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Dufferin & Holmesdale

Dufferin St & Holmesdale Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Oakwood Village · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Dufferin & Holmesdale, in Oakwood Village, is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is Fairbank Station (Line 5) 807 m away.

Traffic volume
12,682
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 12, 2016
469 pedestrians · 14 cyclists
Collisions
49
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
13 with an injury · 33 property damage · #2092 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Fairbank Station 807 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,590 vehicles, 1.37× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 27 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 4.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 31%, from 29 in 2016–2020 to 20 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Dufferin & Holmesdale

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)807 m
TTC bus
2916163903447 nearest 17 m
Express
929
Blue Night
329363334
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Dufferin St at Martin St; Dufferin St at Holmesdale Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Harvie Ave / Rogers Rd 681 m · 19 docks · 7 stations, 138 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)
  • St John Bosco Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 256 m
  • D'arcy McGee Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 541 m
  • Lycee Francais de TorontoPrivate · 567 m
  • Balanced Education Network B.e.n. SchoolPrivate · 600 m
  • Fairbank Public SchoolEnglish Public · 646 m
  • Fairbank Memorial Community SchoolEnglish Public · 731 m
  • and 13 more
Community centres
Parks (18)
  • Marble Hill Parkette291 m
  • Fairbank Memorial Park361 m
  • Charles Caccia Park537 m
  • Nairn Park591 m
  • Senator Peter Bosa Parkette666 m
  • Charles Brereton Park826 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre branch768 m
  • Toronto Public Library Maria A. Shchuka branch837 m
  • Toronto Public Library Dufferin/St. Clair branch1.4 km
Signal
0611, activated 1966 · SA2 · 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 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 112 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Sol Nascente Restaurant, 164 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2025.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 112 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 27 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sol Nascente Restaurant · 2075 Dufferin St164 mPassed, Apr 2025
Cantina Minhoto · 2075 Dufferin St165 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
X Events Space · 2060 Dufferin St192 mPassed, Oct 2025
Doce Minho Pastry & Bakery · 2189 Dufferin Stgrocery193 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Doce Minho Pastry & Bakery · 2189 Dufferin Stgrocery193 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Branzy's Chill N Grill · 2056 Dufferin St Flr-N/A203 mPassed, Jun 2026
Mega Save · 2011 Dufferin St340 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Pepe's Kitchen · 382 Northcliffe Blvd413 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 Fairbank Memorial Community Centre Washroom, 303 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 303 m away at Marble Hill Parkette (currently off).

  • Fairbank Memorial Community Centre Washroom · 2213 Dufferin St
    View centre hours
    303 m
Drinking water
Marble Hill Parkette drinking fountain · 303 m · off; Charles Caccia Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 532 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 548 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Bernadette's Family Resource Centre (541 m, 56 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 548 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 9
  • St. Bernadette's Family Resource Centre · 20 Bansley Ave
    56 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    541 m
  • Aboriginal Head Start - Epnigishmok · 20 Bansley Ave
    16 spaces · preschool
    541 m
  • Lycee Francais de Toronto · 2327 Dufferin St
    22 spaces · preschool
    567 m
  • Fairbank Memorial Day Care Centre · 555 Harvie Ave
    87 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    731 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 341 (826 m), the nearest police station 13 Division (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 341 · 826 m555 Oakwood Ave
Police13 Division · 1.4 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 30 · 1.9 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

41 registered apartment buildings with 2,593 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, six of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2204 Dufferin St (218 m, 28 units, 4 storeys, built 1959), which scored 72 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 67 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 13 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings41 · 2,593 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score84 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202667 across the 41
Open fire-code violations13
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2204 Dufferin St · 2204 - 2208 Dufferin Inc.284195972 · Jul 20264218 m
2208 Dufferin St · 2204 - 2208 Dufferin Inc.184195989 · Jul 20253246 m
2036 Dufferin St · Glendale Properties Inc.123195074 · Jul 20251256 m
65 Dynevor Rd · Hazelview Property Services Inc909196784 · Aug 20243357 m
370 Westmount Ave293195076 · Jul 20250418 m
375 Westmount Ave · Olympia Properties Inc.303195388 · Jul 20240427 m
365 Westmount Ave293195275 · Jul 20240460 m
355 Westmount Ave293195270 · Jul 20240495 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 lots627 lots · ≈27,280 spaces · 81.8 ha
Within 500 m34 lots · ≈690 spaces
Green P (public)19 car parks · about 757 spaces
EV charging (City)91 Via Italia · 1.3 km · 12 Level 2 ports
Bike parking4 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2054 Dufferin St · Surface227 m4925% (Q1 2026)
2053 Dufferin Street · Surface238 m23 *
406 Oakwood Ave · Surface651 m1757% (Q1 2026)
341 Oakwood Avenue · Surface776 m22 *
9 Shortt St · Surface890 m13827% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 23 m away, ≈8 spaces; 42 m away, ≈38 spaces; 46 m away, ≈18 spaces; 109 m away, ≈9 spaces; 129 m away, ≈14 spaces; 143 m away, ≈29 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 — 8-hour, Apr 12, 2016

The south leg carries the load — 6,467 northbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 124. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,910 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,945 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.8% 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 north5,855southbound · 6 bikes · 4.7% heavy
From the west236eastbound · 3 bikes · 3.0% heavy
Total vehicles12,682469 pedestrians · 14 cyclists · 4.8% heavy
From the east124westbound · 0 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the south6,467northbound · 5 bikes · 5.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,910 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,945 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 Preston Rd and Rowan Ave (342 m away) recorded an average of 49 km/h in its 2-day count in July 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 58 km/h. That segment carries about 17,300 vehicles a day. Holmesdale Rd between Dufferin St and Dhir Mews measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (May 2007).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Holmesdale Rd · Dufferin St – Dhir Mews · 8 mMay 2007 · 3 days86933 km/h43 km/h48 km/h
Dufferin St · Preston Rd – Rowan Ave · 342 mJul 2023 · 2 days17,30649 km/h58 km/h64 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

2016 was the peak year (11 collisions), and 2025 closed with 7. 27% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% 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 Jun 3, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions49#2092 of 5,508
With an injury13#1346 of 4,660
Property damage only33
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian2#1673 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201461latest Jun 3, 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. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jul 12, 2013.

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), house driveway/garage (1)
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 Oakwood Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dufferin & Holmesdale a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 49 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 & Holmesdale?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 12, 2016, 1.37× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dufferin & Holmesdale?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dufferin St between Preston Rd and Rowan Ave (July 2023), found an average of 49 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dufferin & Holmesdale?

The nearest Green P car park is 2054 Dufferin St (227 m away, 49 spaces, 25% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 627 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,280 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 91 Via Italia (1.3 km).

How do I get to Dufferin & Holmesdale by transit?

Fairbank Station (Line 5) is 807 m away; bus routes 29, 161, 63, 90, 34, 47, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dufferin St at Martin St, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Dufferin & Holmesdale?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 112 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sol Nascente Restaurant (164 m), Cantina Minhoto (165 m), X Events Space (192 m), Branzy's Chill N Grill (203 m) and Mega Save (340 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 & Holmesdale?

The nearest is Fairbank Memorial Community Centre Washroom, 2213 Dufferin St, 303 m 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 & Holmesdale?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 548 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Bernadette's Family Resource Centre (541 m, 56 spaces), Aboriginal Head Start - Epnigishmok (541 m, 16 spaces) and Lycee Francais de Toronto (567 m, 22 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Holmesdale?

41 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,593 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2204 Dufferin St (218 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 72), 2208 Dufferin St (246 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 2036 Dufferin St (256 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74) and 65 Dynevor Rd (357 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 41 is 84 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 & Holmesdale?

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 Oakwood Village page.

What neighbourhood is Dufferin & Holmesdale in?

Dufferin & Holmesdale is in Oakwood Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 107). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined