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Dufferin & Melbourne

Dufferin St & Melbourne Ave · Toronto, Ontario · South Parkdale · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

Dufferin & Melbourne is an intersection of typical volume, with significant cycling traffic. It sits in South Parkdale, in central Toronto. At the corner: parks. Nearby: Exhibition GO 918 m away and 14 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
12,002
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 5, 2024
2,745 pedestrians · 741 cyclists · #1540 busiest
Collisions
47
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 35 property damage · #2165 of 5,508 · +3 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 streetcar routes · 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 860 vehicles an hour, 74% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 4 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 6.2% of vehicle volume, about 8.0× the typical share. On average 4.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 3.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 19%, from 26 in 2016–2020 to 21 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Dufferin & Melbourne

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Exhibition GO — Lakeshore West918 m
Streetcar
501504508505 nearest 183 m
TTC bus
294026347 nearest 12 m
Express
929
Blue Night
301304305329363
Nearest stops
13 surface stops within 300 m — Dufferin St at Melbourne Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Dufferin St / King St W 167 m · 23 docks · 30 stations, 546 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 (13)
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 575 m
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the GroveEnglish Public · 609 m
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 659 m
  • Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public SchoolEnglish Public · 744 m
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 767 m
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 7 more
Parks (40)
  • Melbourne Avenue Parkette64 m
  • Gwynne Avenue Parkette194 m
  • Rita Cox Park200 m
  • Parkdale Amphitheatre221 m
  • Dufferin - King Park292 m
  • Pessoa Park320 m
  • and 34 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch383 m
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 465 m
  • Medieval Times Dinner and TournamentPerforming Arts · 905 m
  • Queen Elizabeth TheatrePerforming Arts · 1 km
  • BMO FieldSports / Entertainment Venue · 1.1 km
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 1.2 km
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 1.4 km
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1.4 km

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 41 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 8 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 314 — 4.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Matt's Burger Lab, 163 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés41 within 300 m · 314 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience8 within 300 m · 54 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bom Dia Cafe & Bakery · 1205 Queen St W Unit-3grocery163 mPassed, Jun 2026
Matt's Burger Lab · 1205 Queen St W Unit-4163 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Queen and Dufferin Convenience · 1205 Queen St Wgrocery163 mPassed, Nov 2024
Samosa Boulevard · 1210 King St W168 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Dollarama · 1182 King St Wgrocery173 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 1224 King St W178 mPassed, Aug 2026
Pho Asia 21 · 1208 King St W181 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Rebecca Lounge · 1212 King St W183 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction

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 Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 425 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 54 m away at Melbourne Avenue Parkette.

  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    425 m
  • Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · 66 Sheridan Ave
    View centre hours
    863 m
Drinking water
Melbourne Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 54 m; Rita Cox Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 206 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 802 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bonaventure Child Care Centre (81 m, 67 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km11 centres · 802 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 11
  • Bonaventure Child Care Centre · 295 Dufferin St
    67 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    81 m
  • Kids & Company King and Highline · 1100 King St W
    74 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    465 m
  • Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria · 141 Close Ave
    25 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    575 m
  • Sunflower House · 162 Dunn Ave
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    592 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 346 (936 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 247 m away.

FireFire Station 346 · 936 m90 Quebec St
Police14 Division · 1.2 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 247 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

Within a kilometre there are 118 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 10,035 rental units, 5.1× the median for a Toronto intersection — 23 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 345 Dufferin St (60 m, 200 units, 8 storeys, built 1984), which scored 83 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 118 scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 281 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 71 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings118 · 10,035 units · 23 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026281 across the 118
Open fire-code violations71
Tallest35 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
345 Dufferin Stsocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd.2008198483 · Jul 2025360 m
295 Dufferin St001581 m
300 Dufferin StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation114719802116 m
1245 King St Wsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes393198789 · Jul 20252242 m
3 Elm Grove Ave · Tga Management Services123193193 · Jul 20260265 m
180 Sudbury Stsocial housing · St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society19018201182 · Sep 20242 · 2 fire267 m
1 Elm Grove Ave123193184 · Jul 20260273 m
1251 King St W · Signet Group Inc18914197289 · Jul 20262300 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 lots530 lots · ≈24,580 spaces · 73.7 ha
Within 500 m79 lots · ≈2,630 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 1,606 spaces
EV charging (City)1224 KING ST W · 196 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking81 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 76 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
45 Abell St · Garage362 m12460% (Q1 2026)
1155 King Street West · Surface440 m269 *
1325 Queen St W · Surface474 m3294% (Q1 2026)
110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface555 m8over 100% (Q1 2026)
34 Hanna Ave · Surface707 m14669% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 29 m away, ≈8 spaces; 36 m away, ≈34 spaces; 67 m away, ≈12 spaces; 77 m away, ≈34 spaces; 133 m away, ≈26 spaces; 148 m away, ≈67 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (363 m, 16 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (702 m, 2 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (1.2 km, 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, Sep 5, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 6,041 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 305 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the south (333 of 741). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 955 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,003 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 7.0% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north6,041southbound · 309 bikes · 7.1% heavy
From the west305eastbound · 81 bikes · 4.3% heavy
Total vehicles12,0022,745 pedestrians · 741 cyclists · 7.0% heavy
From the east372westbound · 18 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the south5,284northbound · 333 bikes · 7.3% heavy
AM peak hour955 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,003 vehicles from 5:00 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

On Melbourne Ave between Dufferin St and Lane W of Dufferin and S of Melbourne, 23 m from the corner, a 2-day count in November 2021 put the average speed at 25 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 34 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 39 km/h or more. That segment carries about 400 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Melbourne Ave · Dufferin St – Lane W of Dufferin and S of Melbourne · 23 mNov 2021 · 2 days43325 km/h34 km/h39 km/h
Dufferin St · Milky Way – Queen St W · 165 mJul 2017 · 2 days8,320

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 2022, with 8 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 5 collisions (11%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions47#2165 of 5,508
With an injury5#2748 of 4,660
Property damage only35
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian2#1882 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201455latest Jun 20, 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 Nov 22, 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

Ten thefts from vehicles and 12 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 8 in 2023–2025, about 2.7 a year, against 2.0 a year before that. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from apartment-building parking; 50% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1040apartment parking (6), street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft1240street/outdoor (6), apartment parking (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 18, 2024. 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 South Parkdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dufferin & Melbourne a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 47 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 & Melbourne?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1540 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 74% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dufferin & Melbourne?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Melbourne Ave between Dufferin St and Lane W of Dufferin and S of Melbourne (November 2021), found an average of 25 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dufferin & Melbourne?

The nearest Green P car park is 45 Abell St (362 m away, 124 spaces, 60% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 530 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,580 spaces — 79 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (196 m).

How do I get to Dufferin & Melbourne by transit?

Exhibition GO is 918 m away; streetcar routes 501, 504, 508, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 183 m away; bus routes 29, 402, 63, 47, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dufferin St at Melbourne Ave, 12 m).

What restaurants are near Dufferin & Melbourne?

41 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 314 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Matt's Burger Lab (163 m), Samosa Boulevard (168 m), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (178 m), Pho Asia 21 (181 m) and Rebecca Lounge (183 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 & Melbourne?

The nearest is Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 220 Cowan Ave, 425 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom (863 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 & Melbourne?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 802 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bonaventure Child Care Centre (81 m, 67 spaces), Kids & Company King and Highline (465 m, 74 spaces) and Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria (575 m, 25 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Melbourne?

118 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 10,035 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 345 Dufferin St (60 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 295 Dufferin St (81 m), 300 Dufferin St (116 m, 114 units) and 1245 King St W (242 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 118 is 91 out of 100; 1 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 & Melbourne?

Toronto Police place ten thefts from vehicles and 12 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 South Parkdale page.

What neighbourhood is Dufferin & Melbourne in?

Dufferin & Melbourne is in South Parkdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 085), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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