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Islington & Van Dusen

Islington Ave & Van Dusen Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Etobicoke City Centre · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Islington & Van Dusen, in Etobicoke City Centre, is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is Islington Station (Line 2) 459 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
26,081
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 16, 2026
864 pedestrians · 87 cyclists · #508 busiest
Collisions
26
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 15 property damage · #3023 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Islington Station 459 m · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,860 vehicles an hour, 1.61× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 30 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 2.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 1.0 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. The pace has been steady: 13 collisions in 2016–2020 and 13 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Islington & Van Dusen

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Islington Station (Line 2)459 m
TTC bus
110149375040 nearest 14 m
Express
937
Blue Night
337300
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Islington Ave at Van Dusen Blvd
Regional
MiWay 26 Burnhamthorpe at Bloor St at Islington Station379 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Islington Subway Station (Aberfoyle Cres) 473 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 84 docks 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 (11)
  • Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 787 m
  • Islington Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 814 m
  • Academy of Math and EnglishPrivate · 877 m
  • Norseman Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 926 m
  • Etobicoke Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km
  • The Learning CommonPrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
Parks (13)
  • Fairfield Park355 m
  • Kenway Park402 m
  • Chauncey - Islington Parkette424 m
  • Fieldway Parkette566 m
  • Spring Garden Park657 m
  • Lora Hill Park683 m
  • and 7 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Brentwood branch919 m
Places of interest
  • Montgomery's InnMuseum · 1.2 km

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; 86 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Hyderabad Spices, 341 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 86 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Hyderabad Spices · 3391 Bloor St W341 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Kravee · 3371 Bloor St W348 mPassed, Aug 2026
Vintage Thai · 3369 Bloor St W349 mPassed, Apr 2026
Fitcake · 3367 Bloor St W350 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizza Pizza · 3359 Bloor St W355 mPassed, Apr 2026
Burrito Boyz · 3355 Bloor St W362 mPassed, Apr 2026
Sushi Run · 3351 Bloor St W365 mPassed, Apr 2026
Spring China House · 3353 Bloor St W372 mPassed, Apr 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 Fairfield Seniors' Centre Washroom, 318 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 412 m away at Fairfield Park.

  • Fairfield Seniors' Centre Washroom · 80 Lothian Ave
    View centre hours
    318 m
  • Memorial Pool and Health Club Washroom · 44 Montgomery Rd
    View centre hours
    789 m
  • Central Arena Washroom · 50 Montgomery Rd
    View arena hours
    810 m
Drinking water
Fairfield Park drinking fountain · 412 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,267 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Norseman Jr YMCA (303 m, 16 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,267 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 13
  • Norseman Jr YMCA · 80 Lothian Ave
    16 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    303 m
  • Kids & Company Etobicoke · 3250 Bloor St W
    74 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    467 m
  • Kids Club Daycare & Learning Centre (Op-Aaa Childrens Inc.) · 104 Advance Rd
    109 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    638 m
  • Learning Garden Childcare · 69 Six Point Rd
    60 spaces · toddler, preschool
    642 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 431 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (597 m) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 431 · 1.5 km308 Prince Edward Dr S
Police22 Division · 597 m3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 31 · 2.2 km4219 Dundas St W

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 17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,861 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 8 Lomond Dr (539 m, 183 units, 24 storeys, built 1973), which scored 98 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 56 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 68 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings17 · 3,861 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202656 across the 17
Open fire-code violations68
Tallest37 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
8 Lomond Dr · Cogir Management Corporation GP18324197398 · Aug 20264 · 6 fire539 m
25 Mabelle Ave · North Edge Properties Ltd.41631197499 · Oct 20259 · 8 fire574 m
41 Mabelle AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation35019197997 · Oct 20250583 m
49 Mabelle AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation12813197992 · Jun 20260648 m
24 Mabelle Ave · Compten Management Inc.54036197399 · Oct 202510694 m
50 Cordova Ave · Compten Management Inc.28537197396 · Jul 20246 · 1 fire714 m
90 Cordova Ave · Ranee Management18413197796 · Nov 20253 · 10 fire748 m
1276 Islington Ave · Ranee Management20213195797 · Nov 20253759 m

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 lots472 lots · ≈49,760 spaces · 149.3 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈2,150 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 2,796 spaces
EV charging (City)8 Kings Lynn Rd · 1.6 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
7 Monkton Ave · Surface314 m2561% (Q1 2026)
Islington Main Lot - 3330 Bloor Street West · Surface443 m534 *
22 Fieldway Rd · Surface451 m270 *
Islington Lomond Lot - 20 Lomond Drive · Surface588 m283 *
3220 Bloor St W · Surface591 m6829% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 227 m away, ≈15 spaces; 267 m away, ≈33 spaces; 312 m away, ≈159 spaces; 330 m away, ≈24 spaces (Green P); 338 m away, ≈21 spaces; 346 m away, ≈2 spaces (Green P).

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, Jun 16, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 13,107 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 350 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (40 of 87). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,228 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,327 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north12,112southbound · 40 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the west512eastbound · 7 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles26,081864 pedestrians · 87 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east350westbound · 12 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south13,107northbound · 28 bikes · 3.7% heavy
AM peak hour2,228 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,327 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 16, 2026

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 Springbrook Gdns and Van Dusen Blvd, 49 m from the corner, a 3-day count in January 2020 put the average speed at 63 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 70 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 75 km/h or more. That segment carries about 32,100 vehicles a day. Van Dusen Blvd between Clissold Rd and Green Lanes measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Mar 2025). The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Islington Ave · Springbrook Gdns – Van Dusen Blvd · 49 mJan 2020 · 3 days32,06263 km/h70 km/h75 km/h
Van Dusen Blvd · Clissold Rd – Green Lanes · 140 mMar 2025 · 3 days88233 km/h42 km/h47 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 2024, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 9 collisions (35%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 4% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (12%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. The most recent report on file is from Apr 17, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.0 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions26#3023 of 5,508
With an injury9#1899 of 4,660
Property damage only15
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian1#2587 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1168 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified1
All since 201432latest Apr 17, 2025

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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.

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 & Van Dusen a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 26 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 & Van Dusen?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #508 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.61× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Islington & Van Dusen?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Islington Ave between Springbrook Gdns and Van Dusen Blvd (January 2020), found an average of 63 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 70 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Islington & Van Dusen?

The nearest Green P car park is 7 Monkton Ave (314 m away, 25 spaces, 61% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 472 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 49,760 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 8 Kings Lynn Rd (1.6 km).

How do I get to Islington & Van Dusen by transit?

Islington Station (Line 2) is 459 m away; bus routes 110, 149, 37, 50, 40, 937 within 1 km (nearest stop: Islington Ave at Van Dusen Blvd, 14 m); MiWay route 26 Burnhamthorpe at Bloor St at Islington Station.

What restaurants are near Islington & Van Dusen?

None within 300 m, and 86 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Hyderabad Spices (341 m), Kravee (348 m), Vintage Thai (349 m), Fitcake (350 m) and Pizza Pizza (355 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 & Van Dusen?

The nearest is Fairfield Seniors' Centre Washroom, 80 Lothian Ave, 318 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Memorial Pool and Health Club Washroom (789 m); Central Arena Washroom (810 m). 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 & Van Dusen?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,267 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Norseman Jr YMCA (303 m, 16 spaces), Kids & Company Etobicoke (467 m, 74 spaces) and Kids Club Daycare & Learning Centre (Op-Aaa Childrens Inc.) (638 m, 109 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Islington & Van Dusen?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,861 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 8 Lomond Dr (539 m, 183 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 25 Mabelle Ave (574 m, 416 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 41 Mabelle Ave (583 m, 350 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 49 Mabelle Ave (648 m, 128 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 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.

What neighbourhood is Islington & Van Dusen in?

Islington & Van Dusen is in Etobicoke City Centre (City of Toronto neighbourhood 159). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

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