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Kipling & Advance

Kipling Ave & Advance Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Etobicoke City Centre · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

In Etobicoke City Centre, Kipling & Advance is a major arterial intersection. Nearby is Kipling Station (Line 2) 570 m away and Kipling GO 551 m away.

Traffic volume
19,693
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 7, 2016
83 pedestrians · 19 cyclists
Collisions
85
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 66 property damage · #1307 of 5,508 · +2 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Kipling Station 570 m · 10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 2,460 vehicles, 2.1× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 237 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 8.5 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 23%, from 48 in 2016–2020 to 37 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Kipling & Advance

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Kipling Station (Line 2)570 m
GO Transit
Kipling GO — Milton551 m; GO bus 29 Guelph / Mississauga at Kipling Bus Terminal601 m
TTC bus
4446145451491231121114049 nearest 86 m
Express
945900944927
Blue Night
345300
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Kipling Ave at Advance Rd; Kipling Ave at Six Point Rd
Regional
MiWay 1 Dundas3 Bloor11 Westwood20 Rathburn26 Burnhamthorpe35 Eglinton70 Keaton71 Sheridan101 Dundas Express108 Financial Express109 Meadowvale Express126 Burnhamthorpe Express at Kipling Terminal Platform 11579 m
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 (5)
  • Mindwerx4kids Learning Centre SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Norseman Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • Holy Angels Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 1.3 km
  • Academy of Math and EnglishPrivate · 1.3 km
  • Castlebar Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km
Community centres
Parks (11)
  • Six Points Park788 m
  • Fieldway Parkette809 m
  • Chauncey - Islington Parkette1 km
  • Cloverdale Park1 km
  • Queensland Park1.1 km
  • Fairfield Park1.2 km
  • and 5 more

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 67. The nearest is Fairouz Restaurant & Lounge, 86 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 67 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Fairouz Restaurant & Lounge · 843 Kipling Ave86 mPassed, May 2026
Oven Fresh · 853 Kipling Ave86 mPassed, Apr 2026
Tymek's Natural Foods · 9 Advance Rdgrocery112 mPassed, Mar 2026
North Fish Company · 5 Six Point Rdgrocery173 mPassed, Apr 2026
Dimpflmeier Bakery Limited · 26 Advance Rdgrocery187 mPassed, Mar 2026
Karlovo · 8 Six Point Rd208 mPassed, Apr 2026
Freebird · 232 Norseman St Bldg--213 mPassed, Feb 2026
Dino's Wood Burning Pizza · 871 Kipling Ave241 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 384 spaces; none accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Hydro Bright Lights Childcare Centre (311 m, 51 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km6 centres · 384 spaces
Fee subsidynone
  • Hydro Bright Lights Childcare Centre · 800 Kipling Ave
    51 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    311 m
  • Caterpillar & Co · 55 Chauncey Ave
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    574 m
  • Learning Garden Childcare · 69 Six Point Rd
    60 spaces · toddler, preschool
    693 m
  • Teddy Bear Educare Advance · 86 Advance Rd
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    717 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 432 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 432 · 1.8 km155 the East Mall
Police22 Division · 1.1 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 39 · 1.8 km155 the East Mall

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 three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 611 rental units. The nearest is 20 Samuel Wood Way (707 m, 233 units, 21 storeys, built 2023), which scored 100 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 97, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 9 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings3 · 611 units
RentSafeTO score97 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20269 across the 3
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest41 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
20 Samuel Wood Way · Concert Real Estate Corporation233212023100 · Aug 20264707 m
5249 Dundas St W · Centurion Property Associates Inc.333412021100 · Jul 20245743 m
5294 Dundas St W · Six Points Suites Inc457196092 · Jun 20250787 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 lots617 lots · ≈99,890 spaces · 299.7 ha
Within 500 m63 lots · ≈15,330 spaces
Green P (public)8 car parks · about 2,450 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Kipling South Lot - 400 Munster Avenue · Surface417 m1,200 *
22 Fieldway Rd · Surface1.1 km270 *
Islington Main Lot - 3330 Bloor Street West · Surface1.3 km534 *
16 Royalavon Cres · Surface1.3 km5938% (Q1 2026)
7 Monkton Ave · Surface1.5 km2561% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 65 m away, ≈140 spaces; 76 m away, ≈338 spaces; 131 m away, ≈64 spaces; 141 m away, ≈20 spaces; 143 m away, ≈2 spaces; 152 m away, ≈130 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 — 8-hour, Jun 7, 2016

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 9,464 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 1,238 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 3,068 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 2,760 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north9,464southbound · 4 bikes · 5.1% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles19,69383 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · 5.3% heavy
From the east1,238westbound · 1 bikes · 4.2% heavy
From the south8,991northbound · 14 bikes · 5.6% heavy
AM peak hour2,760 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,068 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 7, 2016

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 Kipling Ave between Advance Rd and Six Point Rd, 74 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in March 2010 put the average speed at 65 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 74 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 79 km/h or more. That segment carries about 12,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kipling Ave · Advance Rd – Six Point Rd · 74 mMar 2010 · 24 h12,61165 km/h74 km/h79 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 2018, with 19 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 11 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 21, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions85#1307 of 5,508
With an injury11#1593 of 4,660
Property damage only66
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist3#831 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 2014100latest May 21, 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

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

Five thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from other premises. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle511other (2), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft110commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 24, 2026. 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 Etobicoke City Centre.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kipling & Advance a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 85 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 Kipling & Advance?

A major arterial intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 7, 2016, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Kipling & Advance?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kipling Ave between Advance Rd and Six Point Rd (March 2010), found an average of 65 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 74 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Kipling & Advance?

The nearest Green P car park is Kipling South Lot - 400 Munster Avenue (417 m away, 1,200 spaces). The City's mapping shows 617 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 99,890 spaces — 63 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Kipling & Advance by transit?

Kipling Station (Line 2) is 570 m away; Kipling GO is 551 m away; bus routes 44, 46, 145, 45, 149, 123, 112, 111 and 6 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Kipling Ave at Advance Rd, 86 m); MiWay routes 1 Dundas, 3 Bloor, 11 Westwood, 20 Rathburn at Kipling Terminal Platform 11.

What restaurants are near Kipling & Advance?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 67 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Fairouz Restaurant & Lounge (86 m), Oven Fresh (86 m), Karlovo (208 m), Freebird (213 m) and Dino's Wood Burning Pizza (241 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Kipling & Advance?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 384 spaces in total; none accepts City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Hydro Bright Lights Childcare Centre (311 m, 51 spaces), Caterpillar & Co (574 m, 59 spaces) and Learning Garden Childcare (693 m, 60 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kipling & Advance?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 611 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 20 Samuel Wood Way (707 m, 233 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 5249 Dundas St W (743 m, 333 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 5294 Dundas St W (787 m, 45 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 97 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 Kipling & Advance?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Etobicoke City Centre page.

What neighbourhood is Kipling & Advance in?

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

Sources

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