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Kipling & Racine

Kipling Ave & Racine Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Rexdale-Kipling · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

Kipling & Racine, in Rexdale-Kipling, is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 4 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
22,557
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 21, 2023
256 pedestrians · 55 cyclists · #722 busiest
Collisions
70
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1564 of 5,519
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
4 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
39/100
city median 48
5 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 789 m

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Kipling & Racine

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 · Sep 21, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 10,589 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 2,042 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (47 of 55). Evening rush dominates here: 2,064 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 1,671 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.7% 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.

From the north9,926southbound · 47 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the west2,042eastbound · 2 bikes · 8.9% heavy
Total vehicles22,557256 pedestrians · 55 cyclists · 4.7% heavy
From the east0westbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south10,589northbound · 4 bikes · 4.4% heavy

Peak hours: 1,671 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 2,064 from 4:30 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

The worst year was 2022, with 12 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 12 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 30, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions70#1564 of 5,519
With an injury12#1476 of 4,669
Property damage only53
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 Coolhurst Dr and Redcliff Blvd, 232 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2025 put the average speed at 46 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 54 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 58 km/h or more. That segment carries about 23,200 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kipling Ave · Coolhurst Dr – Redcliff Blvd · 232 mApr 2025 · 3 days23,19546 km/h54 km/h58 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 37 nearest 69 m
Express
945
Blue Night
345
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Kipling Ave at Redwater Dr
Regional
MiWay 30 Rexdale at Rexdale Blvd at Kipling Ave500 m · 6 min
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
24 mapped lots within 500 m, 221 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 within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Salaama Halal Meat & Grocery, 789 m away. Two specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Tre Rose Bakery at 139 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 34. The nearest is Dnd Cafe, 165 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Kipling Pharmacy, 495 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. Rexdale Chc Ethno Cultural Seniors Program runs a seniors' active living programme 585 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Dnd Cafe · 2102 Kipling Ave 10165 m
  • Handi Indian Cuisine · 2068 Kipling Ave193 m
  • Swad Sweets and Restaurant · 2068 Kipling Ave194 m
  • Pizza Hut · 2066 Kipling Ave231 m
  • McDonald's · 2116 Kipling Ave267 m · 3 min
5 within 300 m · 34 within 1 km
Grocery
Salaama Halal Meat & Grocery 789 m · 9 min
Food shops
Tre Rose Bakery 139 m · 2 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Pharmacy
Kipling Pharmacy 495 m · 6 min · 3 within 1 km
Child care
  • Mandi Day Care · 72 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day629 m · 7 min
  • Sunny Faces Day Care Centre - St. Benedict Site · 76 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day929 m · 11 min
2 licensed centres · 148 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • Rexdale Chc Ethno Cultural Seniors Program · seniors' active living centre585 m · 7 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
  • Frost Park338 m · 4 min
  • Rexlington Park1.2 km · 14 min
  • Rexdale Park1.4 km · 16 min
Schools (7)
  • Al Azhar Academy of Canada School & Ummah Nabawiah MosquePrivate · 136 m
  • Al Ikhlaas Foundation SchoolPrivate · 358 m · 4 min
  • Rexdale Learning Centre LINCEnglish Public · 629 m · 7 min
  • Monsignor Percy Johnson Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 665 m · 8 min
  • St Benedict Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 929 m · 11 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Northern Elms branch684 m · 8 min
  • Toronto Public Library Rexdale 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 community centre, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

39of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food15/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 5 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit10/28

    2 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 684 m away

  • Parks and recreation4/10

    1 park within 500 m

  • Schools and child care5/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

Within a kilometre there is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 18 rental units. The nearest is 3 Torbolton Dr (1.0 km, 18 units, 3 storeys, built 1964), which scored 90 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
3 Torbolton Dr · Torbolton Apts Ltd183196490 · Aug 20241 km · 11 min

1 registered building · 18 units · tallest 3 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

Four thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410commercial premises (4)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Rexdale-Kipling.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kipling & Racine a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 70 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 & Racine?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #722 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.39× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Kipling & Racine a walkable intersection?

Kipling & Racine scores 39 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: 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 5 places to eat within 300 m; 1 park within 500 m.

How fast do cars go at Kipling & Racine?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kipling Ave between Coolhurst Dr and Redcliff Blvd (April 2025), found an average of 46 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Kipling & Racine?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 221 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 51,180 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Kipling & Racine by transit?

Bus routes 45, 37, 945 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kipling Ave at Redwater Dr, 69 m); MiWay route 30 Rexdale at Rexdale Blvd at Kipling Ave.

What restaurants are near Kipling & Racine?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 34 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Dnd Cafe (165 m), Handi Indian Cuisine (193 m), Swad Sweets and Restaurant (194 m), Pizza Hut (231 m) and McDonald's (267 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Kipling & Racine?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 148 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Mandi Day Care (629 m, 72 spaces) and Sunny Faces Day Care Centre - St. Benedict Site (929 m, 76 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kipling & Racine?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 18 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 3 Torbolton Dr (1.0 km, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 90 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Kipling & Racine?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Rexdale-Kipling page.

What neighbourhood is Kipling & Racine in?

Kipling & Racine is in Rexdale-Kipling (City of Toronto neighbourhood 004). 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