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Dufferin & Apex

Dufferin St & Apex Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Yorkdale-Glen Park · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Dufferin & Apex, in Yorkdale-Glen Park, is an above-average intersection for traffic. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: Lawrence West Station (Line 1) 909 m away.

Traffic volume
24,847
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 30, 2025
1,117 pedestrians · 56 cyclists · #567 busiest
Collisions
120
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
16 with an injury · 77 property damage · #905 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Lawrence West Station 909 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,770 vehicles an hour, 1.54× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 22 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 12 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 4.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 21%, from 67 in 2016–2020 to 53 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Dufferin & Apex

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Lawrence West Station (Line 1)909 m
TTC bus
29525940018109 nearest 28 m
Express
929952
Blue Night
329352
Nearest stops
8 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 266 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 67 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 (14)
  • Leonardo Da Vinci AcademyPrivate · 412 m
  • St Charles Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 483 m
  • Yorkdale Secondary School & Adult Learning CentreEnglish Public · 536 m
  • Fieldstone Day SchoolPrivate · 543 m
  • Fieldstone King's College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 543 m
  • Lawrence Heights Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 584 m
  • and 8 more
Parks (18)
  • Dane Parkette192 m
  • Conlands Parkette245 m
  • Ranee Park690 m
  • Caledonia Park835 m
  • Jane Osler Park847 m
  • Glen Long Park870 m
  • and 12 more
Places of interest
  • Yorkdale Shopping CentreLandmark · 1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 28 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores, and 105 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Caribbean Cuisine, 27 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in November 2025 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés28 within 300 m · 105 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 27 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Caribbean Cuisine · 3125 Dufferin St27 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 3 infractions
Subway Sandwiches and Salads · 3119 Dufferin St Unit-732 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Micchys African Caribbean Market · 3117 Dufferin St Unit-Bgrocery37 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
Swiss Chalet · 3150 Dufferin St Unit-10272 mPassed, Feb 2026
La Botana Mexicana · 3111 Dufferin St, Unit-10175 mPassed, Jul 2025
Bigbelly Greek Street Food · 3111 Dufferin St Unit-107grocery76 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
La Botana Mexicana · 3111 Dufferin St Unit-10176 mPassed, Jul 2026
Tim Hortons · 3140 Dufferin St83 mPassed, Mar 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 Glen Long Community Centre Washroom, 866 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 212 m away at Dane Parkette.

  • Glen Long Community Centre Washroom · 35 Glen Long Ave
    View centre hours
    866 m
Drinking water
Dane Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 212 m

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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 559 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Network Child Care Services - Dane Avenue Child Care Centre (95 m, 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 559 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 7
  • Network Child Care Services - Dane Avenue Child Care Centre · 120 Via Bagnato
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    95 m
  • Leonardo Da Vinci Academy of Arts & Science · 901 Lawrence Ave W
    32 spaces · preschool
    412 m
  • Columbus Early Learning Centres - St Charles · 50 Claver Ave
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    483 m
  • Casa Del Zotto Children's Centre · 3010 Dufferin St
    78 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    523 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 145 (2.1 km), the nearest police station 13 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 145 · 2.1 km20 Beffort Rd
Police13 Division · 2.5 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 11 · 1 km1135 Caledonia Rd

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

26 registered apartment buildings with 1,349 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 15 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 777 Lawrence Ave W (332 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 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 11 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 25 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings26 · 1,349 units · 15 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202611 across the 26
Open fire-code violations25
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
777 Lawrence Ave W103196190 · Sep 20241332 m
775 Lawrence Ave W103195899 · Aug 20260338 m
773 Lawrence Ave W103195997 · Jun 20262345 m
771 Lawrence Ave W · Silvana McDowell103195980 · Aug 20250353 m
3050 Dufferin Stsocial housing · Villa Charities Inc25814198397 · Jul 20251 · 8 fire379 m
96 Mulholland Ave · Mpm Inc.113196077 · Sep 20250460 m
3010 Dufferin Stsocial housing · Villa Charities Inc20210199199 · Aug 20260 · 7 fire523 m
1049 Lawrence Ave W · 3 Way Investments Ltd.203196780 · Aug 20260609 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 lots699 lots · ≈74,540 spaces · 223.6 ha
Within 500 m58 lots · ≈8,060 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 72 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking3 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Transit Road Lot - 25 Transit Rd · Surface1.9 km72 *

Nearest lots: 39 m away, ≈35 spaces; 46 m away, ≈21 spaces; 61 m away, ≈7 spaces; 63 m away, ≈47 spaces; 76 m away, ≈270 spaces; 83 m away, ≈416 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 — 14-hour, 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 16,183 vehicles. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north18,395southbound · 29 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the west1,247eastbound · 2 bikes · 3.0% heavy
Total vehicles24,8471,117 pedestrians · 56 cyclists · 4.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south5,205northbound · 25 bikes · 4.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,942 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,166 vehicles from 5:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 30, 2025

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

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 segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Apex Rd · Lawrence Ave W – Dufferin St · 0 mSep 2010 · 24 h2,15943 km/h54 km/h60 km/h
Dufferin St · Lawrence Ave W – Dane Ave · 161 mJul 2017 · 2 days16,945

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

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, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions120#905 of 5,508
With an injury16#1103 of 4,660
Property damage only77
Fail to remain29
Involving a pedestrian1#2404 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified27
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014153latest Jun 20, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 3, 2025. 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 #567 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.54× the median for a counted intersection.

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?

The nearest Green P car park is Transit Road Lot - 25 Transit Rd (1.9 km away, 72 spaces). The City's mapping shows 699 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 74,540 spaces — 58 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Dufferin & Apex by transit?

Lawrence West Station (Line 1) is 909 m away; bus routes 29, 52, 59, 400, 18, 109, 929, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dufferin St at Apex Rd South Side, 28 m).

What restaurants are near Dufferin & Apex?

28 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 105 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Caribbean Cuisine (27 m), Subway Sandwiches and Salads (32 m), Swiss Chalet (72 m), La Botana Mexicana (75 m) and La Botana Mexicana (76 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 Dufferin & Apex?

The nearest is Glen Long Community Centre Washroom, 35 Glen Long Ave, 866 m away (View centre hours). 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 Dufferin & Apex?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 559 spaces in total; 6 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 (95 m, 62 spaces), Leonardo Da Vinci Academy of Arts & Science (412 m, 32 spaces) and Columbus Early Learning Centres - St Charles (483 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Apex?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,349 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 777 Lawrence Ave W (332 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 775 Lawrence Ave W (338 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 773 Lawrence Ave W (345 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 771 Lawrence Ave W (353 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 80). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 is 89 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 Dufferin & Apex?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. 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 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

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