It is believed (but unproven) that the street was named in honour of Rudyard Kipling, author of such works as The Jungle Book and the Just So Stories, in preparation for a planned visit to Woodbridge in 1907.
Rudyard Kipling | Saks Fifth Avenue | Fifth Avenue | Park Avenue | Madison Avenue | Park Avenue (Manhattan) | Claiborne Avenue | Woodbine Avenue | Fairfax Avenue | Carrollton Avenue | St. Charles Avenue | Seventh Avenue | Constitution Avenue | Hennepin Avenue | Avenue Q | Vermont Avenue | Michigan Avenue | Cheltenham Avenue | Shattuck Avenue | Seventh Avenue (band) | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Rustaveli Avenue | Rizal Avenue | Massachusetts Avenue | Lexington Avenue | Kipling | Huntington Avenue | University Avenue | St. Clair Avenue | Michigan Avenue (Chicago) |
Heslop went on building houses west of Islington Avenue, around Clearbrooke Circle as well as an industrial section of Rexdale west of Kipling Avenue, before going to Georgetown, where he established the Delrex neighbourhood.