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Islington & Wardlaw

Islington Ave & Wardlaw Cres · Toronto, Ontario · Thistletown-Beaumond Heights · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

Islington & Wardlaw is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Thistletown-Beaumond Heights. Nearby is Rowntree Mills Station (Line 6) 790 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
19,648
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 7, 2025
317 pedestrians · 45 cyclists · #913 busiest
Collisions
11
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 4 property damage · #4181 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Rowntree Mills Station 790 m · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,400 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.21× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 62 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 1.1 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 0.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Islington & Wardlaw

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Rowntree Mills Station (Line 6)790 m; Pearldale Station (Line 6)1 km
TTC bus
3773118 nearest 120 m
Express
937
Blue Night
337336
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m
Regional
York Region Transit 013 Islington at Islington Av / Finch Av806 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Thistletown Community Centre 582 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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)
  • St Noel Chabanel Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 534 m
  • Beaumonde Heights Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 765 m
  • Nile Academy School - Blue Haven CampusPrivate · 864 m
  • St John Vianney Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Rivercrest Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Success AcademyPrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (13)
  • Thistletown Park372 m
  • West Humber Parkland491 m
  • Beaumonde Heights Park493 m
  • Village Green Park496 m
  • Albion Gardens Park597 m
  • Finch - Islington Park666 m
  • and 7 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albion branch1.5 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores, and 40 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Aj's Express Mart, 79 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés20 within 300 m · 40 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Aj's Express Mart · 2665 Islington Ave79 mPassed, Jul 2026
Amenecer Salvadoreno Restaurant · 2663 Islington Ave85 mPassed, Sep 2026
Pizza 2 GO · 2661 Islington Ave89 mPassed, Sep 2026
Al Zabiha Halal Meat · 2657 Islington Avegrocery101 mPassed, Apr 2026
Rajdhani Sweets & Restaurant · 2658 Islington Ave110 mPassed, Mar 2026
Royal Paan · 2654 Islington Ave120 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 2 infractions
Royal Paan · 2654 Islington Ave120 mPassed, Aug 2026
Bengali Sweets & Restaurant · 2651 Islington Ave120 mPassed, Aug 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 Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom, 546 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 566 m away at Beaumonde Heights Park.

  • Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom · 925 Albion Rd
    View centre hours
    546 m
  • Gord and Irene Risk Community Centre Washroom · 2650 Finch Ave W
    View centre hours · accessible
    890 m
Drinking water
Beaumonde Heights Park drinking fountain · 566 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 268 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Rowntree Early Learning & Child Care Centre (490 m, 36 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 268 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • Rowntree Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 2765 Islington Ave
    36 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    490 m
  • Rexdale Day Nursery · 925 Albion Rd
    73 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    530 m
  • Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke · 30 Thistle Down Blvd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    534 m
  • Educare Kindergarten - Islington · 2825 Islington Ave
    90 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 413 (1.7 km), the nearest police station 23 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 413 · 1.7 km1549 Albion Rd
Police23 Division · 1.5 km5230 Finch Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 12 · 1.6 km1535 Albion 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

Five registered apartment buildings with 722 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 2715 Islington Ave (253 m, 80 units, 5 storeys, built 1992), which scored 100 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 13 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings5 · 722 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score94 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202613 across the 5
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2715 Islington Avesocial housing · Our Saviour Thistletown Lutheran Lodge8051992100 · Nov 20251253 m
2765 Islington AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation23714198494 · Nov 20255490 m
20 Sanagan Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.865196588 · Jun 20247871 m
3001 Finch Ave Wsocial housing · Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace16614199395 · Oct 20250906 m
2435 Kipling Ave · Diamondwood Property Management Inc.15313196595 · Oct 20250 · 1 fire1 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 lots237 lots · ≈31,050 spaces · 93.1 ha
Within 500 m21 lots · ≈1,730 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 23 spaces
EV charging (City)14 Barkwin Dr · 158 m · 4 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
14 Barkwin Dr · Surface141 m2320% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 41 m away, ≈19 spaces; 71 m away, ≈37 spaces; 104 m away, ≈65 spaces; 121 m away, ≈185 spaces (Green P); 128 m away, ≈87 spaces; 138 m away, ≈7 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, Oct 7, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 10,242 southbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 371. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,996 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 34% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (1,495). Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north10,242southbound · 16 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles19,648317 pedestrians · 45 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east371westbound · 1 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the south9,035northbound · 27 bikes · 3.8% heavy
AM peak hour1,495 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,996 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 7, 2025

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 Wardlaw Cres between Islington Ave and Barkwin Dr (112 m away) recorded an average of 29 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 35 km/h. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Wardlaw Cres · Islington Ave – Barkwin Dr · 112 mNov 2025 · 3 days77329 km/h35 km/h39 km/h
Islington Ave · Albion Rd – Islington S · 220 mOct 2014 · 7 days16,395

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 (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 36% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 27% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 18% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 1, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 0.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions11#4181 of 5,508
With an injury4#2980 of 4,660
Property damage only4
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian2#1788 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201412latest Jun 1, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

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

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle530house driveway/garage (3), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 21, 2024. 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 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Islington & Wardlaw a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 & Wardlaw?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #913 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.21× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Islington & Wardlaw?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Wardlaw Cres between Islington Ave and Barkwin Dr (November 2025), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Islington & Wardlaw?

The nearest Green P car park is 14 Barkwin Dr (141 m away, 23 spaces, 20% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 237 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,050 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (158 m).

How do I get to Islington & Wardlaw by transit?

Rowntree Mills Station (Line 6) is 790 m away; bus routes 37, 73, 118, 937 within 1 km; York Region Transit route 013 Islington at Islington Av / Finch Av.

What restaurants are near Islington & Wardlaw?

20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 40 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Aj's Express Mart (79 m), Amenecer Salvadoreno Restaurant (85 m), Pizza 2 GO (89 m), Rajdhani Sweets & Restaurant (110 m) and Royal Paan (120 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 & Wardlaw?

The nearest is Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom, 925 Albion Rd, 546 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Gord and Irene Risk Community Centre Washroom (890 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 & Wardlaw?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 268 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Rowntree Early Learning & Child Care Centre (490 m, 36 spaces), Rexdale Day Nursery (530 m, 73 spaces) and Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke (534 m, 69 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Islington & Wardlaw?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 722 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2715 Islington Ave (253 m, 80 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 2765 Islington Ave (490 m, 237 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 20 Sanagan Rd (871 m, 86 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 3001 Finch Ave W (906 m, 166 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 94 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 & Wardlaw?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles 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 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Islington & Wardlaw in?

Islington & Wardlaw is in Thistletown-Beaumond Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 003), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 1, Etobicoke North, represented by Councillor Vincent Crisanti.

Sources

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