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Islington & Resources

Islington Ave & Resources Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Kingsview Village-The Westway · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

In Kingsview Village-The Westway, Islington & Resources is a high-volume crossing.

Traffic
42,844
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 27, 2026
231 pedestrians · 42 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
3 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
27/100
city median 48
15 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 633 m

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Islington & Resources

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · May 27, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 20,520 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 990 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 4,195 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 3,485 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north20,520southbound · 14 bikes · 4.7% heavy
From the west990eastbound · 0 bikes · 22.1% heavy
Total vehicles42,844231 pedestrians · 42 cyclists · 4.6% heavy
From the east2,899westbound · 2 bikes · 6.6% heavy
From the south18,435northbound · 26 bikes · 3.3% heavy

Peak hours: 3,485 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 4,195 from 4:45 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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on May 27, 2025. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions0
With an injury0
Property damage only0
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Killed or seriously injured1
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1
In darkness1
All KSI since 20062latest May 27, 2025

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.

Traffic on these streets

The City's most recent midblock count on Islington Ave between Islington S and Hwy 401 Collectors E (50 m away, Oct 2014) recorded volume only — about 20,538 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Islington Ave · Islington S – Hwy 401 Collectors E · 50 mOct 2014 · 7 days20,538———

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 0712, activated 1965 · leading pedestrian interval North

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
37 nearest 33 m
Express
937
Blue Night
337
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Islington Ave at Resources Rd North Side; Islington Ave at Resources Rd South Side
Regional
MiWay 30 Rexdale at Islington Ave at Rexdale Blvd839 m · 10 min
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
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
5 mapped lots within 500 m, 118 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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 Costco Wholesale, 633 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 15 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Sky Cafe, 391 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Costco Pharmacy, 582 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Sky Cafe · 2150 Islington Ave391 m · 5 min
  • Wal-Mart · 2245 Islington Ave770 m · 9 min
  • Dough Box · 21 Rexdale Blvd Unit-4001880 m · 10 min
  • Thai Express · 21 Rexdale Blvd Unit-4002880 m · 10 min
  • Chubby's Fish N Chips · 2290 Islington Ave Bldg-0885 m · 11 min
0 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Grocery
Costco Wholesale 633 m · 8 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Garcha Bros Meat Shop & Poultry 880 m · 10 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Costco Pharmacy 582 m · 7 min · 3 within 1 km
Washrooms
  • Fairhaven Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed852 m · 10 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
Community centres
Schools
  • Dante Alighieri Academy (Temporary Site)English Separate · 821 m · 10 min
  • Elmlea Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • Al-Hidayah Academy SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km · 14 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: licensed child care, a library or a care or retirement home.

27of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 15 within 1 km

  • Transit8/28

    2 stops within 300 m · 3 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation3/10

    nearest park 1 km · nearest centre 1.3 km

  • Schools and child care1/8

    nearest school 0.8 km

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking

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 are five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 991 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2085-2101 Islington Ave (617 m, 266 units, 20 storeys, built 1970), which scored 93 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
2085-2101 Islington Ave · Westwood Management International26620197093 · Sep 2026617 m · 7 min
2085-2101 Islington Ave · Westwood Management International27122197083 · Jul 2024617 m · 7 min
2067 Islington Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH16212197381 · Sep 2024726 m · 9 min
2063 Islington Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH16212197391 · Dec 2025858 m · 10 min
27 Bergamot Ave · Pinedale Properties Ltd1307196091 · Jul 20251 km · 12 min

5 registered buildings · 991 units · 2 social housing · tallest 22 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Islington & Resources a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025. 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 & Resources?

A high-volume crossing. Its latest count is from May 27, 2026, 2.6× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Islington & Resources a walkable intersection?

Islington & Resources scores 27 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: 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 15 within 1 km; nearest park 1 km · nearest centre 1.3 km; 2 stops within 300 m · 3 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.

Where can I park near Islington & Resources?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 118 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,420 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Islington & Resources by transit?

Bus routes 37, 937 within 1 km (nearest stop: Islington Ave at Resources Rd North Side, 33 m); MiWay route 30 Rexdale at Islington Ave at Rexdale Blvd.

What restaurants are near Islington & Resources?

None within 300 m, and 15 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Sky Cafe (391 m), Wal-Mart (770 m), Dough Box (880 m), Thai Express (880 m) and Chubby's Fish N Chips (885 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Islington & Resources?

The nearest is Fairhaven Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 100 Golfwood Hts, 852 m away.

What apartment buildings are near Islington & Resources?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 991 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2085-2101 Islington Ave (617 m, 266 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 2085-2101 Islington Ave (617 m, 271 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 2067 Islington Ave (726 m, 162 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 2063 Islington Ave (858 m, 162 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 88 out of 100.

What neighbourhood is Islington & Resources in?

Islington & Resources is in Kingsview Village-The Westway (City of Toronto neighbourhood 006), 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