Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time. Steeles Avenue is the city limit: the north side is Vaughan or Markham and outside Toronto's records
Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets, and the red-light camera
Live traffic camera RESCU 8118 · 30 m
Which way is it looking?4 reference views
Fixed shots from the City, not live.The City's own feed for Dufferin & Steeles, replaced every few minutes. This card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds.
Traffic volume8-hour count · Dec 10, 2022 · weekend
Traffic is heaviest from the north: 9,467 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 30% of the total, against 6,088 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 4,688 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 3,008 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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.
Peak hours: 3,008 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 4,688 from 5:00 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
Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.
None of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt; 2 collisions involved vehicle occupants only. All of them happened in darkness (citywide, 39% of KSI collisions do). 2017 alone accounted for 2 of them. The most recent was on Feb 14, 2021. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 0 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 0 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 3 | #117 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 3 | 100% here vs 39% citywide |
| All KSI since 2006 | 4 | latest Feb 14, 2021 |
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.
Traffic on these streets
The City's most recent midblock count on Dufferin St between Gerry Fitzgerald Dr and Steeles Ave W (0 m away, Jun 2016) recorded volume only — about 50,226 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dufferin St · Gerry Fitzgerald Dr – Steeles Ave W · 0 m | Jun 2016 · 3 days | 50,226 | — | — | — |
| Steeles Ave W · G Ross Lord Park Trl – Dufferin St · 69 m | May 2014 · 3 days | 24,679 | — | — | — |
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.
- Red-light camera
- In operation since 2018; 132 tickets in 2025, 67 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in North York.
- The crossing
- Signal 0619, activated 1968
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 60 105 107 nearest 35 m
- Express
- 960
- Blue Night
- 329 353
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave West at Dufferin St; Steeles Ave West at Dufferin St East Side
- Regional
- York Region Transit 003 Thornhill 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Steeles Av26 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- no station within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- 4 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 6 mapped lots within 500 m, 106 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Steeles Avenue is the city limit. Everything on the north side of the street is in Vaughan or Markham and outside every Toronto dataset on this page — the restaurants, shops and services across the road are not counted, on the map or in the score below.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Bulk Barn, 380 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 13 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 32. The nearest is Cora's Breakfast & Lunch, 39 m away. Two pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Shoppers Drug Mart, 159 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Four Elms Retirement Residence, a retirement home 100 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Cora's Breakfast & Lunch · 1881 Steeles Ave W Unit-1339 m
- Fresh Burger · 1881 Steeles Ave W Unit-1239 m
- Kung Fu Tea · 1881 Steeles Ave W39 m
- Pho Non La · 1881 Steeles Ave W Unit-539 m
- Pizza Nova · 1881 Steeles Ave W Unit-1539 m
- Grocery
- Bulk Barn 380 m · 5 min · 2 within 1 km
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 159 m · 5 within 1 km
- Child care
- Playland Ltd - Daycare Centre · 18 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day477 m · 6 min
- Sunburst Children's Centre · 41 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day800 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Four Elms Retirement Residence · retirement home100 m
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks
- Festival Park949 m · 11 min
- Hidden Trail Park1.3 km · 16 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a community centre, a school, a library or a public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is, and nothing north of Steeles.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 120 rental units. The nearest is 1875 Steeles Ave W (219 m, 120 units, 4 storeys, built 1972), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875 Steeles Ave W · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 120 | 4 | 1972 | 95 · Jul 2025 | 219 m |
1 registered building · 120 units · tallest 4 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Dufferin & Steeles a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 3 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#117 of 1,505). 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 & Steeles?
A heavily travelled arterial crossing at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Dec 10, 2022, 3.5× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Dufferin & Steeles a walkable intersection?
Dufferin & Steeles scores 40 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 13 places to eat within 300 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; 1 licensed child care within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal. Steeles Avenue is the city limit, so nothing on the north side of the street is counted.
Is there a red-light camera at Dufferin & Steeles?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Dufferin & Steeles since 2018, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 132 tickets in 2025 (225 in 2024) and 67 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 1,933 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Dufferin & Steeles?
132 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 225 in 2024, and 67 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 1,933 tickets since 2018. A red-light camera penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.
Where can I park near Dufferin & Steeles?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 106 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 36,810 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Dufferin & Steeles by transit?
Bus routes 60, 105, 107, 960 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave West at Dufferin St, 35 m); York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Steeles Av.
What restaurants are near Dufferin & Steeles?
13 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 32 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Cora's Breakfast & Lunch (39 m), Fresh Burger (39 m), Kung Fu Tea (39 m), Pho Non La (39 m) and Pizza Nova (39 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours, and nothing on the north side of Steeles, which is outside Toronto, is in it.
Is there child care near Dufferin & Steeles?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 59 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Playland Ltd - Daycare Centre (477 m, 18 spaces) and Sunburst Children's Centre (800 m, 41 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Steeles?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 120 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 1875 Steeles Ave W (219 m, 120 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 95 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is Dufferin & Steeles in?
Dufferin & Steeles is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the DuKe Heights Business Improvement Area.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Dec 10, 2022.
- 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; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026); live image from Traffic Cameras (RESCU).
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; 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).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 6 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: 43.78727, -79.47011 · centreline node 13445306.