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Islington & The Westway

Islington Ave & The Westway · Toronto, Ontario · Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview · Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre

In Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview, Islington & The Westway is a major arterial intersection. It has a red-light camera in place since 2008 that issued 227 tickets in 2025, a park and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
35,782
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 29, 2024
1,010 pedestrians · 80 cyclists · #185 busiest
Collisions
125
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
23 with an injury · 95 property damage · #872 of 5,508 · +10 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 3 before 2016
Red-light camera
227
tickets in 2025
since 2008 · 247 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,560 vehicles an hour, 2.2× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 35 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 13 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged down 11%, from 66 in 2016–2020 to 59 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Islington & The Westway

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
3740552 nearest 25 m
Express
937952
Blue Night
337352
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Islington Ave at the Westway; The Westway at Islington Ave
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 (15)
  • Westway Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 550 m
  • Father Serra Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 557 m
  • Silver Creek PreschoolPrivate · 629 m
  • St Eugene Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 635 m
  • Valleyfield Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 724 m
  • Hilltop Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 794 m
  • and 9 more
Parks (15)
  • Westway Park144 m
  • Silver Creek Park660 m
  • Green Meadows Park - Etobicoke York734 m
  • Alex Marchetti Park764 m
  • Wincott Park828 m
  • Lion's Gate Park861 m
  • and 9 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Richview branch593 m
Signal
0711, activated 1963 · FT · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · 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

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 14 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 71 within a kilometre. The nearest is Lumenus Community Services, 628 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Lumenus Community Services · 65 Hartsdale Dr Door 1 & 4628 mPassed, Apr 2026
Silver Creek Centre For Early Learning · 65 Hartsdale Dr Door 2628 mPassed, Apr 2026
Learning Jungle Briarcrest · 1982 Islington Ave792 mPassed, Jul 2026
Mary Browns Chicken · 245 Dixon Rd 103875 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Emiliano & Ana's No Frills · 245 Dixon Rdgrocery876 mPassed, Apr 2026
No Frills Butcher By Pavao Meats & Deli · 245 Dixon Rdgrocery876 mPassed, Oct 2025
Tim Hortons · 245 Dixon Rd876 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 1 infraction
Al Haram Halal Meat & Grocers · 235 Dixon Rd Bldg-6grocery901 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Westway Outdoor Rink Washroom, 62 m away, View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 151 m away at Westway Park.

  • Westway Outdoor Rink Washroom · 175 The Westway
    View outdoor rink hours
    62 m
  • Richmond Gardens Outdoor Pool Washroom · 44 Strathdee Dr
    View outdoor pool hours
    781 m
  • Valleyfield Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 35 The Westway
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    1 km
Drinking water
Westway Park drinking fountain · 151 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 568 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Gold Circle Early Childhood Day Care Centre (550 m, 110 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 568 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 8
  • Gold Circle Early Childhood Day Care Centre · 25 Poynter Dr
    110 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    550 m
  • Plasp Father Serra Catholic School · 111 Sun Row Dr
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    557 m
  • Silver Creek Centre For Early Learning & Development · 65 Hartsdale Dr
    40 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    628 m
  • Plasp St Eugene Catholic School · 30 Westroyal Rd
    116 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    635 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 443 (1.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 443 · 1.2 km1724 Islington Ave
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 13 · 2.1 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

Seven registered apartment buildings with 670 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 22. The nearest is 51-67 Waterford Dr (835 m, 29 units, 8 storeys, built 1962), which scored 95 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 27 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 12 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 670 units
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202627 across the 7
Open fire-code violations12
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
51-67 Waterford Dr · Quadreal Residential Properties G.p. Inc.298196295 · Aug 20260835 m
263 Dixon Rd · Akelius17115196495 · Nov 20251 · 12 fire862 m
34 Dixington Cres · Equity Builders605197088 · Nov 20256870 m
24 Dixington Cres636196294 · Sep 20260870 m
38 Dixington Cres · Drake Property Management11110196379 · Aug 202615896 m
265 Dixon Rd · Akelius18116196795 · Nov 20253935 m
40 Dixington Cres · H&r Property Management556196492 · Aug 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 lots161 lots · ≈20,770 spaces · 62.3 ha
Within 500 m3 lots · ≈150 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 48 m away, ≈33 spaces; 90 m away, ≈50 spaces; 493 m away, ≈63 spaces; 529 m away, ≈31 spaces; 550 m away, ≈37 spaces; 557 m away, ≈141 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 — 14-hour, May 29, 2024

The south leg carries the load — 11,451 northbound vehicles, or 32% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 7,068. Most cyclists arrived from the west (41 of 80). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,294 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,379 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north9,675southbound · 7 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the west7,588eastbound · 41 bikes · 3.5% heavy
Total vehicles35,7821,010 pedestrians · 80 cyclists · 3.9% heavy
From the east7,068westbound · 18 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south11,451northbound · 14 bikes · 4.5% heavy
AM peak hour3,294 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,379 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 29, 2024

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

The City's counter on Islington Ave between The Westway and Fletcher Pl (160 m away) recorded an average of 60 km/h in its 2-day count in September 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 69 km/h. That segment carries about 20,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
The Westway · Islington Ave – Aikenhead Rd · 35 mNov 2011 · 3 days6,486
Islington Ave · The Westway – Fletcher Pl · 160 mSep 2019 · 2 days20,46260 km/h69 km/h75 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

2022 was the peak year (17 collisions), and 2025 closed with 9. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 10 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

Exposure-adjusted: 3.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions125#872 of 5,508
With an injury23#713 of 4,660
Property damage only95
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian2#1787 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1943 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)10
All since 2014163latest 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Aug 10, 2015.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Islington & The Westway a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 125 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 & The Westway?

A major arterial intersection. It ranks #185 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.2× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Islington & The Westway?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Islington & The Westway since 2008, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 227 tickets in 2025 (278 in 2024) and 247 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 9,915 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Islington & The Westway?

227 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 278 in 2024, and 247 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 9,915 tickets since 2008. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

How fast do cars go at Islington & The Westway?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Islington Ave between The Westway and Fletcher Pl (September 2019), found an average of 60 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 69 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Islington & The Westway?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 161 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,770 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Islington & The Westway by transit?

Bus routes 37, 405, 52, 937, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Islington Ave at the Westway, 25 m).

What restaurants are near Islington & The Westway?

None within 300 m, and 14 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Lumenus Community Services (628 m), Silver Creek Centre For Early Learning (628 m), Learning Jungle Briarcrest (792 m), Mary Browns Chicken (875 m) and Tim Hortons (876 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 & The Westway?

The nearest is Westway Outdoor Rink Washroom, 175 The Westway, 62 m away (View outdoor rink hours). Next nearest: Richmond Gardens Outdoor Pool Washroom (781 m); Valleyfield Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (1.0 km). 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 & The Westway?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 568 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Gold Circle Early Childhood Day Care Centre (550 m, 110 spaces), Plasp Father Serra Catholic School (557 m, 86 spaces) and Silver Creek Centre For Early Learning & Development (628 m, 40 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Islington & The Westway?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 670 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 51-67 Waterford Dr (835 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 263 Dixon Rd (862 m, 171 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 34 Dixington Cres (870 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 24 Dixington Cres (870 m, 63 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 91 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.

What neighbourhood is Islington & The Westway in?

Islington & The Westway is in Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 007). It is in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre, represented by Councillor Stephen Holyday.

Sources

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