Dufferin & Castlefield

Traffic volume14-hour count · 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 16,177 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 2,928 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,227 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

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, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 25, 2026.

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.

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.

How fast traffic moves here

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. The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 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) — a much more recent reading than the one above.

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.

The crossing

Signal 0612, activated 1965 · leading pedestrian interval East/West · transit priority

Not within a walk: a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food21/30

  3 grocery stores within 1 km · 21 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit21/28

  Fairbank Station 0.6 km · 7 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go5/14

  library 812 m away

• Parks and recreation7/10

  3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km

• Schools and child care2/8

  nearest school 0.8 km · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km

• Crossing on foot6/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking

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.

24 registered apartment buildings with 1,795 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, six of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1050 Castlefield Ave (108 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 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

24 registered buildings · 1,795 units · 6 social housing · tallest 17 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.

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.

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.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 5, 2024.
• 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: 43.70076, -79.45177 · centreline node 13458159.