Toronto · intersection · signal 1792

Dufferin & Samor

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

Dufferin & Samor is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Yorkdale-Glen Park. Nearby is Yorkdale Station (Line 1) 925 m away.

Traffic volume
17,066
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 11, 2016
974 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
97
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 74 property damage · #1146 of 5,508 · +7 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Yorkdale Station 925 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 2,130 vehicles, 1.85× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 18 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Police have logged an average of 9.7 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.1× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions rose 20%, from 44 in 2016–2020 to 53 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Dufferin & Samor

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)925 m; Lawrence West Station (Line 1)1 km
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 Terminal922 m
TTC bus
29185259400109 nearest 36 m
Express
929952
Blue Night
329352
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Dufferin St at Celt Ave North Side; Dufferin St at Samor Rd South Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lawrence Ave W / Dufferin St 455 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 67 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)
  • Yorkdale Secondary School & Adult Learning CentreEnglish Public · 388 m
  • Lawrence Heights Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 468 m
  • Leonardo Da Vinci AcademyPrivate · 590 m
  • St Charles Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 654 m
  • Vega AcademyPrivate · 679 m
  • Fieldstone Day SchoolPrivate · 733 m
  • and 7 more
Parks (18)
  • Conlands Parkette268 m
  • Dane Parkette338 m
  • Ranee Park516 m
  • Jane Osler Park666 m
  • Yorkdale Park877 m
  • Caledonia Park896 m
  • and 12 more
Places of interest
  • Yorkdale Shopping CentreLandmark · 846 m
Signal
1792, activated 1998 · SA2 · transit priority

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 34 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores, and 152 eating places within a kilometre — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Edible Arrangement, 19 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2025.

Restaurants & cafés34 within 300 m · 152 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Edible Arrangement · 3200 Dufferin St19 mPassed, Sep 2025
Marche Istanbul · 3220 Dufferin St, Unit-10a19 mPassed, Oct 2025
Royal Korean Cuisine · 3220 Dufferin St, Unit-17a19 mPassed, Oct 2025
Shoeless Joe's Sports Grill · 3200 Dufferin St, Unit-10b19 mPassed, Aug 2025
Wine Kitz · 3220 Dufferin St, Unit-5grocery19 mPassed, Oct 2025
Krystos Modern Greek Cuisine · 3200 Dufferin St Unit-2219 mPassed, May 2026
Meryem Hanim's Turkish Breakfast Cafe · 3200 Dufferin St Unit-2119 mPassed, Mar 2026
Pho Anh Vu · 3200 Dufferin St Unit-1b19 mPassed, Sep 2026

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 365 m away at Dane Parkette.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Dane Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 365 m; Ranee Park drinking fountain · 536 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 559 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Network Child Care Services - Dane Avenue Child Care Centre (264 m, 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 559 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 7
  • Network Child Care Services - Dane Avenue Child Care Centre · 120 Via Bagnato
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    264 m
  • Start Right Child Care Centre · 38 Orfus Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    388 m
  • Leonardo Da Vinci Academy of Arts & Science · 901 Lawrence Ave W
    32 spaces · preschool
    590 m
  • Columbus Early Learning Centres - St Charles · 50 Claver Ave
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    654 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 145 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 13 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 145 · 1.9 km20 Beffort Rd
Police13 Division · 2.7 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 11 · 1.1 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

24 registered apartment buildings with 1,331 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 14 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 96 Mulholland Ave (273 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 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 11 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 25 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings24 · 1,331 units · 14 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202611 across the 24
Open fire-code violations25
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
96 Mulholland Ave · Mpm Inc.113196077 · Sep 20250273 m
777 Lawrence Ave W103196190 · Sep 20241520 m
775 Lawrence Ave W103195899 · Aug 20260522 m
773 Lawrence Ave W103195997 · Jun 20262525 m
771 Lawrence Ave W · Silvana McDowell103195980 · Aug 20250530 m
3050 Dufferin Stsocial housing · Villa Charities Inc25814198397 · Jul 20251 · 8 fire570 m
51 Blossomfield DrToronto Community Housing · TCH304195790 · Aug 20260607 m
11 Flemington RdToronto Community Housing · TCH314195780 · Nov 20250672 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 lots664 lots · ≈71,060 spaces · 213.2 ha
Within 500 m56 lots · ≈7,090 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 717 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking1 post-and-ring within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Transit Road Lot - 25 Transit Rd · Surface1.8 km72 *
Wilson South Lot - 30 Tippett Road · Surface1.8 km645 *

Nearest lots: 20 m away, ≈17 spaces; 40 m away, ≈27 spaces; 45 m away, ≈51 spaces; 90 m away, ≈8 spaces; 100 m away, ≈31 spaces; 120 m away, ≈61 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

The north leg carries the load — 9,132 southbound vehicles, or 54% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 40. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,209 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,376 from 2:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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 north9,132southbound · 2 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the west805eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.8% heavy
Total vehicles17,066974 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 4.2% heavy
From the east40westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south7,089northbound · 0 bikes · 4.3% heavy
AM peak hour2,209 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,376 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

The City's counter on Samor Rd between Dufferin St and Dufflaw Rd (288 m away) recorded an average of 40 km/h in its 24-hour count in January 2010; 85% of drivers were at or under 51 km/h. That segment carries about 2,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Samor Rd · Dufferin St – Dufflaw Rd · 288 mJan 2010 · 24 h2,15240 km/h51 km/h57 km/h
Dufferin St · Lawrence Ave W – Dane Ave · 353 mJul 2017 · 2 days16,945

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 18 collisions. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 16 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% 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 Jun 19, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions97#1146 of 5,508
With an injury9#1865 of 4,660
Property damage only74
Fail to remain16
Involving a pedestrian1#2421 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1765 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified14
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 2014118latest Jun 19, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle320street/outdoor (1), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 10, 2023. 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 & Samor a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 97 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 & Samor?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 11, 2016, 1.85× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dufferin & Samor?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Samor Rd between Dufferin St and Dufflaw Rd (January 2010), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 51 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dufferin & Samor?

The nearest Green P car park is Transit Road Lot - 25 Transit Rd (1.8 km away, 72 spaces). The City's mapping shows 664 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 71,060 spaces — 56 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Dufferin & Samor by transit?

Yorkdale Station (Line 1) is 925 m away; bus routes 29, 18, 52, 59, 400, 109, 929, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dufferin St at Celt Ave North Side, 36 m).

What restaurants are near Dufferin & Samor?

34 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 152 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Edible Arrangement (19 m), Marche Istanbul (19 m), Royal Korean Cuisine (19 m), Shoeless Joe's Sports Grill (19 m) and Krystos Modern Greek Cuisine (19 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 & Samor?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 365 m away at Dane Parkette. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Dufferin & Samor?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 559 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Child Care Services - Dane Avenue Child Care Centre (264 m, 62 spaces), Start Right Child Care Centre (388 m, 49 spaces) and Leonardo Da Vinci Academy of Arts & Science (590 m, 32 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Samor?

24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,331 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 96 Mulholland Ave (273 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 777 Lawrence Ave W (520 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 775 Lawrence Ave W (522 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 773 Lawrence Ave W (525 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 24 is 89 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 & Samor?

Toronto Police place three 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 Yorkdale-Glen Park page.

What neighbourhood is Dufferin & Samor in?

Dufferin & Samor 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