Toronto · intersection · signal 1197

Dufferin & Martin Ross

Dufferin St & Martin Ross Ave · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

In York University Heights, Dufferin & Martin Ross is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
22,063
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 30, 2023
172 pedestrians · 33 cyclists · #733 busiest
Collisions
110
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
25 with an injury · 69 property damage · #1003 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,580 vehicles an hour, 1.36× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 128 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 11 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.0 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged up 8%, from 53 in 2016–2020 to 57 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Dufferin & Martin Ross

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
10510736104 nearest 13 m
Express
939
Blue Night
329336
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Dufferin St at Martin Ross Ave
Regional
York Region Transit 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Martin Ross Dr13 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Dufferin St / Finch Corridor Trail 254 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 57 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 (6)
  • Bright Start Academy SchoolPrivate · 217 m
  • Wilmington Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Nygh Outpatient and Community Services Centre/Urban InternationalPrivate · 1 km
  • Charles H Best Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Adelfiha's Christian AcademyPrivate · 1.4 km
  • Forest Valley Outdoor Education CentreEnglish Public · 1.5 km
Parks (6)
  • G. Ross Lord Park613 m
  • Garthdale Parkette1.1 km
  • Bayhampton Parkette1.2 km
  • Robert Hicks Park1.3 km
  • Hidden Trail Park1.3 km
  • West Don Parkland1.5 km
Signal
1197, activated 1977 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 44. The nearest is Pizzaiolo, 94 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pizzaiolo · 4700 Dufferin St94 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Rumeli · 4700 Dufferin St Unit-694 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Coppa's Fresh Market · 4750 Dufferin Stgrocery203 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Kb Global Trading · 24 Martin Ross Ave Unit-1207 mPassed, Aug 2026
Kibo Food Station · 24 Martin Ross Ave Unit-4grocery207 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Bread House · 4610 Dufferin St Unit-18b314 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Anush Market · 319 Supertest Rdgrocery333 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Fred's Bread · 45 Brisbane Rd Unit-14405 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions

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 G. Ross Lord Park Sport Pavillion Washroom, 674 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 465 m away at G. Ross Lord Park.

  • G. Ross Lord Park Sport Pavillion Washroom · 4801 Dufferin St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    674 m
Drinking water
G. Ross Lord Park drinking fountain · 465 m; G. Ross Lord Park drinking fountain · 578 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 230 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sunburst Children's Centre (673 m, 41 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km3 centres · 230 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Sunburst Children's Centre · 4905 Dufferin St
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    673 m
  • Playland Ltd - Daycare Centre · 5050 Dufferin St
    18 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    920 m
  • Wilmington Best Child Care Centre · 330 Wilmington Ave
    171 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 112 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (4.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 112 · 1.9 km5700 Bathurst St
Police32 Division · 4.3 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 1.5 km4330 Dufferin St

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

Within a kilometre there are three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 235 rental units. The nearest is 715 Finch Ave W (833 m, 85 units, 11 storeys, built 1970), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 2 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings3 · 235 units
RentSafeTO score94 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20262 across the 3
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
715 Finch Ave W · Ranee Management8511197088 · Aug 20242833 m
711 Finch Ave W000850 m
707 Finch Ave W · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc1507196499 · Jul 20260874 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 lots330 lots · ≈102,320 spaces · 307 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈6,070 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 51 m away, ≈98 spaces; 64 m away, ≈259 spaces; 129 m away, ≈64 spaces; 139 m away, ≈395 spaces; 163 m away, ≈51 spaces; 205 m away, ≈141 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, Nov 30, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 10,767 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 39 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,090 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,015 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north10,274southbound · 7 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the west983eastbound · 4 bikes · 4.8% heavy
Total vehicles22,063172 pedestrians · 33 cyclists · 4.1% heavy
From the east39westbound · 4 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south10,767northbound · 18 bikes · 4.1% heavy
AM peak hour3,090 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour3,015 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 30, 2023

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

On Dufferin St between Martin Ross Ave and Supertest Rd, 155 m from the corner, a 2-day count in September 2019 put the average speed at 55 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 65 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 71 km/h or more. That segment carries about 31,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dufferin St · Martin Ross Ave – Supertest Rd · 155 mSep 2019 · 2 days31,15255 km/h65 km/h71 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

The worst year was 2019, with 19 collisions; 2025 recorded 18. 25 collisions (23%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 18 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.0 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions110#1003 of 5,508
With an injury25#639 of 4,660
Property damage only69
Fail to remain18
Involving a pedestrian1#2418 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1763 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014157latest Jun 18, 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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jul 18, 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

Seven thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 57% 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 vehicle720street/outdoor (4), commercial premises (3)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 11, 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 York University Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dufferin & Martin Ross a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 110 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 & Martin Ross?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #733 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.36× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dufferin & Martin Ross?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dufferin St between Martin Ross Ave and Supertest Rd (September 2019), found an average of 55 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 65 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dufferin & Martin Ross?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 330 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 102,320 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Dufferin & Martin Ross by transit?

Bus routes 105, 107, 36, 104, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dufferin St at Martin Ross Ave, 13 m); York Region Transit route 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Martin Ross Dr.

What restaurants are near Dufferin & Martin Ross?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 44 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizzaiolo (94 m), Rumeli (94 m), Kb Global Trading (207 m), Bread House (314 m) and Fred's Bread (405 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 & Martin Ross?

The nearest is G. Ross Lord Park Sport Pavillion Washroom, 4801 Dufferin St, 674 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 & Martin Ross?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 230 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sunburst Children's Centre (673 m, 41 spaces), Playland Ltd - Daycare Centre (920 m, 18 spaces) and Wilmington Best Child Care Centre (1.0 km, 171 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Martin Ross?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 235 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 715 Finch Ave W (833 m, 85 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 711 Finch Ave W (850 m) and 707 Finch Ave W (874 m, 150 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 94 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 & Martin Ross?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 York University Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Dufferin & Martin Ross in?

Dufferin & Martin Ross is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the DuKe Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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