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College & Dufferin

College St & Dufferin St · Toronto, Ontario · Dufferin Grove · Ward 9, Davenport · College West BIA

College & Dufferin is an above-average intersection for traffic, with significant cycling traffic. It sits in Dufferin Grove, in central Toronto. At the corner: a live City traffic camera, a bike lane and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Dufferin Station (Line 2) 924 m away.

Traffic
21,251
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 25, 2026
5,710 pedestrians · 1,698 cyclists · #809 busiest
Collisions
281
police-reported · 2016–2025
3 killed or seriously injured · #325 of 5,519
Getting there
4
TTC stops within 100 m
Dufferin Station 924 m · 13 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
73/100
city median 48 · #654 of 5,672
17 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 443 m

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College & Dufferin

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Live traffic camera RESCU 8181 · 12 m

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Traffic volume14-hour count · Jul 25, 2026 · weekend

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 6,297 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 30% of the total, against 3,803 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,950 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 1,529 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north6,297southbound · 306 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the west3,803eastbound · 560 bikes · 1.0% heavy
Total vehicles21,2515,710 pedestrians · 1,698 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east5,128westbound · 577 bikes · 0.9% heavy
From the south6,023northbound · 255 bikes · 4.8% heavy

Peak hours: 1,529 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 1,950 from 4:15 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 2017, with 37 collisions; 2025 recorded 20. 44 collisions (16%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 38 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 22 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 13 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 7, 2026.

None of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt; 2 collisions involved vehicle occupants only. 1 of the 3 happened in darkness — 33%, about the citywide 39%. 2017 alone accounted for 2 of them. The most recent was on Jun 23, 2020. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions281#325 of 5,519
With an injury44#287 of 4,669
Property damage only202
Fail to remain38
Involving a pedestrian8#329 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist14#62 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified35
Since January 2026 (outside the window)13
Killed or seriously injured3#109 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#95 of 271
In darkness133% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20064latest Jun 23, 2020

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 most recent midblock count on Dufferin St between College St and Dragon Alley Lane (20 m away, Oct 2012) recorded volume only — about 11,554 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Brock Ave (317 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 69,926 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dufferin St · College St – Dragon Alley Lane · 20 mOct 2012 · 3 days11,554———
Speed sign
Brock Ave (northbound), 317 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 20 km/h, 85th percentile 28 km/h; 0.3% at 40 km/h or more. 69,926 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 0605, activated 1948 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South · transit priority

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Dufferin Station (Line 2)924 m · 11 min
Streetcar
506 505 nearest 13 m
TTC bus
29 402 47 63 nearest 13 m
Express
929
Blue Night
306 305 329 363 300
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Dufferin St at College St; College St at Dufferin St
Cycling
Sharrows - Arterial on College St installed 2010
Bike Share
Rusholme Park Cres / College St 250 m · 3 min · 15 docks · 16 stations, 293 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
18 car parks · about 958 spaces
EV charging
685 Dovercourt Rd · 1.1 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 283 Ossington Ave (1.2 km), 248 Shaw St (1.5 km)
Bike parking
62 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 24 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
23 mapped lots within 500 m, 458 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Bonar Pl · Surface141 m3471% (Q1 2026)
146 Harrison St · Surface932 m7968% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface1 km3763% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface1.1 km3374% (Q1 2026)
1117 Dundas St W · Surface1.3 km3786% (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

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Fair Price Supermarket, 443 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 17 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 205 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Lebanon Express, 27 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 517 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Fairview Nursing Home, a long-term care home 700 m away; Bill McMurray Residence, a retirement home 243 m away (two within a kilometre).

Restaurants & cafés
  • Lebanon Express · 1118 College St27 m
  • Citrus Coffee · 1104 College St28 m
  • Elim Restaurant and Cafe · 1105 College St38 m
  • Le's Sandwich · 1119 College St66 m
  • Tavoos · 1120 College St67 m
17 within 300 m · 205 within 1 km
Grocery
Fair Price Supermarket 443 m · 5 min · 11 within 1 km
Food shops
Bricolage Bakery 407 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Rexall 517 m · 6 min · 5 within 1 km
Child care
  • Denisa Childcare · 30 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day129 m
  • Westside Montessori School · 35 spaces, toddler, preschool244 m
  • Brock Early Learning Centre · 133 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day543 m · 6 min
11 licensed centres · 943 spaces within 1 km · 6 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible546 m · 7 min
  • Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed550 m · 7 min
Drinking water: Dufferin Grove Park 452 m · 5 min
Health and care
  • Fairview Nursing Home · long-term care home700 m · 8 min
  • Bill McMurray Residence · retirement home · 2 within 1 km243 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 (20)
  • Dufferin Grove Park455 m · 5 min
  • Dundas - St.clarens Parkette732 m · 9 min
  • McCormick Park807 m · 10 min
  • Harrison-Dovercourt Parkette883 m · 11 min
  • Macgregor Playground1 km · 12 min
and 15 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (16)
  • St Helen Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 319 m · 4 min
  • Brock Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 543 m · 6 min
  • St Mary Catholic Academy Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 665 m · 8 min
  • The Orchard Montessori SchoolPrivate · 716 m · 9 min
  • Shirley St Jr & City View AlternativeEnglish Public · 840 m · 10 min
and 11 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch896 m · 11 min
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1.1 km · 13 min
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1.4 km · 17 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.

73of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #654 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food21/30

    11 grocery stores within 1 km · 17 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit23/28

    Dufferin Station 0.9 km · 8 stops within 300 m · 13 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go6/14

    library 896 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation8/10

    1 park within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

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

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

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 are 26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,490 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1094 College St (66 m, 19 units, 3 storeys, built 1950), which scored 88 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 26 scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
1094 College St193195088 · Jul 202566 m
1044 College St · Hannah Property Management Ltd.433193083 · Sep 2026226 m
661 Dufferin St social housing · Loft Community Services11213196784 · Jul 2024255 m · 3 min
1 Havelock St · Havelock Apartments183190581 · Jul 2025284 m · 3 min
1544 Dundas St W · Bentallgreenoak958201696 · Jul 2025362 m · 4 min
1505 Dundas St W123191173 · Jul 2025394 m · 5 min

26 registered buildings · 1,490 units · 4 social housing · tallest 20 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

Two thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 12, 2026.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle221street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft300street/outdoor (2), apartment parking (1)

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 Dufferin Grove.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is College & Dufferin a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 3 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#109 of 1,505), out of 281 reported collisions of any severity. 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 College & Dufferin?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #809 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.31× the median for a counted intersection, and #366 for pedestrians.

Is College & Dufferin a walkable intersection?

College & Dufferin scores 73 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #654 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: 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; Dufferin Station 0.9 km · 8 stops within 300 m · 13 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

Where can I park near College & Dufferin?

The nearest Green P car park is 9 Bonar Pl (141 m away, 34 spaces, 71% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 458 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,720 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 685 Dovercourt Rd (1.1 km).

How do I get to College & Dufferin by transit?

Dufferin Station (Line 2) is 924 m away; streetcar routes 506, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 13 m away; bus routes 29, 402, 47, 63, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dufferin St at College St, 13 m).

What restaurants are near College & Dufferin?

17 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 205 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Lebanon Express (27 m), Citrus Coffee (28 m), Elim Restaurant and Cafe (38 m), Le's Sandwich (66 m) and Tavoos (67 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near College & Dufferin?

The nearest is Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom, 875 Dufferin St, 546 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (550 m); Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom (724 m).

Is there child care near College & Dufferin?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 943 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Denisa Childcare (129 m, 30 spaces), Westside Montessori School (244 m, 35 spaces) and Brock Early Learning Centre (543 m, 133 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near College & Dufferin?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,490 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1094 College St (66 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 1044 College St (226 m, 43 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 661 Dufferin St (255 m, 112 units, RentSafeTO score 84) and 1 Havelock St (284 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 is 84 out of 100; 2 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at College & Dufferin?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Dufferin Grove page.

What neighbourhood is College & Dufferin in?

College & Dufferin is in Dufferin Grove (City of Toronto neighbourhood 083). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo. The corner falls inside the College West Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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