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Jopling & Mervyn

Jopling Ave N & Mervyn Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Islington · Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre

In Islington, Jopling & Mervyn is a low-volume local intersection, with heavy foot traffic. Nearby are Kipling Station (Line 2) 799 m away and Kipling GO 787 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
1,461
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 28, 2026
473 pedestrians · 21 cyclists
Collisions
6
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Kipling Station 799 m · 18 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
38/100
city median 48
2 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 413 m

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Jopling & Mervyn

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 · Apr 28, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 475 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 33% of the total, against 262 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 211 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 13% above the afternoon peak from 3:15 p.m. (186). Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% 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 north283southbound · 4 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the west475eastbound · 7 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles1,461473 pedestrians · 21 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east262westbound · 10 bikes · 1.1% heavy
From the south441northbound · 0 bikes · 1.6% heavy

Peak hours: 211 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 186 from 3:15 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

The worst year was 2019, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 11, 2020.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions6
With an injury0
Property damage only4
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

How fast traffic moves here

On Mervyn Ave between Jopling Ave N and Ashbourne Dr, 57 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2026 put the average speed at 38 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. Jopling Ave N between Tyre Ave and Mattice Ave measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 41 km/h (Mar 2024).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Mervyn Ave · Jopling Ave N – Ashbourne Dr · 57 mApr 2026 · 3 days87838 km/h47 km/h52 km/h
Jopling Ave N · Tyre Ave – Mattice Ave · 246 mMar 2024 · 3 days54333 km/h41 km/h45 km/h

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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
Kipling Station (Line 2)799 m · 10 min
GO Transit
Kipling GO — Milton787 m · 9 min
TTC bus
49 45 46 145 111 112 123 40 149 44 50 nearest 388 m · 5 min
Express
945 900 927 944
Blue Night
345 300
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Regional
MiWay 1 Dundas 3 Bloor 11 Westwood 20 Rathburn 26 Burnhamthorpe 35 Eglinton 70 Keaton 71 Sheridan 307 Philip Pocock SS at Aukland Rd at Bloor St384 m · 5 min
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Kipling Station 828 m · 10 min · 23 docks · 2 stations, 38 docks 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
6 car parks · about 2,371 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
21 mapped lots within 500 m, 295 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
16 Royalavon Cres · Surface936 m5938% (Q1 2026)
Kipling South Lot - 400 Munster Avenue · Surface1.2 km1,200 *—
Islington Main Lot - 3330 Bloor Street West · Surface1.3 km534 *—
22 Fieldway Rd · Surface1.6 km270 *—
7 Monkton Ave · Surface1.7 km2561% (Q1 2026)

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 Bulk Barn, 413 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 41. The nearest is Stari Grad, 223 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Andrew's Pharmacy, 342 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Delmanor West Village, a retirement home 887 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Stari Grad · 3862 Bloor St W223 m
  • Haroo Korean Restaurant · 3858 Bloor St W231 m
  • Frenchie's Doughnuts · 3830 Bloor St W330 m · 4 min
  • Greek Freak · 3836 Bloor St W338 m · 4 min
  • Kanu · 3832a Bloor St W341 m · 4 min
2 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Grocery
Bulk Barn 413 m · 5 min · 4 within 1 km
Food shops
Valley Farm Produce 413 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Andrew's Pharmacy 342 m · 4 min · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • Our Lady of Peace School Age Program (YMCA) · 127 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day472 m · 6 min
  • Beamish Academy · 42 spaces, toddler, preschool476 m · 6 min
  • Growing Tykes Learning Centre (5150 Dundas Street West) · 119 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day744 m · 9 min
4 licensed centres · 417 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Wedgewood Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season796 m · 9 min
Health and care
  • Delmanor West Village · retirement home887 m · 11 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 (7)
  • Six Points Park702 m · 8 min
  • Wedgewood Park - Etobicoke788 m · 9 min
  • Greenfield Park848 m · 10 min
  • Michael Power Park1.1 km · 13 min
  • Echo Valley Park1.2 km · 14 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
  • Islington Seniors' Centre1.3 km · 15 min
Schools (6)
  • Mindwerx4kids Learning Centre SchoolPrivate · 392 m · 5 min
  • Our Lady of Peace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 471 m · 6 min
  • Wedgewood Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 845 m · 10 min
  • Academy of Math and EnglishPrivate · 937 m · 11 min
  • Kingsley Primary SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km

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: a library.

38of 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 food13/30

    4 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit14/28

    Kipling Station 0.8 km · 18 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation3/10

    nearest park 0.7 km · nearest centre 1.3 km

  • Schools and child care8/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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 four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 879 rental units. The nearest is 5249 Dundas St W (563 m, 333 units, 41 storeys, built 2021), which scored 100 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 98, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
5249 Dundas St W · Centurion Property Associates Inc.333412021100 · Jul 2024563 m · 7 min
5294 Dundas St W · Six Points Suites Inc457196092 · Jun 2025840 m · 10 min
3 Summerland Ter283262012100 · Oct 2025843 m · 10 min
7 Summerland Ter218212011100 · Jul 2024907 m · 11 min

4 registered buildings · 879 units · tallest 41 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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Islington.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Jopling & Mervyn a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 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 Jopling & Mervyn?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 28, 2026, 9% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Jopling & Mervyn a walkable intersection?

Jopling & Mervyn scores 38 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 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; Kipling Station 0.8 km · 18 routes within 1 km; 4 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m.

How fast do cars go at Jopling & Mervyn?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Mervyn Ave between Jopling Ave N and Ashbourne Dr (April 2026), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Jopling & Mervyn?

The nearest Green P car park is 16 Royalavon Cres (936 m away, 59 spaces, 38% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 295 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 35,310 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Jopling & Mervyn by transit?

Kipling Station (Line 2) is 799 m away; Kipling GO is 787 m away; bus routes 49, 45, 46, 145, 111, 112, 123, 40 and 7 more within 1 km; MiWay routes 1 Dundas, 3 Bloor, 11 Westwood, 20 Rathburn at Aukland Rd at Bloor St.

What restaurants are near Jopling & Mervyn?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 41 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Stari Grad (223 m), Haroo Korean Restaurant (231 m), Frenchie's Doughnuts (330 m), Greek Freak (338 m) and Kanu (341 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Jopling & Mervyn?

The nearest is Wedgewood Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 15 Swan Ave, 796 m away. The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season.

Is there child care near Jopling & Mervyn?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 417 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Our Lady of Peace School Age Program (YMCA) (472 m, 127 spaces), Beamish Academy (476 m, 42 spaces) and Growing Tykes Learning Centre (5150 Dundas Street West) (744 m, 119 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Jopling & Mervyn?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 879 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5249 Dundas St W (563 m, 333 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 5294 Dundas St W (840 m, 45 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 3 Summerland Ter (843 m, 283 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 7 Summerland Ter (907 m, 218 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 98 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Jopling & Mervyn?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Islington page.

What neighbourhood is Jopling & Mervyn in?

Jopling & Mervyn is in Islington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 158). It is in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre, represented by Councillor Stephen Holyday.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined