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Dufferin & Ridelle

Dufferin St & Ridelle Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Briar Hill-Belgravia · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

In Briar Hill-Belgravia, Dufferin & Ridelle is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: parks. Nearby: Fairbank Station (Line 5) 659 m away.

Traffic volume
16,579
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 26, 1993
348 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
15
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 7 property damage · #3761 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #515 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
5
TTC stops within 100 m
Fairbank Station 659 m · 8 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 2,070 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.79× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 48 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 1.5 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. Just one of those 15 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Dufferin & Ridelle

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)659 m; Oakwood Station (Line 5)828 m
TTC bus
291641434109639018 nearest 58 m
Express
929
Blue Night
329334363
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Dufferin St at Castlefield Ave; Castlefield Ave at Dufferin St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Castlefield Ave / Roselawn Ave 216 m · 15 docks · 8 stations, 151 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 (15)
  • St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 796 m
  • Fairbank Public SchoolEnglish Public · 831 m
  • Sts Cosmas and Damian Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 856 m
  • Lycee Francais de TorontoPrivate · 910 m
  • Dante Alighieri Academy - Closed Til 2026English Separate · 1.1 km
  • Regina Mundi Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • and 9 more
Community centres
Parks (17)
  • J.t. Watson Parkette98 m
  • Dufferin Hill Park136 m
  • Walter Saunders Memorial Park386 m
  • Hillmount Parkette518 m
  • Glen Long Park866 m
  • Senator Peter Bosa Parkette946 m
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Maria A. Shchuka branch702 m

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 22 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 147 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Taste of Shawarma, 49 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés22 within 300 m · 147 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Taste of Shawarma · 2488 Dufferin St49 mPassed, Feb 2026
Toronto Pho · 2473 Dufferin St68 mPassed, Feb 2026
California Sandwiches · 2474 Dufferin St108 mPassed, May 2026
Tim Hortons · 2700 Dufferin St168 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 3 infractions
Heather's Kitchen · 2700 Dufferin St Unit-13168 mPassed, Jun 2026
Sette Cucina · 2700 Dufferin St168 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Belly Buster Submarines · 1121 Castlefield Ave199 mPassed, Jul 2025
Gusto / Zuzu Pizzeria · 1121 Castlefield Ave199 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 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 Glen Long Community Centre Washroom, 871 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 339 m away at Walter Saunders Memorial Park.

  • Glen Long Community Centre Washroom · 35 Glen Long Ave
    View centre hours
    871 m
Drinking water
Walter Saunders Memorial Park bottle filling station · 339 m; Walter Saunders Memorial Park bottle filling station · 477 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 155 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Macaulay - St. Thomas Aquinas Child Care Centre (796 m, 41 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 155 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Macaulay - St. Thomas Aquinas Child Care Centre · 636 Glenholme Ave
    41 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    796 m
  • Plasp Sts. Cosmas and Damian C.s · 111 Danesbury Ave
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    856 m
  • Macaulay - Marlee Child Care Centre · 145 Marlee Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    898 m
  • Lycee Francais de Toronto · 2327 Dufferin St
    22 spaces · preschool
    910 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 341 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 13 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 341 · 1.2 km555 Oakwood Ave
Police13 Division · 1.3 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 11 · 1.7 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 43 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,507 rental units — seven social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2495 Dufferin St (36 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 97 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 68 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 14 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings43 · 3,507 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202668 across the 43
Open fire-code violations14
Tallest28 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2495 Dufferin St153196097 · Jul 2026236 m
1050 Castlefield Ave · Signet Group Inc645195999 · Jun 20252109 m
1040 Castlefield Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation444195976 · Jun 20251163 m
1030 Castlefield Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation565195689 · Jun 20251199 m
1090 Roselawn Ave · Accadia Apartments625196097 · Sep 20250233 m
178 Locksley Ave243196088 · Jul 20260248 m
1798 Eglinton Ave W · Copper Crow Property Management Ltd343193772 · Sep 20242633 m
1801 Eglinton Ave W · Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Inc413196089 · Sep 20262678 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 lots745 lots · ≈55,050 spaces · 165.1 ha
Within 500 m70 lots · ≈5,080 spaces
Green P (public)8 car parks · about 374 spaces
EV charging (City)168 Chiltern Hill Rd · 2 km · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking3 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Shortt St · Surface615 m13827% (Q1 2026)
1531 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1 km2041% (Q1 2026)
995 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1.7 km3342% (Q1 2026)
2054 Dufferin St · Surface1.7 km4925% (Q1 2026)
2053 Dufferin Street · Surface1.7 km23 *

Nearest lots: 37 m away, ≈14 spaces; 42 m away, ≈38 spaces; 50 m away, ≈7 spaces; 76 m away, ≈15 spaces; 81 m away, ≈1,473 spaces; 84 m away, ≈24 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, May 26, 1993

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 7,957 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 149 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 2,540 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 2,070 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.6% 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 33 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1993, 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 north7,909southbound · 0 bikes · 5.1% heavy
From the west564eastbound · 0 bikes · 7.4% heavy
Total vehicles16,579348 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 5.6% heavy
From the east149westbound · 0 bikes · 5.4% heavy
From the south7,957northbound · 0 bikes · 5.8% heavy
AM peak hour2,070 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,540 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 26, 1993

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 Schell Ave and Beltline Trl, 287 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2025 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 54 km/h or more. That segment carries about 27,300 vehicles a day. Ridelle Ave between Locksley Ave and J.t. Watson Parkette Trl measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Mar 2006).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ridelle Ave · Locksley Ave – J.t. Watson Parkette Trl · 180 mMar 2006 · 24 h1,16632 km/h43 km/h49 km/h
Dufferin St · Schell Ave – Beltline Trl · 287 mMay 2025 · 3 days27,25736 km/h48 km/h54 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 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 5 collisions (33%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (20%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 2, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions15#3761 of 5,508
With an injury5#2586 of 4,660
Property damage only7
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian3#1104 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality1
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201417latest Mar 2, 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 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Oct 30, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#515 of 1,505
Fatal1#100 of 319
Involving a pedestrian1#214 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Oct 30, 2023

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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210apartment parking (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 4, 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 Briar Hill-Belgravia.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dufferin & Ridelle a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#515 of 1,505), out of 15 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 & Ridelle?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from May 26, 1993, 1.79× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dufferin & Ridelle?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dufferin St between Schell Ave and Beltline Trl (May 2025), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dufferin & Ridelle?

The nearest Green P car park is 9 Shortt St (615 m away, 138 spaces, 27% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 745 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 55,050 spaces — 70 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (2.0 km).

How do I get to Dufferin & Ridelle by transit?

Fairbank Station (Line 5) is 659 m away; bus routes 29, 164, 14, 34, 109, 63, 90, 18 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Dufferin St at Castlefield Ave, 58 m).

What restaurants are near Dufferin & Ridelle?

22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 147 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Taste of Shawarma (49 m), Toronto Pho (68 m), California Sandwiches (108 m), Tim Hortons (168 m) and Heather's Kitchen (168 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 & Ridelle?

The nearest is Glen Long Community Centre Washroom, 35 Glen Long Ave, 871 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 & Ridelle?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 155 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Macaulay - St. Thomas Aquinas Child Care Centre (796 m, 41 spaces), Plasp Sts. Cosmas and Damian C.s (856 m, 43 spaces) and Macaulay - Marlee Child Care Centre (898 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Ridelle?

43 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,507 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2495 Dufferin St (36 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1050 Castlefield Ave (109 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 1040 Castlefield Ave (163 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 76) and 1030 Castlefield Ave (199 m, 56 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 43 is 88 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 & Ridelle?

Toronto Police place two 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 Briar Hill-Belgravia page.

What neighbourhood is Dufferin & Ridelle in?

Dufferin & Ridelle is in Briar Hill-Belgravia (City of Toronto neighbourhood 108). 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