Islington Avenue

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Islington Avenue

York Regional Road 17
Islington within Toronto (red line)
Maintained by	City of Toronto York Region
Length	18.7 mi (30.1 km)[1]
Location	Toronto Vaughan
South end	Lake Shore Boulevard in Toronto
Major junctions	Gardiner Expressway The Queensway Bloor Street Dundas Street Burnhamthorpe Road Eglinton Avenue Dixon Road  Highway 401 Rexdale Boulevard Albion Road Finch Avenue Steeles Avenue Highway 7 Langstaff Road Rutherford Road Major Mackenzie Drive
North end	Highway 27 in Vaughan
Nearby arterial roads in Toronto ← Kipling Avenue Royal York Road Weston Road →

Islington Avenue is a north-south route travelling through the City of Toronto and York Region. It runs from Lake Shore Boulevard West at 7th Street in the former Town of New Toronto to Highway 27 at the former town of Kleinburg, in the City of Vaughan north of Toronto. Islington Avenue is approximately 30.2 kilometres (18.7 mi) long. It runs through the former city of Etobicoke, serving as one of its main north-south arterials.

The street was first surveyed in 1799 (at the time, it was known as the Middle Road).^[2] The originating section of Islington Avenue between Lake Shore Blvd. West and Birmingham Street in New Toronto, was originally Seventh Street until 1980, when Islington Avenue was extended south of Horner Avenue. This connection required a new alignment north of Birmingham Street, which crossed over to the top of Sixth Street before continuing north over the CNR Railway yards.

The stretch beyond Albion Road into York Region was originally part of a road connecting the former villages of Woodbridge and Weston. Beyond Woodbridge, the road continued north through Kleinburg as Islington Avenue does today.

At the end of the Second World War the street was widened, causing the loss of almost all historic buildings.^[3]

In York Region, Islington Avenue was originally designated as York Regional Road 7, But In 1997, Islington Avenue was later changed to York Regional Road 17 due to Highway 7 being former highway to a York regional road. ^[4]

Islington Avenue today begins at Lake Shore Boulevard West at 7th Street in the former Town of New Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario, in the southwest area of the City of Toronto. It and proceeds north through the former village of Islington, from which it gets its name. At Dundas Street, is historic Montgomery's Inn, built in 1832, and now operated as a museum by the City of Toronto. It continues north through a series of nieghbourhoods of suburban Etobicoke including Richview, Kingsview Village, and Rexdale. At Finch Avenue it crosses the Humber River and enters the former city of North York, passing through the neighbourhood of Humber Summit. North of Steeles Avenue it enters the city of Vaughan, and passes through the communities of Woodbridge and Pine Grove before terminating at Highway 27 at the former town of Kleinburg.

Islington subway station opened on Bloor St in 1968. Today the 110 Islington South serves the street south of the station,^[5] while the 37 Islington runs along the street from the station to Steeles. ^[6]

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Landmarks and notable sites along Steeles from west to east

Landmark	Cross street	Notes	Image
GO Transit Willowbrook Yard	Evans Ave	Crossed by an overpass
Islington subway station	Bloor St
Montgomery's Inn	Dundas St	Historic structure
St. George's Golf and Country Club	The Kingsway
Richview Collegiate Institute	Eglinton Ave
Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School	Dixon Rd	Former Keiller Mackay Collegiate Institute
Rexdale Presbyterian Church	Rexdale Blvd
Thistletown Collegiate Institute	Elmhurst Dr
St. Roch's Roman Catholic Church	Finch Ave
Pine Ridge Cemetery	Finch Ave
Humber Summit Library	Steeles Ave
Boyd Conservation Area	Rutherford Rd

• Brown, R. (2020). Toronto's Lost Villages. Dundurn. ISBN 978-1-4597-4658-9. Retrieved 2024-07-16.

• Google Maps of Islington Avenue