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Wilmington & Kennard

Wilmington Ave & Kennard Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Bathurst Manor · Ward 6, York Centre

In Bathurst Manor, Wilmington & Kennard is a low-volume local intersection. It has a protected bikeway, a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
7,252
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 21, 2026
526 pedestrians · 74 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
3 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
29/100
city median 48
7 places to eat within 1 km

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Wilmington & Kennard

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 · Apr 21, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 3,721 southbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 456. Most cyclists arrived from the south (38 of 74). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 878 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 863 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% 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 north3,721southbound · 27 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the west456eastbound · 7 bikes · 2.6% heavy
Total vehicles7,252526 pedestrians · 74 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east0westbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south3,075northbound · 38 bikes · 3.0% heavy

Peak hours: 878 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 863 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

2023 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 13% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jan 30, 2024.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8
With an injury1
Property damage only6
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified1
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

The City's counter on Kennard Ave between Wilmington Ave and Shaftesbury St (99 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 24-hour count in May 2013; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 1,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Wilmington Ave between Kennard Ave and Irving W. Chapley Park Trl measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 45 km/h (Apr 2026) — a much more recent reading than the one above. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Kennard Avenue between Wilmington Ave and Wilson Heights Blvd.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Wilmington Ave · Kennard Ave – Irving W. Chapley Park Trl · 29 mApr 2026 · 3 days7,95537 km/h45 km/h50 km/h
Kennard Ave · Wilmington Ave – Shaftesbury St · 99 mMay 2013 · 24 h1,55641 km/h49 km/h54 km/h
Traffic calming
Kennard Avenue (Wilmington Ave – Wilson Heights Blvd): 6 speed humps

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
104 105 nearest 158 m
Blue Night
329
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Regional
York Region Transit 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Overbrook Pl808 m · 10 min
Cycling
Cycle Track on Wilmington Ave installed 2020
Bike Share
Wilmington Ave / Kennard Ave 17 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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
9 mapped lots within 500 m, 158 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; 7 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is King Kone Ice Cream Best Treats, 452 m away. No pharmacy in the Ministry of Health's register is within a kilometre of this corner. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: 147 Elder Street Inc., a retirement home 395 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • King Kone Ice Cream Best Treats · 144 Clifton Ave452 m · 5 min
  • Subway · 1123 Lodestar Rd779 m · 9 min
  • Sunset Grill · 1123 Lodestar Rd779 m · 9 min
  • North American Impex Q/A Prosperity Foods · 4250 Dufferin St, Unit-B911 m · 11 min
  • McDonald's · 150 Rimrock Rd921 m · 11 min
0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Food shops
Bakezy Cookie 607 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Child care
  • Gan Chabad Preschool · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day271 m · 3 min
  • Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre · 57 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day404 m · 5 min
  • Wilmington Best Schoolage Satellite Centre · 30 spaces, school age · fee subsidy802 m · 10 min
4 licensed centres · 307 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • 147 Elder Street Inc. · retirement home395 m · 5 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)
  • Irving W. Chapley Park167 m
  • Kennard Parkette624 m · 7 min
  • Maxwell Park919 m · 11 min
  • Bayhampton Parkette1 km · 12 min
  • Michael Feldman Parkette1.1 km · 13 min
and 3 more within 1.5 km
Schools (7)
  • Tanenbaum Chat Wallenberg CampusPrivate · 125 m
  • Charles H Best Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 802 m · 10 min
  • Wilmington Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 930 m · 11 min
  • Forest Valley Outdoor Education CentreEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Adelfiha's Christian AcademyPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km

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 library or a public washroom.

29of 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 food2/30

    7 within 1 km

  • Transit10/28

    4 stops within 300 m · 3 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation8/10

    1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot2/10

    traffic calming

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

Six registered apartment buildings with 186 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 118 Overbrook Pl (384 m, 17 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 87 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
118 Overbrook Pl173196087 · Jun 2025384 m · 5 min
229 Pannahill Rd · Sarossa Investments Inc123195092 · Jun 2025667 m · 8 min
750 Wilson Heights Blvd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation794199386 · Aug 2024715 m · 9 min
20 Wilmington Ave134196576 · Jul 2025896 m · 11 min
10 Wilmington Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.414196093 · Jul 2026935 m · 11 min
15 Wilmington Ave243195899 · Jul 20251 km · 12 min

6 registered buildings · 186 units · 1 social housing · tallest 4 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 one theft from a vehicle and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft220street/outdoor (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 Bathurst Manor.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Wilmington & Kennard a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 Wilmington & Kennard?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 21, 2026, 45% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Wilmington & Kennard a walkable intersection?

Wilmington & Kennard scores 29 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: 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 3 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Wilmington & Kennard?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kennard Ave between Wilmington Ave and Shaftesbury St (May 2013), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Wilmington & Kennard?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 158 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,800 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Wilmington & Kennard by transit?

Bus routes 104, 105 within 1 km; York Region Transit route 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Overbrook Pl.

What restaurants are near Wilmington & Kennard?

None within 300 m, and 7 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are King Kone Ice Cream Best Treats (452 m), Subway (779 m), Sunset Grill (779 m), North American Impex Q/A Prosperity Foods (911 m) and McDonald's (921 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Wilmington & Kennard?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 118 m away at Irving W. Chapley Park.

Is there child care near Wilmington & Kennard?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 307 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Gan Chabad Preschool (271 m, 49 spaces), Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre (404 m, 57 spaces) and Wilmington Best Schoolage Satellite Centre (802 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Wilmington & Kennard?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 186 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 118 Overbrook Pl (384 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 229 Pannahill Rd (667 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (715 m, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 20 Wilmington Ave (896 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 76). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 89 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Wilmington & Kennard?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Bathurst Manor page.

What neighbourhood is Wilmington & Kennard in?

Wilmington & Kennard is in Bathurst Manor (City of Toronto neighbourhood 034). It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.

Sources

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