Anne Park drinking fountain · 380 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 227 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. George's School Age Child Care Programme (500 m, 86 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 227 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 5
  • St. George's School Age Child Care Programme · 70 Princess Anne Cres
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    500 m
  • Princess Margaret Nursery School · 70 Princess Anne Cres
    16 spaces · preschool
    500 m
  • The Castle Child Care Centre · 4480 Eglinton Ave W
    41 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    561 m
  • Itty Bitty Scholars Daycare Inc. · 4650 Eglinton Ave W
    36 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    894 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 443 (293 m), the nearest police station 22 Division (3.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 443 · 293 m1724 Islington Ave
Police22 Division · 3.7 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 13 · 2.2 km555 Martin Grove Rd

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 two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 151 rental units. The nearest is 51-67 Waterford Dr (682 m, 29 units, 8 storeys, built 1962), which scored 95 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings2 · 151 units
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20262 across the 2
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
51-67 Waterford Dr · Quadreal Residential Properties G.p. Inc.298196295 · Aug 20260682 m
25 Widdicombe Hill · Boulevard Management Ltd.12211196895 · Sep 202621 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 lots128 lots · ≈11,330 spaces · 34 ha
Within 500 m5 lots · ≈680 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 143 m away, ≈240 spaces; 269 m away, ≈120 spaces; 297 m away, ≈24 spaces; 456 m away, ≈226 spaces; 458 m away, ≈71 spaces; 549 m away, ≈53 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, Feb 25, 2020

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 7,022 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 388 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 2,644 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m., 16% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (2,275). Trucks and buses were 9.5% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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 north6,678southbound · 0 bikes · 10.7% heavy
From the west828eastbound · 0 bikes · 5.8% heavy
Total vehicles14,916123 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 9.5% heavy
From the east388westbound · 0 bikes · 6.7% heavy
From the south7,022northbound · 0 bikes · 8.9% heavy
AM peak hour2,644 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,275 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 25, 2020

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 Islington Ave between Princess Margaret Blvd and Eglinton Ave West Trl, 236 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2025 put the average speed at 48 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 57 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 62 km/h or more. That segment carries about 24,300 vehicles a day. Poplar Heights Dr between Islington Ave and Vancho Cres measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (May 2013).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Poplar Heights Dr · Islington Ave – Vancho Cres · 176 mMay 2013 · 2 days1,39539 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
Islington Ave · Princess Margaret Blvd – Eglinton Ave West Trl · 236 mApr 2025 · 3 days24,31648 km/h57 km/h62 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 worst year was 2019, with 12 collisions; 2025 recorded 6. 9 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions54#1946 of 5,508
With an injury9#1898 of 4,660
Property damage only39
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian1#2582 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201465latest Jun 28, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on May 20, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1002 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest May 20, 2022

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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 5, 2022. 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 Edenbridge-Humber Valley.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Islington & Princess Margaret a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1002 of 1,505), out of 54 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Princess Margaret?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Feb 25, 2020, 1.61× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Islington & Princess Margaret?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Islington Ave between Princess Margaret Blvd and Eglinton Ave West Trl (April 2025), found an average of 48 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Islington & Princess Margaret?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 128 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,330 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Islington & Princess Margaret by transit?

Bus routes 37, 32, 405, 45, 145, 937 within 1 km (nearest stop: Islington Ave at Poplar Heights Dr, 19 m).

What restaurants are near Islington & Princess Margaret?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 14 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are St. George's Golf & Country Club (231 m), Richview Collegiate Institute (387 m), Richview Collegiate Institute - Student Nutrition Program - A.m. (387 m), Subway (763 m) and Booster Juice (763 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 & Princess Margaret?

The nearest is Richmond Gardens Outdoor Pool Washroom, 44 Strathdee Dr, 1.0 km away (View outdoor pool 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 & Princess Margaret?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 227 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. George's School Age Child Care Programme (500 m, 86 spaces), Princess Margaret Nursery School (500 m, 16 spaces) and The Castle Child Care Centre (561 m, 41 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Islington & Princess Margaret?

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 151 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 51-67 Waterford Dr (682 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 25 Widdicombe Hill (1.0 km, 122 units, RentSafeTO score 95). 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 & Princess Margaret?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Edenbridge-Humber Valley page.

What neighbourhood is Islington & Princess Margaret in?

Islington & Princess Margaret is in Edenbridge-Humber Valley (City of Toronto neighbourhood 009). It is in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre, represented by Councillor Stephen Holyday.

Sources

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