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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 volume8-hour count · Nov 12, 2014
This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 14,224 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 59% of the total, against 784 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,414 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,506 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 12 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2014, 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.
Peak hours: 3,414 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,506 from 4:45 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 14 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 17 collisions (24%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 6, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Aug 17, 2017. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 72 | #1508 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 17 | #1030 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 51 | |
| Fail to remain | 5 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 4 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 9 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Aug 17, 2017 |
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 2006
On Cartwright Ave between Dufferin St and Jane Osler Blvd, 120 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in March 2006 put the average speed at 37 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 20 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Cartwright Avenue between Paul David St and Dufferin St.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartwright Ave · Dufferin St – Jane Osler Blvd · 120 m | Mar 2006 · 24 h | 2,046 | 37 km/h | 45 km/h | 50 km/h |
| Dufferin St · Ranee Ave – Glen Belle Cres · 188 m | Oct 2012 · 3 days | 24,211 | — | — | — |
- Traffic calming
- Cartwright Avenue (Paul David St – Dufferin St): 3 speed humps
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
- Subway
- Yorkdale Station (Line 1)853 m · 10 min
- GO Transit
- GO bus 92 Oshawa / Yorkdale 27 Milton / North York 33 Guelph / North York 19 Mississauga / North York 94 Pickering / Square One 36 Brampton / North York Express at Yorkdale Bus Terminal766 m · 9 min
- TTC bus
- 29 18 109 96 101 118 119 120 165 184 nearest 112 m
- Express
- 929 996
- Blue Night
- 329 396
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- 5 York Garden Way 243 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 26 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
- 1 car park · about 72 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 26 mapped lots within 500 m, 351 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transit Road Lot - 25 Transit Rd · Surface | 1.5 km | 72 * | — |
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 Micchys African Caribbean Market, 861 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 11 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 108 — 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Hamov Fine Food, 91 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Quiick Medicine, 462 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Hamov Fine Food · 3350 Dufferin St91 m
- It's Fun · 16 McAdam Ave Unit-501 None146 m
- Tim Hortons · 3321 Dufferin St147 m
- Popeye's · 3317 Dufferin St166 m
- Bar Burrito · 3300 Dufferin St Bldg-C285 m · 3 min
- Grocery
- Micchys African Caribbean Market 861 m · 10 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Grande Cheese Company 493 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Quiick Medicine 462 m · 6 min · 5 within 1 km
- Child care
- Bloomsbury Academy Sloane · 80 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten588 m · 7 min
- Start Right Child Care Centre · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day722 m · 9 min
- Network Child Care Services - Dane Avenue Child Care Centre · 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 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 (7)
- Jane Osler Park274 m · 3 min
- Ranee Park415 m · 5 min
- Yorkdale Park891 m · 11 min
- Conlands Parkette1 km · 12 min
- Dane Parkette1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools (8)
- The Sterling Hall SchoolPrivate · 591 m · 7 min
- Yorkdale Secondary School & Adult Learning CentreEnglish Public · 722 m · 9 min
- Lawrence Heights Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 897 m · 11 min
- Leonardo Da Vinci AcademyPrivate · 1.4 km · 16 min
- Fieldstone Day SchoolPrivate · 1.4 km · 17 min
- Places of interest
- Yorkdale Shopping CentreLandmark · 656 m · 8 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 community centre, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,523 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
Within a kilometre there are six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 148 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 96 Mulholland Ave (447 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 77 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 Mulholland Ave · Mpm Inc. | 11 | 3 | 1960 | 77 · Sep 2025 | 447 m · 5 min |
| 5 Hartham Pl · Knrs Properties Inc | 26 | 3 | 1959 | 94 · Aug 2026 | 757 m · 9 min |
| 3 Hartham Pl | 11 | 3 | 1958 | 93 · Aug 2026 | 812 m · 10 min |
| 17 Anthony Rd · Westhaven Property Management Inc. | 11 | 3 | 1950 | 79 · Jul 2025 | 903 m · 11 min |
| 23 Anthony Rd | 12 | 3 | 1958 | 90 · Jul 2026 | 1 km · 11 min |
| 20 Zachary Crt Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 77 | 7 | 2018 | 97 · Aug 2025 | 1 km · 12 min |
6 registered buildings · 148 units · 1 social housing · tallest 7 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Dufferin & Cartwright a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 72 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 Dufferin & Cartwright?
A high-volume crossing at the City's last count here, in 2014. Its latest count is from Nov 12, 2014, 2.6× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Dufferin & Cartwright a walkable intersection?
Dufferin & Cartwright scores 51 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,523 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: Yorkdale Station 0.9 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 15 routes within 1 km; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 11 places to eat within 300 m; 2 parks within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at Dufferin & Cartwright?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Cartwright Ave between Dufferin St and Jane Osler Blvd (March 2006), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Dufferin & Cartwright?
The nearest Green P car park is Transit Road Lot - 25 Transit Rd (1.5 km away, 72 spaces). The City's mapping shows 351 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 44,320 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Dufferin & Cartwright by transit?
Yorkdale Station (Line 1) is 853 m away; bus routes 29, 18, 109, 96, 101, 118, 119, 120 and 4 more within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Dufferin & Cartwright?
11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 108 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Hamov Fine Food (91 m), It's Fun (146 m), Tim Hortons (147 m), Popeye's (166 m) and Bar Burrito (285 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Dufferin & Cartwright?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 404 m away at Ranee Park.
Is there child care near Dufferin & Cartwright?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 191 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bloomsbury Academy Sloane (588 m, 80 spaces), Start Right Child Care Centre (722 m, 49 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Dane Avenue Child Care Centre (1.0 km, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Cartwright?
Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 148 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 96 Mulholland Ave (447 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 5 Hartham Pl (757 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 3 Hartham Pl (812 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 17 Anthony Rd (903 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 79). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 88 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is Dufferin & Cartwright in?
Dufferin & Cartwright 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 Nov 12, 2014.
- 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; Traffic Calming Database.
- 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).
- 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: 43.72385, -79.45690 · centreline node 13454504.