Toronto · intersection · signal 1040

Don Mills & Deerford

Don Mills Rd E & Deerford Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Don Valley Village · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Don Mills & Deerford is a moderately travelled crossing. It sits in Don Valley Village. At the corner: parks and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
5,547
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 21, 2023
1,171 pedestrians · 5 cyclists
Collisions
98
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 79 property damage · #1137 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 690 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 60% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 5 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 9.8 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 47%, from 64 in 2016–2020 to 34 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Don Mills & Deerford

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
102516939 nearest 20 m
Express
925939
Blue Night
325339
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Don Mills Rd at Deerford Rd
Regional
York Region Transit 090 Leslie090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Deerford Rd17 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Don Mills Rd / Goodview Rd 237 m · 11 docks · 4 stations, 64 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (16)
  • Georges Vanier Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 256 m
  • Woodbine Jr High & N/E Secondary AlternativeEnglish Public · 349 m
  • Kingslake Public SchoolEnglish Public · 424 m
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 538 m
  • Don Valley Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 570 m
  • Seneca Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 608 m
  • and 10 more
Parks (20)
  • Godstone Park234 m
  • O'shea Walkway275 m
  • Oriole Park - North York437 m
  • Hobart Park458 m
  • Seneca Hill Park682 m
  • Linus Park689 m
  • and 14 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fairview branch773 m
  • Toronto Public Library Pleasant View branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • CF Fairview MallLandmark · 1 km
  • Historic Zion SchoolhouseMuseum · 1.2 km
Signal
1040, activated 1974 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 18 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 10 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 81. The nearest is Fresh Cup Bubble Tea, 114 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2025 with 4 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés18 within 300 m · 81 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience10 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Dollarama · 3030 Don Mills Rd Egrocery114 mPassed, Aug 2025
Fresh Cup Bubble Tea · 3030 Don Mills Rd E, Unit-20114 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 4 infractions
Komugi Bakery · 3030 Don Mills Rd E, Unit-12bgrocery114 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Tone Tai Supermarket · 3030 Don Mills Rd E, Unit-26grocery114 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 2 infractions
Viva Shawarma · 3030 Don Mills Rd E114 mPassed, Aug 2025
McDonald's · 3030 Don Mills Rd E114 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Momo Billiards & Lounge · 3030 Don Mills Rd E Bsmt-20114 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Subway · 3030 Don Mills Rd E Unit-27114 mPassed, Jun 2026

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

The nearest public washroom is Oriole Community Centre Washroom, 410 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 362 m away at Godstone Park.

  • Oriole Community Centre Washroom · 2975 Don Mills Rd W
    View centre hours
    410 m
  • Bellbury Park Tennis Club Washroom · 55 Van Horne Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    826 m
  • Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom · 1700 Finch Ave E.
    View centre hours
    1 km
Drinking water
Godstone Park bottle filling station · 362 m; Oriole Park - North York drinking fountain · 469 m · off

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 921 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Van Horne Day Care (262 m, 50 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km13 centres · 921 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 13
  • Van Horne Day Care · 201 Van Horne Ave
    50 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    262 m
  • Don Valley Christian Child Care · 25 Axsmith Cres
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    379 m
  • Family Day Kingslake Before and After School Program · 90 Kingslake Rd
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    424 m
  • Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre · 3105 Don Mills Rd
    89 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    538 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 113 (863 m), the nearest police station 33 Division (3.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 113 · 863 m700 Seneca Hill Dr
Police33 Division · 3.8 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 1.5 km115 Parkway Forest Dr

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,702 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 12 Deerford Rd (79 m, 137 units, 12 storeys, built 1969), which scored 89 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 72 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 48 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 3,702 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202672 across the 21
Open fire-code violations48
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
12 Deerford Rd · CAPREIT13712196989 · Aug 2024279 m
225 Van Horne Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited15313196898 · Jul 20256197 m
335 Van Horne Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited12514196996 · Jul 20252212 m
201 Van Horne Ave · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.24518196687 · Sep 20242262 m
2980 Don Mills Rd W · Homestead Land Holdings Limited16816197096 · Sep 20244391 m
40 Godstone Rd · Fidelity Property Management Ltd17616196592 · Jun 202416 · 4 fire417 m
2960 Don Mills Rd W · Cando Apartments Ltd.17116196087 · Sep 20244481 m
185 Shaughnessy Blvd · Westdale Properties18017196793 · Jul 20252 · 1 fire486 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots286 lots · ≈34,090 spaces · 102.3 ha
Within 500 m21 lots · ≈3,290 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 366 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East · Surface1.1 km366 *

Nearest lots: 74 m away, ≈95 spaces; 95 m away, ≈13 spaces; 109 m away, ≈701 spaces; 223 m away, ≈72 spaces; 243 m away, ≈47 spaces; 260 m away, ≈24 spaces.

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be 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; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 8-hour, Mar 21, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 5,344 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 96% of the total, against 203 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 1,081 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 741 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.5% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles5,5471,171 pedestrians · 5 cyclists · 5.5% heavy
From the east203westbound · 0 bikes · 4.4% heavy
From the south5,344northbound · 5 bikes · 5.5% heavy
AM peak hour741 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,081 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 21, 2023

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

On Don Mills Rd E between Godstone Rd and Godstone Park Trl, 194 m from the corner, a 2-day count in December 2019 put the average speed at 48 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 60 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 67 km/h or more. That segment carries about 11,900 vehicles a day. Deerford Rd between Hobart Dr and Van Horne Ave measured slower: 38 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 45 km/h (Nov 2024). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Don Mills Rd E · Godstone Rd – Godstone Park Trl · 194 mDec 2019 · 2 days11,87548 km/h60 km/h67 km/h
Deerford Rd · Hobart Dr – Van Horne Ave · 239 mNov 2024 · 3 days67538 km/h45 km/h50 km/h

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

The worst year was 2019, with 23 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 6 collisions (6%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 18 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions98#1137 of 5,508
With an injury6#2423 of 4,660
Property damage only79
Fail to remain18
Involving a pedestrian1#2393 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified13
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014109latest Jun 12, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

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

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Nine thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 1 in 2023–2025, about 0.3 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 56% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle911street/outdoor (5), school/campus (2)
Bicycle theft200school/campus (1), commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 27, 2026. 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 Don Valley Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Don Mills & Deerford a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 98 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 Don Mills & Deerford?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 21, 2023, 60% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Don Mills & Deerford?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Don Mills Rd E between Godstone Rd and Godstone Park Trl (December 2019), found an average of 48 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 60 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Don Mills & Deerford?

The nearest Green P car park is Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East (1.1 km away, 366 spaces). The City's mapping shows 286 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,090 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Don Mills & Deerford by transit?

Bus routes 10, 25, 169, 39, 925, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Don Mills Rd at Deerford Rd, 20 m); York Region Transit routes 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Deerford Rd.

What restaurants are near Don Mills & Deerford?

18 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 81 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Fresh Cup Bubble Tea (114 m), Viva Shawarma (114 m), McDonald's (114 m), Momo Billiards & Lounge (114 m) and Subway (114 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Don Mills & Deerford?

The nearest is Oriole Community Centre Washroom, 2975 Don Mills Rd W, 410 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Bellbury Park Tennis Club Washroom (826 m); Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom (1.0 km). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Don Mills & Deerford?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 921 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Van Horne Day Care (262 m, 50 spaces), Don Valley Christian Child Care (379 m, 49 spaces) and Family Day Kingslake Before and After School Program (424 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Don Mills & Deerford?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,702 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 12 Deerford Rd (79 m, 137 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 225 Van Horne Ave (197 m, 153 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 335 Van Horne Ave (212 m, 125 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 201 Van Horne Ave (262 m, 245 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 93 out of 100. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Don Mills & Deerford?

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Don Valley Village page.

What neighbourhood is Don Mills & Deerford in?

Don Mills & Deerford is in Don Valley Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 047). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

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