Dufferin & Peel

Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 19, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 6,657 northbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,258. Most cyclists arrived from the south (210 of 438). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,329 vehicles in the hour from 5:30 p.m., 20% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,108). Trucks and buses were 6.0% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,108 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,329 from 5:30 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2023 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 11% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 17, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Oct 1, 2022.

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Dufferin St between Waterloo Ave and Florence St (223 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. Peel Ave between Minowan Miikan Lane and Lane 1 E of Dufferin and N of Peel measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Jul 2026). At the school-zone speed sign on Dufferin St (182 m away, 30 km/h limit), 36% of the 266,392 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Speed sign

Dufferin St (northbound), 182 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 36 km/h, 85th percentile 46 km/h; 36% at 40 km/h or more. 266,392 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

• Groceries and food26/30

  1 grocery store within 300 m · 10 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit17/28

  8 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go6/14

  library 526 m away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation10/10

  4 parks within 500 m · 3 community centres within 800 m

• Schools and child care7/8

  1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot0/10

  no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

49 registered apartment buildings with 4,576 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 15 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 400 Dufferin St (27 m, 152 units, 13 storeys, built 2021), which scored 99 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 49 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

49 registered buildings · 4,576 units · 15 social housing · tallest 35 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and six bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 67% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

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.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 19, 2023.
• Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
• All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
• Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
• Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
• Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
• Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
• Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
• Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 9 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
• Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
• Coordinates: 43.64379, -79.42919 · centreline node 13467784.