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Kipling & John Garland

Kipling Ave & John Garland Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Thistletown-Beaumond Heights · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

Kipling & John Garland, in Thistletown-Beaumond Heights, is a moderately heavy crossing. It has an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: Mount Olive Station (Line 6) 907 m away.

Traffic volume
10,558
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 8, 2022
171 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
93
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
23 with an injury · 59 property damage · #1193 of 5,508 · +7 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
4
TTC stops within 100 m
Mount Olive Station 907 m · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,320 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 62 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 9.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions rose 16%, from 43 in 2016–2020 to 50 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Kipling & John Garland

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)907 m
TTC bus
96457346 nearest 23 m
Express
945996
Blue Night
345396336
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — John Garland Blvd at Kipling Ave; Kipling Ave at John Garland Blvd
Regional
York Region Transit 013 Islington at Finch Av / Kipling Av906 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Albion Rd / Kipling Ave (Albion Arena) 599 m · 11 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 (17)
  • Greenholme Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 373 m
  • Beaumonde Heights Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 839 m
  • West Humber Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 845 m
  • Albion LINCEnglish Public · 860 m
  • Elmbank Jr Mdl AcademyEnglish Public · 949 m
  • Rivercrest Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 11 more
Parks (16)
  • Garland Park529 m
  • Beaumonde Heights Park646 m
  • Masseygrove Park715 m
  • Thistletown Park821 m
  • Esther Lorrie Park844 m
  • Panorama Park1.2 km
  • and 10 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albion branch704 m
  • Toronto Public Library Rexdale branch1.1 km
Signal
1430, activated 1982 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 29 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is 2-4-1 Pizza, 755 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 29 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Jsa Convenience · 121 Kendleton Drgrocery309 mPassed, May 2024
2-4-1 Pizza · 2291 Kipling Ave755 mPassed, Apr 2026
Shilvi Street Food · 2291 Kipling Ave Unit-111grocery755 mPassed, Jul 2026
Shoppers Simply Pharmacy · 1525 Albion Rd 104grocery780 mPassed, May 2026
West Humber Collegiate Institute · 1675 Martin Grove Rd845 mPassed, Oct 2025
Tim Hortons · 2281 Kipling Ave851 mPassed, Jan 2026
A & W · 1530 Albion Rd861 mPassed, Jul 2026
Albion Cinemas · 1530 Albion Rd861 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 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, 471 m away, View centre hours.

  • Albion Pool and Health Club Washroom · 1485 Albion Rd
    View centre hours
    471 m
  • Elmbank Community Centre Washroom · 10 Rampart Rd
    View centre hours
    836 m
  • Esther Lorrie Fieldhouse Washroom · 50 Westhumber Blvd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    876 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 195 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Albion Early Learning & Child Care Centre (838 m, 54 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km3 centres · 195 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • Albion Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 1545 Albion Rd
    54 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    838 m
  • First Stage - West Humber · 1675 Martin Grove Rd
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    845 m
  • Sunny Faces Day Care Centre - Rivercrest · 30 Harefield Dr
    100 spaces · 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 (867 m), the nearest police station 23 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 818 m away.

FireFire Station 413 · 867 m1549 Albion Rd
Police23 Division · 1 km5230 Finch Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 12 · 818 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

12 registered apartment buildings with 1,126 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 20 Sanagan Rd (346 m, 86 units, 5 storeys, built 1965), which scored 88 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 17 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 9 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings12 · 1,126 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202617 across the 12
Open fire-code violations9
Tallest13 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
20 Sanagan Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.865196588 · Jun 20247346 m
111 Kendleton DrToronto Community Housing · TCH587196583 · Jun 20241 · 5 fire351 m
70 Esther Lorrie Dr · Signet Group Inc.977196398 · Sep 20251362 m
2435 Kipling Ave · Diamondwood Property Management Inc.15313196595 · Oct 20250 · 1 fire372 m
101 Kendleton DrToronto Community Housing · TCH19411196586 · Sep 20240 · 1 fire380 m
101 Kendleton DrToronto Community Housing · TCH2217196582 · Jul 20244 · 1 fire380 m
60 Esther Lorrie Dr · Signet Group Inc.977196398 · Sep 20252 · 1 fire424 m
2329 Kipling Ave · Sunrise Property Management405196881 · Aug 20240444 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 lots255 lots · ≈32,470 spaces · 97.4 ha
Within 500 m14 lots · ≈1,040 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 23 spaces
EV charging (City)14 Barkwin Dr · 1.1 km · 4 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
14 Barkwin Dr · Surface1.1 km2320% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 164 m away, ≈49 spaces; 204 m away, ≈18 spaces; 211 m away, ≈16 spaces; 290 m away, ≈72 spaces; 345 m away, ≈236 spaces; 364 m away, ≈35 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, Feb 8, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 4,413 northbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1,810. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,513 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,617 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north4,335southbound · 1 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the west1,810eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.5% heavy
Total vehicles10,558171 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 4.9% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south4,413northbound · 0 bikes · 5.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,513 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,617 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 8, 2022

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 Esther Lorrie Dr and Lakeland Dr (131 m away) recorded an average of 61 km/h in its 24-hour count in April 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 69 km/h. That segment carries about 21,200 vehicles a day. John Garland Blvd between Nottawasaga Crt and Kendleton Dr measured slower: 41 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 50 km/h (Sep 2023). The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on John Garland Blvd (324 m away, 40 km/h limit), 21% of the 98,321 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kipling Ave · Esther Lorrie Dr – Lakeland Dr · 131 mApr 2017 · 24 h21,22561 km/h69 km/h74 km/h
John Garland Blvd · Nottawasaga Crt – Kendleton Dr · 155 mSep 2023 · 3 days14,67941 km/h50 km/h55 km/h

School-zone speed sign 324 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct44 · 51 km/h
Over the limit46%
50 km/h or more21%

John Garland Blvd (westbound), 10 Jamestown Crescent · 98,321 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

2023 was the peak year (15 collisions), and 2025 closed with 9. 25% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 14 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 19, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions93#1193 of 5,508
With an injury23#718 of 4,660
Property damage only59
Fail to remain14
Involving a pedestrian1#2668 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2024 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 2014120latest Apr 19, 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. 80% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle521house driveway/garage (4), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 8, 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 & John Garland a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 93 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 & John Garland?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 8, 2022, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Kipling & John Garland?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kipling Ave between Esther Lorrie Dr and Lakeland Dr (April 2017), found an average of 61 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 69 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 324 m away (40 km/h), 21% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Kipling & John Garland?

The nearest Green P car park is 14 Barkwin Dr (1.1 km away, 23 spaces, 20% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 255 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,470 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (1.1 km).

How do I get to Kipling & John Garland by transit?

Mount Olive Station (Line 6) is 907 m away; bus routes 96, 45, 73, 46, 945, 996 within 1 km (nearest stop: John Garland Blvd at Kipling Ave, 23 m); York Region Transit route 013 Islington at Finch Av / Kipling Av.

What restaurants are near Kipling & John Garland?

None within 300 m, and 29 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are 2-4-1 Pizza (755 m), West Humber Collegiate Institute (845 m), Tim Hortons (851 m), A & W (861 m) and Albion Cinemas (861 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 & John Garland?

The nearest is Albion Pool and Health Club Washroom, 1485 Albion Rd, 471 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Elmbank Community Centre Washroom (836 m); Esther Lorrie Fieldhouse Washroom (876 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 Kipling & John Garland?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 195 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Albion Early Learning & Child Care Centre (838 m, 54 spaces), First Stage - West Humber (845 m, 41 spaces) and Sunny Faces Day Care Centre - Rivercrest (1.0 km, 100 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kipling & John Garland?

12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,126 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 20 Sanagan Rd (346 m, 86 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 111 Kendleton Dr (351 m, 58 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 70 Esther Lorrie Dr (362 m, 97 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 2435 Kipling Ave (372 m, 153 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 12 is 87 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 & John Garland?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts 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 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Kipling & John Garland in?

Kipling & John Garland 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

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