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Dufferin & Orfus

Dufferin St & Orfus Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Yorkdale-Glen Park · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

In Yorkdale-Glen Park, Dufferin & Orfus is a major arterial intersection. Nearby is Yorkdale Station (Line 1) 809 m away.

Traffic volume
19,721
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 11, 2016
1,334 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
269
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
38 with an injury · 188 property damage · #345 of 5,508 · +13 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #839 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
Yorkdale Station 809 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,470 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 2.1× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 15 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 27 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 8.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 18%, from 148 in 2016–2020 to 121 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 269 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Dufferin & Orfus

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Yorkdale Station (Line 1)809 m
GO Transit
GO bus 94 Pickering / Square One27 Milton / North York19 Mississauga / North York36 Brampton / North York Express33 Guelph / North York92 Oshawa / Yorkdale at Yorkdale Bus Terminal766 m
TTC bus
29181095259400 nearest 15 m
Express
929952
Blue Night
329352
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Dufferin St at Orfus Rd; Orfus Rd at Dufferin St West Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
5 York Garden Way 599 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 56 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 (14)
  • Yorkdale Secondary School & Adult Learning CentreEnglish Public · 291 m
  • Lawrence Heights Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 408 m
  • The Sterling Hall SchoolPrivate · 639 m
  • Vega AcademyPrivate · 803 m
  • Leonardo Da Vinci AcademyPrivate · 832 m
  • St Charles Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 887 m
  • and 8 more
Community centres
Parks (16)
  • Ranee Park317 m
  • Conlands Parkette441 m
  • Jane Osler Park448 m
  • Dane Parkette569 m
  • Yorkdale Park744 m
  • Flemington Park936 m
  • and 10 more
Places of interest
  • Yorkdale Shopping CentreLandmark · 637 m
Signal
0614, activated 1959 · SAP · transit priority

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 45 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 154 — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Yuki Japanese Restaurant, 32 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés45 within 300 m · 154 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Yuki Japanese Restaurant · 3259 Dufferin St32 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Caffe Demetre · 3250 Dufferin St34 mPassed, Mar 2026
Cali Mexican Grill · 3250 Dufferin St34 mPassed, Jul 2026
King Noodles · 3240 Dufferin St, Unit-448 mPassed, Aug 2025
Orfus Wrap & Grill · 3240 Dufferin St Unit-349 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pizza Nova · 3280 Dufferin St54 mPassed, Aug 2026
The Burger's Priest · 3280 Dufferin St Unit-054 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizza Nova · 3280 Dufferin St54 mPassed, Feb 2025

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

No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 334 m away at Ranee Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Ranee Park drinking fountain · 334 m; Dane Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 597 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 430 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Start Right Child Care Centre (291 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 430 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 6
  • Start Right Child Care Centre · 38 Orfus Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    291 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Dane Avenue Child Care Centre · 120 Via Bagnato
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    507 m
  • Leonardo Da Vinci Academy of Arts & Science · 901 Lawrence Ave W
    32 spaces · preschool
    832 m
  • Columbus Early Learning Centres - St Charles · 50 Claver Ave
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    887 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 145 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 13 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 145 · 1.6 km20 Beffort Rd
Police13 Division · 2.9 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 11 · 1.2 km1135 Caledonia Rd

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 16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 863 rental units — nine social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 96 Mulholland Ave (74 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 77 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 6 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 15 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings16 · 863 units · 9 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20266 across the 16
Open fire-code violations15
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
96 Mulholland Ave · Mpm Inc.113196077 · Sep 2025074 m
51 Blossomfield DrToronto Community Housing · TCH304195790 · Aug 20260677 m
20 Zachary CrtToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation777201897 · Aug 20252714 m
11 Flemington RdToronto Community Housing · TCH314195780 · Nov 20250741 m
87 Amaranth CrtToronto Community Housing · TCH304195784 · Aug 20260750 m
777 Lawrence Ave W103196190 · Sep 20241766 m
775 Lawrence Ave W103195899 · Aug 20260766 m
773 Lawrence Ave W103195997 · Jun 20262767 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 lots620 lots · ≈67,540 spaces · 202.6 ha
Within 500 m46 lots · ≈5,030 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 1,602 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Transit Road Lot - 25 Transit Rd · Surface1.5 km72 *
Wilson South Lot - 30 Tippett Road · Surface1.6 km645 *
Wilson Main Lot - 50 Wilson Heights Blvd · Surface1.8 km885 *

Nearest lots: 17 m away, ≈31 spaces; 41 m away, ≈158 spaces; 47 m away, ≈23 spaces; 66 m away, ≈14 spaces; 67 m away, ≈44 spaces; 76 m away, ≈28 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 11, 2016

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 10,364 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 53% of the total, against 2,604 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,572 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,740 from 2:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north10,364southbound · 2 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the west2,604eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.4% heavy
Total vehicles19,7211,334 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 4.2% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south6,753northbound · 0 bikes · 4.6% heavy
AM peak hour2,572 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,740 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 11, 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

On Orfus Rd between Dufferin St and Paul David St, 235 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2026 put the average speed at 35 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 49 km/h or more. That segment carries about 6,300 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dufferin St · Orfus Rd – Sparrow Ave · 15 mOct 2012 · 3 days22,019
Orfus Rd · Dufferin St – Paul David St · 235 mMay 2026 · 3 days6,25635 km/h44 km/h49 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 2016, with 39 collisions; 2025 recorded 20. 38 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 50 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 6 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 13 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions269#345 of 5,508
With an injury38#361 of 4,660
Property damage only188
Fail to remain50
Involving a pedestrian6#547 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified43
Since January 2026 (outside the window)13
All since 2014348latest Jun 16, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jun 11, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#839 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Jun 11, 2022

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

25 thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 4.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 10 in 2023–2025, about 3.3 a year, against 2.4 a year before that. 88% 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 vehicle2590street/outdoor (22), commercial premises (3)
Bicycle theft210commercial premises (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 10, 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 Yorkdale-Glen Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dufferin & Orfus a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#839 of 1,505), out of 269 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Orfus?

A major arterial intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 11, 2016, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dufferin & Orfus?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Orfus Rd between Dufferin St and Paul David St (May 2026), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dufferin & Orfus?

The nearest Green P car park is Transit Road Lot - 25 Transit Rd (1.5 km away, 72 spaces). The City's mapping shows 620 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 67,540 spaces — 46 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Dufferin & Orfus by transit?

Yorkdale Station (Line 1) is 809 m away; bus routes 29, 18, 109, 52, 59, 400, 929, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dufferin St at Orfus Rd, 15 m).

What restaurants are near Dufferin & Orfus?

45 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 154 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Yuki Japanese Restaurant (32 m), Caffe Demetre (34 m), Cali Mexican Grill (34 m), King Noodles (48 m) and Orfus Wrap & Grill (49 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 & Orfus?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 334 m away at Ranee Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Dufferin & Orfus?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 430 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Start Right Child Care Centre (291 m, 49 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Dane Avenue Child Care Centre (507 m, 62 spaces) and Leonardo Da Vinci Academy of Arts & Science (832 m, 32 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Orfus?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 863 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 96 Mulholland Ave (74 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 51 Blossomfield Dr (677 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 20 Zachary Crt (714 m, 77 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 11 Flemington Rd (741 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 80). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 90 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 & Orfus?

Toronto Police place 25 thefts from vehicles and two 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 Yorkdale-Glen Park page.

What neighbourhood is Dufferin & Orfus in?

Dufferin & Orfus is in Yorkdale-Glen Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 031). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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