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Dufferin & Castlefield

Dufferin St & Castlefield Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Briar Hill-Belgravia · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Dufferin & Castlefield, in Briar Hill-Belgravia, is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: Fairbank Station (Line 5) 578 m away.

Traffic volume
36,046
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 5, 2024
2,625 pedestrians · 233 cyclists · #179 busiest
Collisions
129
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
24 with an injury · 88 property damage · #824 of 5,508 · +5 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
3
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 2 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #67 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
Fairbank Station 578 m · 7 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 2,570 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 2.2× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 14 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 13 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 3.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged down 13%, from 69 in 2016–2020 to 60 in 2021–2025. About one in 43 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Dufferin & Castlefield

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Fairbank Station (Line 5)578 m; Oakwood Station (Line 5)777 m
TTC bus
1642934146390109 nearest 22 m
Express
929
Blue Night
329334363
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Castlefield Ave at Dufferin St; Dufferin St at Castlefield Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Castlefield Ave / Roselawn Ave 174 m · 15 docks · 8 stations, 151 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)
  • St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 726 m
  • Fairbank Public SchoolEnglish Public · 751 m
  • Lycee Francais de TorontoPrivate · 830 m
  • Sts Cosmas and Damian Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 906 m
  • Fairbank Memorial Community SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Dante Alighieri Academy - Closed Til 2026English Separate · 1.2 km
  • and 10 more
Community centres
  • Glen Long Community Centre1 km
  • Fairbank Memorial Community Centre1.1 km
  • Viewmount Community Centre1.4 km
Parks (16)
  • J.t. Watson Parkette119 m
  • Dufferin Hill Park215 m
  • Walter Saunders Memorial Park340 m
  • Hillmount Parkette597 m
  • Senator Peter Bosa Parkette873 m
  • Glen Long Park946 m
  • and 10 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Maria A. Shchuka branch628 m
Signal
0612, activated 1965 · SA1 · leading pedestrian interval 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 24 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 144 eating places within a kilometre — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Toronto Pho, 33 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés24 within 300 m · 144 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Toronto Pho · 2473 Dufferin St33 mPassed, Feb 2026
California Sandwiches · 2474 Dufferin St35 mPassed, May 2026
Taste of Shawarma · 2488 Dufferin St44 mPassed, Feb 2026
Edo Japan · 1121 Castlefield Ave161 mPassed, Jun 2026
Fresh Burger · 1121 Castlefield Ave Unit-2161 mPassed, Jan 2026
Mandy's · 1121 Castlefield Ave161 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Monkey Sushi · 1121 Castlefield Ave161 mPassed, Jun 2026
Quesada Burritos& Tacos / Pita-Pit · 1121 Castlefield Ave Unit-18161 mPassed, Jan 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, 1.0 km away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 279 m away at Walter Saunders Memorial Park.

  • Glen Long Community Centre Washroom · 35 Glen Long Ave
    View centre hours
    1 km
Drinking water
Walter Saunders Memorial Park bottle filling station · 279 m; Walter Saunders Memorial Park bottle filling station · 441 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 155 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Macaulay - St. Thomas Aquinas Child Care Centre (726 m, 41 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 155 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Macaulay - St. Thomas Aquinas Child Care Centre · 636 Glenholme Ave
    41 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    726 m
  • Lycee Francais de Toronto · 2327 Dufferin St
    22 spaces · preschool
    830 m
  • Plasp Sts. Cosmas and Damian C.s · 111 Danesbury Ave
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    906 m
  • Macaulay - Marlee Child Care Centre · 145 Marlee Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    907 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 341 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 13 Division (1.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 341 · 1.1 km555 Oakwood Ave
Police13 Division · 1.2 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 11 · 1.8 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

43 registered apartment buildings with 3,487 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1050 Castlefield Ave (94 m, 64 units, 5 storeys, built 1959), which scored 99 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 66 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 13 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings43 · 3,487 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202666 across the 43
Open fire-code violations13
Tallest28 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1050 Castlefield Ave · Signet Group Inc645195999 · Jun 2025294 m
2495 Dufferin St153196097 · Jul 20262108 m
1040 Castlefield Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation444195976 · Jun 20251146 m
1030 Castlefield Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation565195689 · Jun 20251179 m
1090 Roselawn Ave · Accadia Apartments625196097 · Sep 20250211 m
178 Locksley Ave243196088 · Jul 20260280 m
1798 Eglinton Ave W · Copper Crow Property Management Ltd343193772 · Sep 20242553 m
1801 Eglinton Ave W · Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Inc413196089 · Sep 20262598 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 lots678 lots · ≈47,810 spaces · 143.4 ha
Within 500 m61 lots · ≈4,410 spaces
Green P (public)7 car parks · about 302 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking3 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Shortt St · Surface534 m13827% (Q1 2026)
1531 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1 km2041% (Q1 2026)
2054 Dufferin St · Surface1.6 km4925% (Q1 2026)
2053 Dufferin Street · Surface1.6 km23 *
995 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1.7 km3342% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 48 m away, ≈24 spaces; 55 m away, ≈38 spaces; 61 m away, ≈15 spaces; 70 m away, ≈163 spaces; 73 m away, ≈88 spaces; 80 m away, ≈8 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, Sep 5, 2024

The south leg carries the load — 11,337 northbound vehicles, or 31% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 6,015. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,227 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 10% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (2,928). Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north10,819southbound · 87 bikes · 5.0% heavy
From the west7,875eastbound · 41 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles36,0462,625 pedestrians · 233 cyclists · 4.2% heavy
From the east6,015westbound · 38 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the south11,337northbound · 67 bikes · 4.9% heavy
AM peak hour2,928 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,227 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Sep 5, 2024

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 Castlefield Ave between Fairbank Ave and Miranda Ave (358 m away) recorded an average of 47 km/h in its 24-hour count in November 2009; 85% of drivers were at or under 54 km/h. That segment carries about 14,500 vehicles a day. Dufferin St between Schell Ave and Beltline Trl measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (May 2025). The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dufferin St · Schell Ave – Beltline Trl · 206 mMay 2025 · 3 days27,25736 km/h48 km/h54 km/h
Castlefield Ave · Fairbank Ave – Miranda Ave · 358 mNov 2009 · 24 h14,46047 km/h54 km/h59 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

2024 was the peak year (17 collisions), and 2025 closed with 16. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 18 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions129#824 of 5,508
With an injury24#662 of 4,660
Property damage only88
Fail to remain18
Involving a pedestrian5#641 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1475 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 2014175latest Apr 25, 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

Of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 2 pedestrians were among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. All happened in daylight or lit conditions (citywide, 39% of KSI collisions occur in darkness). 2018 alone accounted for 2 of them. The most recent was on Oct 2, 2024. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions3#67 of 1,505
Fatal1#98 of 319
Involving a pedestrian2#67 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness00% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20064latest Oct 2, 2024

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 eight thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 75% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle850street/outdoor (6), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 27, 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 Briar Hill-Belgravia.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dufferin & Castlefield a dangerous intersection?

By serious injuries, yes: it ranks #67 of 1,505 for killed-or-seriously-injured collisions in 2016–2025. 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 & Castlefield?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. It ranks #179 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.2× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dufferin & Castlefield?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Castlefield Ave between Fairbank Ave and Miranda Ave (November 2009), found an average of 47 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 & Castlefield?

The nearest Green P car park is 9 Shortt St (534 m away, 138 spaces, 27% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 678 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 47,810 spaces — 61 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Dufferin & Castlefield by transit?

Fairbank Station (Line 5) is 578 m away; bus routes 164, 29, 34, 14, 63, 90, 109, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Castlefield Ave at Dufferin St, 22 m).

What restaurants are near Dufferin & Castlefield?

24 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 144 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Toronto Pho (33 m), California Sandwiches (35 m), Taste of Shawarma (44 m), Edo Japan (161 m) and Fresh Burger (161 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 & Castlefield?

The nearest is Glen Long Community Centre Washroom, 35 Glen Long Ave, 1.0 km 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 & Castlefield?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 155 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Macaulay - St. Thomas Aquinas Child Care Centre (726 m, 41 spaces), Lycee Francais de Toronto (830 m, 22 spaces) and Plasp Sts. Cosmas and Damian C.s (906 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Castlefield?

43 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,487 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1050 Castlefield Ave (94 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 2495 Dufferin St (108 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1040 Castlefield Ave (146 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 76) and 1030 Castlefield Ave (179 m, 56 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 43 is 88 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 & Castlefield?

Toronto Police place eight 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 Briar Hill-Belgravia page.

What neighbourhood is Dufferin & Castlefield in?

Dufferin & Castlefield is in Briar Hill-Belgravia (City of Toronto neighbourhood 108). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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