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Dufferin & Ascot

Dufferin St & Ascot Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Corso Italia-Davenport · Ward 9, Davenport

In Corso Italia-Davenport, Dufferin & Ascot is a busier-than-typical intersection. It has 3 schools within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
12,211
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 12, 2016
649 pedestrians · 35 cyclists
Collisions
47
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
10 with an injury · 34 property damage · #2156 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
1 streetcar route · 5 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 1,530 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.32× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 19 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. That comes with about 4.7 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 32%, from 28 in 2016–2020 to 19 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Dufferin & Ascot

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
512 nearest 256 m
TTC bus
291616347127 nearest 14 m
Express
929
Blue Night
312329340363
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Dufferin St at Ascot Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
7 Norton Ave 192 m · 27 docks · 11 stations, 203 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 (19)
  • Hudson CollegePrivate · 69 m
  • Stella Maris Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 97 m
  • St Clare Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 208 m
  • Loretto College SchoolEnglish Separate · 493 m
  • Rawlinson Community SchoolEnglish Public · 529 m
  • Oakwood Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 630 m
  • and 13 more
Parks (25)
  • Santa Chiara Parkette - Anne Marie D'amico Square275 m
  • Charles Brereton Park707 m
  • Nairn Park735 m
  • Roseneath Park789 m
  • Earlscourt Park947 m
  • Marble Hill Parkette1 km
  • and 19 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Dufferin/St. Clair branch370 m
  • Toronto Public Library Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre branch847 m
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch1.4 km
Signal
1767, activated 1997 · SAP · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · transit priority

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 34 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores, and 166 eating places within a kilometre — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Tacos Casa Sonora, 213 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés34 within 300 m · 166 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tacos Casa Sonora · 1688 Dufferin St213 mPassed, Aug 2026
Osmow's · 1166 St Clair Ave W221 mPassed, Jul 2026
Mc Donalds Restaurant · 1168 St Clair Ave W Flr-Main221 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Taqueria El Pastorcito · 1174 St Clair Ave W225 mPassed, Apr 2026
Tim Hortons · 1176 St Clair Ave W228 mPassed, Apr 2025
Tim Hortons · 1176 St Clair Ave W228 mPassed, Jul 2026
Sun Sun Fruit Market · 1162 St Clair Ave Wgrocery230 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizzaiolo · 1160 St Clair Ave W231 mPassed, Jul 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 Joseph J. Piccininni Community Centre Washroom, 808 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 291 m away at Santa Chiara Parkette - Anne Marie D'amico Square.

  • Joseph J. Piccininni Community Centre Washroom · 1369 St. Clair Ave W
    View centre hours
    808 m
  • Giovanni Caboto Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 1367 St. Clair Ave W
    View the facility hours
    836 m
  • Earlscourt Park Washroom · 1200 Lansdowne Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    907 m
Drinking water
Santa Chiara Parkette - Anne Marie D'amico Square drinking fountain, dog fountain · 291 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 817 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Little Angels Childcare Learning Centre (182 m, 85 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 817 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 7
  • Little Angels Childcare Learning Centre · 1695 Dufferin St
    85 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    182 m
  • Harmony Childcare Centre · 124 Northcliffe Blvd
    165 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    208 m
  • Chabad of Midtown · 1034 St Clair Ave W
    96 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    451 m
  • Rawlinson Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 40 Earnscliffe Rd
    54 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    498 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 342 (387 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (1.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 342 · 387 m106 Ascot Ave
Police11 Division · 1.7 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 30 · 1.8 km100 Turnberry Ave

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

23 registered apartment buildings with 730 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 97 Northcliffe Blvd (342 m, 10 units, 3 storeys, built 1910), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 14 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings23 · 730 units
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202614 across the 23
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
97 Northcliffe Blvd103191095 · Jul 20250342 m
1095 St Clair Ave W113195193 · Jul 20260350 m
240 Northcliffe Blvd · Agc Group Ltd464193086 · Aug 20260375 m
34 Rosecliffe Ave · Ipg Management Group264194590 · Jun 20251420 m
36 Rosecliffe Ave · Ipg Management Group264194582 · Aug 20261424 m
109 Glenholme Ave · Anchor Property Managers Inc153193075 · Jul 20240467 m
345 Westmount Ave293195280 · Jul 20250474 m
355 Westmount Ave293195270 · Jul 20240513 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 lots625 lots · ≈17,870 spaces · 53.6 ha
Within 500 m43 lots · ≈580 spaces
Green P (public)19 car parks · about 749 spaces
EV charging (City)91 Via Italia · 361 m · 12 Level 2 ports
Bike parking15 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
154 Westmount Avenue · Surface193 m14 *
7 Norton Ave · Surface198 m6260% (Q1 2026)
94 Northcliffe Blvd · Surface370 m1380% (Q1 2026)
91 Via Italia · Garage385 m16929% (Q1 2026)
141 Greenlaw Ave · Surface535 m5445% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 65 m away, ≈7 spaces; 71 m away, ≈9 spaces; 119 m away, ≈18 spaces; 142 m away, ≈10 spaces; 144 m away, ≈13 spaces; 166 m away, ≈13 spaces. More EV charging: 580 Christie St (1.5 km, 2 ports).

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, Apr 12, 2016

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 5,975 northbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 580. Most cyclists arrived from the north (30 of 35). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,874 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 9% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (1,722). Heavy vehicles made up 4.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, not today's volume. 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 north5,656southbound · 30 bikes · 4.6% heavy
From the west580eastbound · 2 bikes · 1.4% heavy
Total vehicles12,211649 pedestrians · 35 cyclists · 4.6% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south5,975northbound · 3 bikes · 5.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,722 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,874 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 12, 2016

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 Dufferin St between Norton Ave and Ascot Ave (81 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 46 km/h. That segment carries about 22,600 vehicles a day. Ascot Ave between Dufferin St and Lane W of Dufferin and S of Ascot measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Jan 2020).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ascot Ave · Dufferin St – Lane W of Dufferin and S of Ascot · 62 mJan 2020 · 2 days1,07530 km/h38 km/h44 km/h
Dufferin St · Norton Ave – Ascot Ave · 81 mMar 2026 · 3 days22,60536 km/h46 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

2017 was the peak year (7 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 21% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% 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 May 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions47#2156 of 5,508
With an injury10#1696 of 4,660
Property damage only34
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian2#1668 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201458latest May 23, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Apr 30, 2012.

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 one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on May 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle112house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft100other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 20, 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 Corso Italia-Davenport.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dufferin & Ascot a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 47 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 & Ascot?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 12, 2016, 1.32× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dufferin & Ascot?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dufferin St between Norton Ave and Ascot Ave (March 2026), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 46 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dufferin & Ascot?

The nearest Green P car park is 154 Westmount Avenue (193 m away, 14 spaces). The City's mapping shows 625 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,870 spaces — 43 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 91 Via Italia (361 m).

How do I get to Dufferin & Ascot by transit?

Streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 256 m away; bus routes 29, 161, 63, 47, 127, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dufferin St at Ascot Ave, 14 m).

What restaurants are near Dufferin & Ascot?

34 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 166 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tacos Casa Sonora (213 m), Osmow's (221 m), Mc Donalds Restaurant (221 m), Taqueria El Pastorcito (225 m) and Tim Hortons (228 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 & Ascot?

The nearest is Joseph J. Piccininni Community Centre Washroom, 1369 St. Clair Ave W, 808 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Giovanni Caboto Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom (836 m); Earlscourt Park Washroom (907 m). 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 & Ascot?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 817 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Little Angels Childcare Learning Centre (182 m, 85 spaces), Harmony Childcare Centre (208 m, 165 spaces) and Chabad of Midtown (451 m, 96 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Ascot?

23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 730 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 97 Northcliffe Blvd (342 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 1095 St Clair Ave W (350 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 240 Northcliffe Blvd (375 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 34 Rosecliffe Ave (420 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 is 85 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 & Ascot?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 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 Corso Italia-Davenport page.

What neighbourhood is Dufferin & Ascot in?

Dufferin & Ascot is in Corso Italia-Davenport (City of Toronto neighbourhood 092). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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