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Dufferin & Florence

Dufferin St & Florence St · Toronto, Ontario · Little Portugal · Ward 9, Davenport

In Little Portugal, in central Toronto, Dufferin & Florence is a moderately travelled crossing, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has a multi-use trail and a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 16 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
14,028
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 25, 2026
1,833 pedestrians · 810 cyclists · #1378 busiest
Collisions
31
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
10 with an injury · 14 property damage · #2744 of 5,508 · +2 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
5 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,000 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 8 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 5.8% of vehicle volume, about 7.5× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 3.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged up 7%, from 15 in 2016–2020 to 16 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Dufferin & Florence

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
505501506504508 nearest 395 m
TTC bus
294024763 nearest 83 m
Express
929
Blue Night
305301306304329363
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Dufferin St at Gordon St
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Dufferin St installed 2018
Bike Share
Alma Ave / Gladstone Ave SMART 191 m · 15 docks · 29 stations, 544 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 (22)
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the GroveEnglish Public · 96 m
  • Shirley St Jr & City View AlternativeEnglish Public · 608 m
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 626 m
  • The Orchard Montessori SchoolPrivate · 808 m
  • St Helen Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 840 m
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 853 m
  • and 16 more
Parks (40)
  • Pessoa Park304 m
  • McCormick Park307 m
  • Pat Capponi Parkette343 m
  • Parkdale Amphitheatre406 m
  • Gwynne Avenue Parkette472 m
  • Osler Playground627 m
  • and 34 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch563 m
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 637 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 344 eating places within a kilometre — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 450/ Rooms Coffee, 87 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2024 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 344 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 56 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
450/ Rooms Coffee · 450 Dufferin St87 mPassed, Jul 2024 · 2 infractions
Iren's Grocery · 528 Dufferin Stgrocery101 mPassed, Dec 2023
C.o.r.e. · 41 Alma Ave Flr-2nd Flr None120 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Fix Coffee + Bikes · 80 Gladstone Ave172 mPassed, Aug 2026
H-N Grocery Ltd. · 554 Dufferin Stgrocery198 mPassed, Dec 2023 · 1 infraction
G Mercato · 440 Dufferin St206 mPassed, Jul 2024
McCormick Park Cafe · 66 Sheridan Ave315 mPassed, Oct 2024 · 1 infraction
Larry's Back Pocket · 1413 Dundas St W378 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 Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom, 293 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 306 m away at McCormick Park.

  • Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · 66 Sheridan Ave
    View centre hours
    293 m
  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    646 m
Drinking water
McCormick Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 306 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

16 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,245 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Alexander Muir Gladstone Jr YMCA (96 m, 120 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km16 centres · 1,245 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 16
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Jr YMCA · 108 Gladstone Ave
    120 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    96 m
  • Bumble Bee Garden Child Care Ltd. · 1275 Dundas St W
    28 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    544 m
  • Shirley Street Jr YMCA · 38 Shirley St
    103 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    608 m
  • Parkdale Childcare Centre · 78 Seaforth Ave
    177 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    626 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (717 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (678 m) and the nearest ambulance station 427 m away.

FireFire Station 426 · 717 m140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 678 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 427 m1288 Queen St W

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

71 registered apartment buildings with 6,152 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 19 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 410 Dufferin St (193 m, 198 units, 10 storeys, built 2021), which scored 100 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 71 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 144 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 32 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings71 · 6,152 units · 19 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026144 across the 71
Open fire-code violations32
Tallest35 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
410 Dufferin St · Rhapsody Property Management Services198102021100 · Jul 20255 · 1 fire193 m
400 Dufferin St · Rhapsody Property Management Service15213202199 · Jul 20255 · 1 fire242 m
34 Noble St · Cogir Real Estate183193591 · Jun 20252362 m
225 Gladstone Ave · Gulburg Inc.274191187 · Jul 20250379 m
1525 Dundas St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1066195979 · Jul 20255403 m
1505 Dundas St W123191173 · Jul 20250423 m
12 Rusholme Dr · Signet Group Inc.294195596 · Jun 20250470 m
1176 Queen St W253191554 · Jul 20260473 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 lots659 lots · ≈26,500 spaces · 79.5 ha
Within 500 m47 lots · ≈1,070 spaces
Green P (public)26 car parks · about 1,787 spaces
EV charging (City)45 Abell St · 706 m · 12 Level 2 + 4 fast ports
Bike parking21 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 70 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface631 m8over 100% (Q1 2026)
1325 Queen St W · Surface637 m3294% (Q1 2026)
45 Abell St · Garage671 m12460% (Q1 2026)
146 Harrison St · Surface672 m7968% (Q1 2026)
9 Bonar Pl · Surface816 m3471% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 60 m away, ≈10 spaces; 85 m away, ≈35 spaces; 88 m away, ≈37 spaces; 127 m away, ≈46 spaces; 160 m away, ≈89 spaces; 166 m away, ≈26 spaces. More EV charging: 1051 Queen Street W (804 m, 2 ports); 1224 KING ST W (805 m, 2 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (880 m, 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 — 14-hour, Jul 25, 2026 (a weekend day)

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 8,400 northbound vehicles, or 60% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 484. Most cyclists arrived from the west (368 of 810). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,271 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 27% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (997). Heavy vehicles made up 4.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north5,144southbound · 224 bikes · 5.2% heavy
From the west484eastbound · 368 bikes · 1.2% heavy
Total vehicles14,0281,833 pedestrians · 810 cyclists · 4.9% heavy
From the east0westbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south8,400northbound · 217 bikes · 4.9% heavy
AM peak hour997 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,271 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jul 25, 2026 · weekend

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 Waterloo Ave and Florence St (28 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 18,000 vehicles a day. Florence St between Lane W of Dufferin and N of Florence and Sheridan Ave measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 32 km/h (Jul 2026). At the school-zone speed sign on Dufferin St (70 m away, 30 km/h limit), 38% of the 279,345 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Florence Street between Dufferin St and Brock Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dufferin St · Waterloo Ave – Florence St · 28 mApr 2024 · 3 days18,04639 km/h47 km/h52 km/h
Florence St · Lane W of Dufferin and N of Florence – Sheridan Ave · 107 mJul 2026 · 7 days1,77323 km/h32 km/h35 km/h

School-zone speed sign 70 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct37 · 46 km/h
Over the limit63%
40 km/h or more38%

Dufferin St (northbound), 447 Dufferin Street · 279,345 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Florence Street · Dufferin St – Brock Ave
    4 speed humps

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

2018 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 32% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 26% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 29% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions31#2744 of 5,508
With an injury10#1704 of 4,660
Property damage only14
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian3#1240 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist6#328 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201440latest Jun 24, 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 five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 80% 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 vehicle510street/outdoor (4), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 23, 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 Little Portugal.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dufferin & Florence a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 31 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 & Florence?

A moderately travelled crossing. It ranks #1378 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dufferin & Florence?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dufferin St between Waterloo Ave and Florence St (April 2024), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 70 m away (30 km/h), 38% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Dufferin & Florence?

The nearest Green P car park is 110 Dovercourt Rd (631 m away, 8 spaces). The City's mapping shows 659 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,500 spaces — 47 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 45 Abell St (706 m).

How do I get to Dufferin & Florence by transit?

Streetcar routes 505, 501, 506, 504 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 395 m away; bus routes 29, 402, 47, 63, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dufferin St at Gordon St, 83 m).

What restaurants are near Dufferin & Florence?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 344 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are 450/ Rooms Coffee (87 m), C.o.r.e. (120 m), Fix Coffee + Bikes (172 m), G Mercato (206 m) and McCormick Park Cafe (315 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 & Florence?

The nearest is Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom, 66 Sheridan Ave, 293 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom (646 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 & Florence?

16 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,245 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Alexander Muir Gladstone Jr YMCA (96 m, 120 spaces), Bumble Bee Garden Child Care Ltd. (544 m, 28 spaces) and Shirley Street Jr YMCA (608 m, 103 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Florence?

71 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,152 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 410 Dufferin St (193 m, 198 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 400 Dufferin St (242 m, 152 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 34 Noble St (362 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 225 Gladstone Ave (379 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 71 is 88 out of 100; 3 scored below 70. 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 & Florence?

Toronto Police place five 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 Little Portugal page.

What neighbourhood is Dufferin & Florence in?

Dufferin & Florence is in Little Portugal (City of Toronto neighbourhood 084). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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