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Kipling & Mount Olive

Kipling Ave & Mount Olive Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

Kipling & Mount Olive is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown. It has a multi-use trail, a school within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: Mount Olive Station (Line 6) 445 m away.

Traffic
19,781
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 2, 2026
3,699 pedestrians · 307 cyclists · #925 busiest
Collisions
224
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #436 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Mount Olive Station 445 m · 8 routes within 1 km · trail
Within a walk
53/100
city median 48 · #2,329 of 5,672
1 place to eat within 300 m · grocery 735 m

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Kipling & Mount Olive

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 · Jun 2, 2026

The north leg carries the load — 8,107 southbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 2,173. Most cyclists arrived from the south (129 of 307). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,755 vehicles in the hour from 3:30 p.m., 10% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,596). Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north8,107southbound · 76 bikes · 4.2% heavy
From the west2,173eastbound · 36 bikes · 2.7% heavy
Total vehicles19,7813,699 pedestrians · 307 cyclists · 3.9% heavy
From the east2,294westbound · 66 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the south7,207northbound · 129 bikes · 4.4% heavy

Peak hours: 1,596 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,755 from 3:30 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

2017 was the peak year (31 collisions), and 2025 closed with 23. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 48 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 12 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 26, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Feb 14, 2018. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions224#436 of 5,519
With an injury41#328 of 4,669
Property damage only146
Fail to remain48
Involving a pedestrian10#230 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist4#618 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
Severity not classified37
Since January 2026 (outside the window)12
Killed or seriously injured1
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Feb 14, 2018

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

The City's counter on Kipling Ave between Kipling Ave Bicycle Trl and Rowntree Rd (320 m away) recorded an average of 50 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 58 km/h. That segment carries about 17,500 vehicles a day. Mount Olive Dr between Kipling Ave and Silverstone Dr measured slower: 38 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 46 km/h (Apr 2022). At the school-zone speed sign on Kipling Ave (96 m away, 50 km/h limit), 2.5% of the 291,791 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Mount Olive Dr · Kipling Ave – Silverstone Dr · 181 mApr 2022 · 3 days3,57438 km/h46 km/h51 km/h
Kipling Ave · Kipling Ave Bicycle Trl – Rowntree Rd · 320 mMay 2025 · 3 days17,46150 km/h58 km/h63 km/h
Speed sign
Kipling Ave (southbound), 96 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 39 km/h, 85th percentile 52 km/h; 2.5% at 60 km/h or more. 291,791 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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.

The crossing
Signal 1254, activated 1978 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
Mount Olive Station (Line 6)445 m · 5 min; Stevenson Station (Line 6)664 m · 8 min
TTC bus
45 73 nearest 19 m
Express
945
Blue Night
337 345 336
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Kipling Ave at Mount Olive Dr; Kipling Ave at Panorama Crt
Regional
York Region Transit 013 Islington at Finch Av / Kipling Av429 m · 5 min
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Kipling Ave Bicycle Trl installed 2004
Bike Share
Silverstone Dr / Stevenson Rd 555 m · 7 min · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
21 mapped lots within 500 m, 162 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

The nearest grocery store is Rabba Fine Foods, 735 m away; 3 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m, and 37 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Rexdale Community Hub, 238 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Grace Pharmacy, 504 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Rexdale Community Hub · 21 Panorama Crt238 m
  • Eggholic · 2687 Kipling Ave Unit-16b735 m · 9 min
  • Farm Fresh Pizza · 2687 Kipling Ave Unit-2735 m · 9 min
  • Iscon Thaal · 2687 Kipling Ave Unit-8735 m · 9 min
  • Jp Panipuri · 2687 Kipling Ave Unit-10a735 m · 9 min
1 within 300 m · 37 within 1 km
Grocery
Rabba Fine Foods 735 m · 9 min · 3 within 1 km
Food shops
Nature's Health Food 768 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Grace Pharmacy 504 m · 6 min · 3 within 1 km
Child care
  • First Stage - North Albion · 41 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day162 m
  • St. Andrew Child Care Centre · 102 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day273 m · 3 min
  • First Stage Child Care Centre - Highfield · 34 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day480 m · 6 min
3 licensed centres · 177 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • North Kipling Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed890 m · 11 min
  • Albion Pool and Health Club Washroom · hours not listed908 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 (9)
  • Humberview Park338 m · 4 min
  • Panorama Park427 m · 5 min
  • Highfield Park701 m · 8 min
  • North Kipling Park878 m · 10 min
  • Smithfield Park1 km · 12 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (8)
  • North Albion Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 162 m
  • St Andrew Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 273 m · 3 min
  • Highfield Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 480 m · 6 min
  • North Kipling Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 711 m · 8 min
  • Albion LINCEnglish Public · 768 m · 9 min
and 3 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albion branch1.2 km · 14 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 care or retirement home.

53of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,329 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food11/30

    3 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

  • Transit18/28

    Mount Olive Station 0.4 km · 3 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go2/14

    library 1.2 km away

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

  • Schools and child care8/8

    3 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

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

Ten registered apartment buildings with 2,346 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 18 Panorama Crt (183 m, 204 units, 17 storeys, built 1974), which scored 97 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
18 Panorama Crt · CAPREIT20417197497 · Nov 2025183 m
2548 Kipling Ave · Golden Equity Properties1547196884 · Oct 2025223 m
2667 Kipling Ave · 1241676 Ontario Inc22823197889 · Aug 2024236 m
2677 Kipling Ave · 1241676 Ontario Inc22723197895 · Nov 2025303 m · 4 min
46 Panorama Crt · H&r Property Management22219197490 · Sep 2024485 m · 6 min
40 Stevenson Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc17613197091 · Jun 2024544 m · 6 min

10 registered buildings · 2,346 units · tallest 23 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

Toronto Police place 96 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 17× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 20 in 2023–2025, about 6.7 a year, against 11.6 a year before that. 73% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 40% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle96170street/outdoor (70), apartment parking (20)
Bicycle theft530apartment parking (2), house driveway/garage (2)

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 Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kipling & Mount Olive a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 224 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Mount Olive?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #925 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.22× the median for a counted intersection, and #499 for pedestrians.

Is Kipling & Mount Olive a walkable intersection?

Kipling & Mount Olive scores 53 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,329 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: 3 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; Mount Olive Station 0.4 km · 3 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; 2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

How fast do cars go at Kipling & Mount Olive?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kipling Ave between Kipling Ave Bicycle Trl and Rowntree Rd (May 2025), found an average of 50 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 96 m away (50 km/h), 2.5% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Kipling & Mount Olive?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 162 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,100 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Kipling & Mount Olive by transit?

Mount Olive Station (Line 6) is 445 m away; bus routes 45, 73, 945 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kipling Ave at Mount Olive Dr, 19 m); York Region Transit route 013 Islington at Finch Av / Kipling Av.

What restaurants are near Kipling & Mount Olive?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 37 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Rexdale Community Hub (238 m), Eggholic (735 m), Farm Fresh Pizza (735 m), Iscon Thaal (735 m) and Jp Panipuri (735 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Kipling & Mount Olive?

The nearest is North Kipling Community Centre Washroom, 2 Rowntree Rd, 890 m away. Next nearest: Albion Pool and Health Club Washroom (908 m).

Is there child care near Kipling & Mount Olive?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 177 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are First Stage - North Albion (162 m, 41 spaces), St. Andrew Child Care Centre (273 m, 102 spaces) and First Stage Child Care Centre - Highfield (480 m, 34 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kipling & Mount Olive?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,346 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 18 Panorama Crt (183 m, 204 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 2548 Kipling Ave (223 m, 154 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 2667 Kipling Ave (236 m, 228 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 2677 Kipling Ave (303 m, 227 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 92 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Kipling & Mount Olive?

Toronto Police place 96 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown page.

What neighbourhood is Kipling & Mount Olive in?

Kipling & Mount Olive is in Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 002), 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