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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 · Oct 25, 2023
Traffic is heaviest from the south: 9,664 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 55% of the total, against 145 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,762 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,850 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 1,762 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,850 from 4:15 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 2016, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 2 collisions (50%) involved an injury. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (25%). The most recent report on file is from Dec 10, 2024.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 4 | |
| With an injury | 2 | |
| Property damage only | 2 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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 Kipling Ave between Lesmar Dr and Firwood Cres, 50 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2023 put the average speed at 59 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 67 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 73 km/h or more. That segment carries about 16,100 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kipling Ave · Lesmar Dr – Firwood Cres · 50 m | Aug 2023 · 3 days | 16,121 | 59 km/h | 67 km/h | 73 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
- TTC bus
- 45 145 46 48 nearest 80 m
- Express
- 945
- Blue Night
- 345
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Kipling Ave at Prince George Dr South Side
- 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.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 1 mapped lot within 500 m, 56 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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 listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 1 eating place is within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Natalie's Kitchen, 1.0 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Natalie's Kitchen · 516 the Kingsway1 km · 11 min
- Child care
- Eco Kids-Child Care Centre Inc. · 78 spaces, toddler, preschool71 m
- St. Gregory's Before & After School Club · 99 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day698 m · 8 min
- Ukrainian Co-Operative Nursery School · 48 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day946 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 (8)
- Princess Margaret Park553 m · 7 min
- Chimney Swift Park1 km · 12 min
- Princess Anne Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Lloyd Manor Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Ravenscrest Park1.4 km · 16 min
- Schools
- St Gregory Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 698 m · 8 min
- John G Althouse Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 837 m · 10 min
- St George's Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Rosethorn Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Princess Margaret Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km · 18 min
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 grocery store, a pharmacy, a community centre, a library or a public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Princess-Rosethorn.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Kipling & Firwood a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 & Firwood?
An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #1090 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.
Is Kipling & Firwood a walkable intersection?
Kipling & Firwood scores 19 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: nearest school 0.7 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; nearest park 0.6 km.
How fast do cars go at Kipling & Firwood?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kipling Ave between Lesmar Dr and Firwood Cres (August 2023), found an average of 59 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 67 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Kipling & Firwood?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 56 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 5,140 spaces — 1 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Kipling & Firwood by transit?
Bus routes 45, 145, 46, 48, 945 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kipling Ave at Prince George Dr South Side, 80 m).
What restaurants are near Kipling & Firwood?
None within 300 m, and 1 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Natalie's Kitchen (1.0 km). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Kipling & Firwood?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 225 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Eco Kids-Child Care Centre Inc. (71 m, 78 spaces), St. Gregory's Before & After School Club (698 m, 99 spaces) and Ukrainian Co-Operative Nursery School (946 m, 48 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Kipling & Firwood?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Princess-Rosethorn page.
What neighbourhood is Kipling & Firwood in?
Kipling & Firwood is in Princess-Rosethorn (City of Toronto neighbourhood 010). 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 25, 2023.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Licensed Child Care Centres; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 2 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.66642, -79.54612 · centreline node 13464457.