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Kipling & Farr

Kipling Ave & Farr Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Thistletown-Beaumond Heights · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

Kipling & Farr, in Thistletown-Beaumond Heights, is a moderately heavy crossing. It has Mount Olive Station, a multi-use trail and a school within 250 m at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
18,712
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 1, 2024
796 pedestrians · 70 cyclists · #974 busiest
Collisions
29
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 23 property damage · #2857 of 5,508 · +3 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
Mount Olive Station
subway station within 250 m
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,340 vehicles an hour, 1.16× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 24 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 2.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 1.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 23%, from 13 in 2016–2020 to 16 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Kipling & Farr

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Mount Olive Station (Line 6)106 m; Stevenson Station (Line 6)369 m; Albion Station (Line 6)605 m
TTC bus
457346 nearest 25 m
Express
945927
Blue Night
345337336396
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Kipling Ave at Farr Ave North Side; Kipling Ave at Stevenson Rd
Regional
York Region Transit 007 Martin Grove013 Islington at Finch Av / Kipling Av90 m
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Kipling Ave Bicycle Trl installed 2004
Bike Share
Silverstone Dr / Stevenson Rd 458 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 26 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 (14)
  • St Andrew Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 89 m
  • Albion LINCEnglish Public · 312 m
  • North Albion Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 395 m
  • Highfield Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 567 m
  • Beaumonde Heights Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 647 m
  • North Kipling Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 899 m
  • and 8 more
Parks (18)
  • Panorama Park300 m
  • Humberview Park416 m
  • Highfield Park537 m
  • North Kipling Park911 m
  • Beaumonde Heights Park1 km
  • Finch - Islington Park1 km
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albion branch487 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 45 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Rexdale Community Health Centre, 255 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 45 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Avo Convenience · 5200 Finch Ave Wgrocery65 mPassed, Aug 2026
Rexdale Community Health Centre · 21 Panorama Crt Unit-15255 mPassed, Feb 2026
Rexdale Community Hub · 21 Panorama Crt255 mPassed, Mar 2026
A & W · 1530 Albion Rd311 mPassed, Jul 2026
Albion Cinemas · 1530 Albion Rd311 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Asian Gourmet · 1530 Albion Rd Unit-F3311 mPassed, Jul 2026
Barburrito · 1530 Albion Rd Unit-96a311 mPassed, Jul 2026
Caribbean Heat Family Restaurant 2 · 1530 Albion Rd Unit-21311 mPassed, Mar 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 Albion Pool and Health Club Washroom, 553 m away, View centre hours.

  • Albion Pool and Health Club Washroom · 1485 Albion Rd
    View centre hours
    553 m
  • North Kipling Community Centre Washroom · 2 Rowntree Rd
    View centre hours
    911 m
  • Rowntree Mills Park Washroom · 155 Rowntree Mill Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 231 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Andrew Child Care Centre (89 m, 102 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 231 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • St. Andrew Child Care Centre · 2533 Kipling Ave
    102 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    89 m
  • First Stage - North Albion · 2580 Kipling Ave
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    395 m
  • Albion Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 1545 Albion Rd
    54 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    534 m
  • First Stage Child Care Centre - Highfield · 85 Mount Olive Dr
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    567 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 413 (560 m), the nearest police station 23 Division (86 m) and the nearest ambulance station 510 m away.

FireFire Station 413 · 560 m1549 Albion Rd
Police23 Division · 86 m5230 Finch Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 12 · 510 m1535 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

16 registered apartment buildings with 2,575 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2548 Kipling Ave (171 m, 154 units, 7 storeys, built 1968), which scored 84 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 66 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 18 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings16 · 2,575 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202666 across the 16
Open fire-code violations18
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2548 Kipling Ave · Golden Equity Properties1547196884 · Oct 20253 · 2 fire171 m
40 Stevenson Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc17613197091 · Jun 20245 · 2 fire252 m
18 Panorama Crt · CAPREIT20417197497 · Nov 202510340 m
2667 Kipling Ave · 1241676 Ontario Inc22823197889 · Aug 20247490 m
46 Panorama Crt · H&r Property Management22219197490 · Sep 20242 · 1 fire561 m
2677 Kipling Ave · 1241676 Ontario Inc22723197895 · Nov 20253 · 1 fire566 m
50 Panorama Crt · H&r Property Management22319197698 · Nov 20253 · 1 fire605 m
101 Kendleton DrToronto Community Housing · TCH19411196586 · Sep 20240 · 1 fire656 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 lots260 lots · ≈34,280 spaces · 102.8 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈6,320 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 23 spaces
EV charging (City)14 Barkwin Dr · 1.6 km · 4 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
14 Barkwin Dr · Surface1.5 km2320% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 69 m away, ≈33 spaces; 73 m away, ≈14 spaces; 96 m away, ≈101 spaces; 133 m away, ≈236 spaces; 184 m away, ≈135 spaces; 188 m away, ≈163 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 1, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 10,164 southbound vehicles, or 54% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 245. Most cyclists arrived from the south (62 of 70). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,808 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 23% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,470). Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north10,164southbound · 6 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles18,712796 pedestrians · 70 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east245westbound · 1 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the south8,303northbound · 62 bikes · 3.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,470 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,808 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 1, 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 Kipling Ave between Stevenson Rd and Mount Olive Dr (179 m away) recorded an average of 45 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 53 km/h. That segment carries about 20,300 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Kipling Ave (220 m away, 50 km/h limit), 2.6% of the 305,959 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kipling Ave · Stevenson Rd – Mount Olive Dr · 179 mApr 2025 · 3 days20,25045 km/h53 km/h57 km/h

School-zone speed sign 220 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct40 · 52 km/h
Over the limit7.5%
60 km/h or more2.6%

Kipling Ave (southbound), 2546 Kipling Avenue · 305,959 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

2018 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions29#2857 of 5,508
With an injury3#3346 of 4,660
Property damage only23
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian1#2664 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2022 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201436latest Apr 8, 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 27 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.7 a year. 41% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on May 30, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2793street/outdoor (11), other (9)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 30, 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 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kipling & Farr a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 29 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 & Farr?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #974 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.16× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Kipling & Farr?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kipling Ave between Stevenson Rd and Mount Olive Dr (April 2025), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 220 m away (50 km/h), 2.6% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Kipling & Farr?

The nearest Green P car park is 14 Barkwin Dr (1.5 km away, 23 spaces, 20% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 260 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,280 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (1.6 km).

How do I get to Kipling & Farr by transit?

Mount Olive Station (Line 6) is 106 m away; bus routes 45, 73, 46, 945, 927 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kipling Ave at Farr Ave North Side, 25 m); York Region Transit routes 007 Martin Grove, 013 Islington at Finch Av / Kipling Av.

What restaurants are near Kipling & Farr?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 45 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Rexdale Community Health Centre (255 m), Rexdale Community Hub (255 m), A & W (311 m), Albion Cinemas (311 m) and Asian Gourmet (311 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 Kipling & Farr?

The nearest is Albion Pool and Health Club Washroom, 1485 Albion Rd, 553 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: North Kipling Community Centre Washroom (911 m); Rowntree Mills Park 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 Kipling & Farr?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 231 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Andrew Child Care Centre (89 m, 102 spaces), First Stage - North Albion (395 m, 41 spaces) and Albion Early Learning & Child Care Centre (534 m, 54 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kipling & Farr?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,575 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2548 Kipling Ave (171 m, 154 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 40 Stevenson Rd (252 m, 176 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 18 Panorama Crt (340 m, 204 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 2667 Kipling Ave (490 m, 228 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 90 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 & Farr?

Toronto Police place 27 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 3 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 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Kipling & Farr in?

Kipling & Farr 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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