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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 volume8-hour count · Feb 8, 2022
The north leg carries the load — 4,612 southbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 487. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,578 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 23% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,285). Heavy vehicles made up 4.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 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.
Peak hours: 1,285 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,578 from 4:00 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
2022 was the peak year (11 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 24% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 8% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 28, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Oct 3, 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 37 | #2502 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 9 | #1908 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 25 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1297 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Oct 3, 2006 |
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 Penlea Ave and Finch Ave W (135 m away) recorded an average of 43 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 53 km/h. That segment carries about 20,200 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kipling Ave · Penlea Ave – Finch Ave W · 135 m | Apr 2025 · 3 days | 20,221 | 43 km/h | 53 km/h | 58 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.
- The crossing
- Signal 2119, activated 2007 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Mount Olive Station (Line 6)289 m · 3 min; Stevenson Station (Line 6)667 m · 8 min; Albion Station (Line 6)906 m · 11 min
- TTC bus
- 45 73 96 nearest 30 m
- Express
- 945
- Blue Night
- 345 336 337
- Nearest stops
- 8 surface stops within 300 m — Kipling Ave at Penlea Ave South Side
- Regional
- York Region Transit 013 Islington at Finch Av / Kipling Av289 m · 3 min
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Albion Rd / Kipling Ave (Albion Arena) 357 m · 4 min · 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.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 1 car park · about 23 spaces
- EV charging
- 14 Barkwin Dr · 1.5 km · 4 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 10 mapped lots within 500 m, 182 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Barkwin Dr · Surface | 1.5 km | 23 | 20% (Q1 2026) |
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 Jason's No Frills, 620 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 22 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is A & W, 620 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 608 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- A & W · 1530 Albion Rd620 m · 7 min
- Asian Gourmet · 1530 Albion Rd Unit-F3620 m · 7 min
- Barburrito · 1530 Albion Rd Unit-96a620 m · 7 min
- Caribbean Heat Family Restaurant 2 · 1530 Albion Rd Unit-21620 m · 7 min
- D'lish Hot Dogs & Sausages · 1530 Albion Rd620 m · 7 min
- Grocery
- Jason's No Frills 620 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Nature's Health Food 621 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 608 m · 7 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- St. Andrew Child Care Centre · 102 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day470 m · 6 min
- Albion Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 54 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day690 m · 8 min
- First Stage - North Albion · 41 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day851 m · 10 min
- Washrooms
- Albion Pool and Health Club Washroom · hours not listed219 m
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 (6)
- Beaumonde Heights Park813 m · 10 min
- Humberview Park1 km · 12 min
- Highfield Park1 km · 12 min
- Panorama Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Garland Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Community centres
- Albion Pool and Health Club232 m
- Albion Arena403 m · 5 min
- Schools (9)
- St Andrew Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 470 m · 6 min
- Albion LINCEnglish Public · 621 m · 7 min
- Beaumonde Heights Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 622 m · 7 min
- North Albion Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 851 m · 10 min
- Greenholme Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Albion branch527 m · 6 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,116 of 5,672. 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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Nine registered apartment buildings with 1,643 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2435 Kipling Ave (363 m, 153 units, 13 storeys, built 1965), which scored 95 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2435 Kipling Ave · Diamondwood Property Management Inc. | 153 | 13 | 1965 | 95 · Oct 2025 | 363 m · 4 min |
| 101 Kendleton Dr Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 194 | 11 | 1965 | 86 · Sep 2024 | 371 m · 4 min |
| 101 Kendleton Dr Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 221 | 7 | 1965 | 82 · Jul 2024 | 371 m · 4 min |
| 20 Sanagan Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 86 | 5 | 1965 | 88 · Jun 2024 | 506 m · 6 min |
| 2548 Kipling Ave · Golden Equity Properties | 154 | 7 | 1968 | 84 · Oct 2025 | 589 m · 7 min |
| 40 Stevenson Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc | 176 | 13 | 1970 | 91 · Jun 2024 | 685 m · 8 min |
9 registered buildings · 1,643 units · 2 social housing · 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Kipling & Penlea a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 37 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 & Penlea?
An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Feb 8, 2022, about today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Kipling & Penlea a walkable intersection?
Kipling & Penlea scores 55 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,116 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: Mount Olive Station 0.3 km · 8 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; nearest park 0.8 km · 2 community centres within 800 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Kipling & Penlea?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kipling Ave between Penlea Ave and Finch Ave W (April 2025), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Kipling & Penlea?
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 182 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,320 spaces — 10 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (1.5 km).
How do I get to Kipling & Penlea by transit?
Mount Olive Station (Line 6) is 289 m away; bus routes 45, 73, 96, 945 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kipling Ave at Penlea Ave South Side, 30 m); York Region Transit route 013 Islington at Finch Av / Kipling Av.
What restaurants are near Kipling & Penlea?
None within 300 m, and 22 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are A & W (620 m), Asian Gourmet (620 m), Barburrito (620 m), Caribbean Heat Family Restaurant 2 (620 m) and D'lish Hot Dogs & Sausages (620 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Kipling & Penlea?
The nearest is Albion Pool and Health Club Washroom, 1485 Albion Rd, 219 m away.
Is there child care near Kipling & Penlea?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 197 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 (470 m, 102 spaces), Albion Early Learning & Child Care Centre (690 m, 54 spaces) and First Stage - North Albion (851 m, 41 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Kipling & Penlea?
Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,643 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2435 Kipling Ave (363 m, 153 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 101 Kendleton Dr (371 m, 194 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 101 Kendleton Dr (371 m, 221 units, RentSafeTO score 82) and 20 Sanagan Rd (506 m, 86 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 90 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is Kipling & Penlea in?
Kipling & Penlea 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Feb 8, 2022.
- 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; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 1 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: 43.74097, -79.58097 · centreline node 13452175.