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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 30, 2025
This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 18,395 southbound vehicles, or 74% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1,247. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,166 vehicles in the hour from 5:30 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (1,942). Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 18 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 1,942 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,166 from 5:30 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
2017 was the peak year (20 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 13% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 29 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 24% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 10 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 18, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 120 | #905 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 16 | #1103 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 77 | |
| Fail to remain | 29 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 27 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 10 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2010
The City's counter on Apex Rd between Lawrence Ave W and Dufferin St (0 m away) recorded an average of 43 km/h in its 24-hour count in September 2010; 85% of drivers were at or under 54 km/h. That segment carries about 2,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Rd · Lawrence Ave W – Dufferin St · 0 m | Sep 2010 · 24 h | 2,159 | 43 km/h | 54 km/h | 60 km/h |
| Dufferin St · Lawrence Ave W – Dane Ave · 161 m | Jul 2017 · 2 days | 16,945 | — | — | — |
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
- 29 52 59 400 18 109 nearest 35 m
- Express
- 929 952
- Blue Night
- 329 352
- Nearest stops
- 7 surface stops within 300 m — Dufferin St at Apex Rd South Side; Dufferin St at Dane Ave
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Lawrence Ave W / Dufferin St 312 m · 4 min · 15 docks · 3 stations, 41 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
- 1 post-and-ring within 300 m
- Other lots
- 41 mapped lots within 500 m, 469 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
You can do a shop on foot from here: Micchys African Caribbean Market is 39 m away. For everything else there are two convenience stores and gas bars within 300 m. There are 20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 88 eating places within a kilometre — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Caribbean Cuisine, 27 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Dufferin Community Pharmacy, 87 m away; 8 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Villa Colombo Homes For the Aged, a long-term care home 887 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Caribbean Cuisine · 3125 Dufferin St27 m
- Subway Sandwiches and Salads · 3119 Dufferin St Unit-732 m
- Bigbelly Greek Street Food · 3111 Dufferin St Unit-10785 m
- La Botana Mexicana · 3111 Dufferin St Unit-10185 m
- Swiss Chalet · 3150 Dufferin St Unit-10287 m
- Grocery
- Micchys African Caribbean Market 39 m · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Grande Cheese Company 653 m · 8 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 2 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Dufferin Community Pharmacy 87 m · 8 within 1 km
- Child care
- Network Child Care Services - Dane Avenue Child Care Centre · 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day140 m
- Leonardo Da Vinci Academy of Arts & Science · 55 spaces, toddler, preschool536 m · 6 min
- Casa Del Zotto Children's Centre · 78 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day549 m · 7 min
- Health and care
- Villa Colombo Homes For the Aged · long-term care home887 m · 11 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 (13)
- Dane Parkette256 m · 3 min
- Conlands Parkette369 m · 4 min
- Ranee Park887 m · 11 min
- Glen Long Park1 km · 12 min
- Jane Osler Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Community centres
- Glen Long Community Centre1.1 km · 13 min
- Lawrence Heights Community Centre1.4 km · 16 min
- Schools (12)
- Leonardo Da Vinci AcademyPrivate · 536 m · 6 min
- Fieldstone Day SchoolPrivate · 568 m · 7 min
- Fieldstone King's College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 568 m · 7 min
- St Charles Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 606 m · 7 min
- Vega AcademyPrivate · 708 m · 8 min
- Places of interest
- Yorkdale Shopping CentreLandmark · 1.3 km · 16 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.
Not within a walk: a library or a public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,180 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
13 registered apartment buildings with 935 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 777 Lawrence Ave W (408 m, 10 units, 3 storeys, built 1961), which scored 90 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 777 Lawrence Ave W | 10 | 3 | 1961 | 90 · Sep 2024 | 408 m · 5 min |
| 3050 Dufferin St social housing · Villa Charities Inc | 258 | 14 | 1983 | 97 · Jul 2025 | 426 m · 5 min |
| 775 Lawrence Ave W | 10 | 3 | 1958 | 99 · Aug 2026 | 432 m · 5 min |
| 773 Lawrence Ave W | 10 | 3 | 1959 | 97 · Jun 2026 | 456 m · 5 min |
| 771 Lawrence Ave W · Silvana McDowell | 10 | 3 | 1959 | 80 · Aug 2025 | 460 m · 5 min |
| 3010 Dufferin St social housing · Villa Charities Inc | 202 | 10 | 1991 | 99 · Aug 2026 | 549 m · 7 min |
13 registered buildings · 935 units · 5 social housing · tallest 18 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 four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (4) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Yorkdale-Glen Park.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Dufferin & Apex a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 120 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 Dufferin & Apex?
An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #580 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.54× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Dufferin & Apex a walkable intersection?
Dufferin & Apex scores 54 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,180 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 grocery store within 300 m · 20 places to eat within 300 m; 2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km; 7 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Dufferin & Apex?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Apex Rd between Lawrence Ave W and Dufferin St (September 2010), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Dufferin & Apex?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 469 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 46,770 spaces — 41 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Dufferin & Apex by transit?
Bus routes 29, 52, 59, 400, 18, 109, 929, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dufferin St at Apex Rd South Side, 35 m).
What restaurants are near Dufferin & Apex?
20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 88 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Caribbean Cuisine (27 m), Subway Sandwiches and Salads (32 m), Bigbelly Greek Street Food (85 m), La Botana Mexicana (85 m) and Swiss Chalet (87 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Dufferin & Apex?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 275 m away at Dane Parkette.
Is there child care near Dufferin & Apex?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 315 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Child Care Services - Dane Avenue Child Care Centre (140 m, 62 spaces), Leonardo Da Vinci Academy of Arts & Science (536 m, 55 spaces) and Casa Del Zotto Children's Centre (549 m, 78 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Apex?
13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 935 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 777 Lawrence Ave W (408 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 3050 Dufferin St (426 m, 258 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 775 Lawrence Ave W (432 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 773 Lawrence Ave W (456 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 13 is 90 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Dufferin & Apex?
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Yorkdale-Glen Park page.
What neighbourhood is Dufferin & Apex in?
Dufferin & Apex is in Yorkdale-Glen Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 031). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 30, 2025.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 8 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.71656, -79.45529 · centreline node 13455616.