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Dufferin & Stonehouse

Dufferin St & Stonehouse Cres · Toronto, Ontario · Little Portugal · Ward 9, Davenport

In Little Portugal, in central Toronto, Dufferin & Stonehouse is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 16 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
7,966
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 25, 2017
248 pedestrians · 225 cyclists
Collisions
11
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4229 of 5,508
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
5 streetcar routes · 4 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 1,000 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 32 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Cyclists were 2.8% of vehicle volume, about 3.6× the typical share. That comes with about 1.1 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Dufferin & Stonehouse

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
505506501504508 nearest 235 m
TTC bus
294740263 nearest 63 m
Express
929
Blue Night
305306301304329363
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Dufferin St at Gordon St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Mary McCormick Rec Centre (Sheridan Ave) 198 m · 15 docks · 28 stations, 525 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 (23)
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the GroveEnglish Public · 213 m
  • Shirley St Jr & City View AlternativeEnglish Public · 507 m
  • St Helen Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 682 m
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 688 m
  • The Orchard Montessori SchoolPrivate · 696 m
  • Brock Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 853 m
  • and 17 more
Parks (35)
  • McCormick Park240 m
  • Pat Capponi Parkette459 m
  • Pessoa Park475 m
  • Parkdale Amphitheatre577 m
  • Harrison-Dovercourt Parkette577 m
  • West Lodge Park613 m
  • and 29 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch707 m
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 770 m
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1.4 km

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 25 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 349 — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Tea For U, 222 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés25 within 300 m · 349 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 51 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
H-N Grocery Ltd. · 554 Dufferin Stgrocery27 mPassed, Dec 2023 · 1 infraction
Iren's Grocery · 528 Dufferin Stgrocery70 mPassed, Dec 2023
Tea For U · 1465 Dundas St W222 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Dad's Breakfast and Coffee · 1473 Dundas St W225 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
McCormick Park Cafe · 66 Sheridan Ave230 mPassed, Oct 2024 · 1 infraction
Nile · 1485 Dundas St W235 mPassed, Apr 2026
Pavao Meats and Deli · 1435 Dundas St W Unit-2grocery235 mPassed, Jan 2026
The Federal · 1438 Dundas St W239 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom, 199 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 263 m away at McCormick Park.

  • Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · 66 Sheridan Ave
    View centre hours
    199 m
  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    787 m
Drinking water
McCormick Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 263 m; 150 Harrison Street Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 560 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,258 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Alexander Muir Gladstone Jr YMCA (213 m, 120 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,258 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 14
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Jr YMCA · 108 Gladstone Ave
    120 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    213 m
  • Bumble Bee Garden Child Care Ltd. · 1275 Dundas St W
    28 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    490 m
  • Shirley Street Jr YMCA · 38 Shirley St
    103 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    507 m
  • Denisa Childcare · 1065 College St
    30 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    582 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (715 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (567 m) and the nearest ambulance station 593 m away.

FireFire Station 426 · 715 m140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 567 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 593 m1288 Queen St W

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 50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,057 rental units, 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection — 15 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 225 Gladstone Ave (228 m, 27 units, 4 storeys, built 1911), which scored 87 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 50 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 116 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 25 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings50 · 4,057 units · 15 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026116 across the 50
Open fire-code violations25
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
225 Gladstone Ave · Gulburg Inc.274191187 · Jul 20250228 m
1525 Dundas St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1066195979 · Jul 20255239 m
1505 Dundas St W123191173 · Jul 20250254 m
12 Rusholme Dr · Signet Group Inc.294195596 · Jun 20250333 m
661 Dufferin Stsocial housing · Loft Community Services11213196784 · Jul 20240343 m
14 Rusholme Dr · Signet Group Inc.224195596 · Jun 20250350 m
1544 Dundas St W · Bentallgreenoak958201696 · Jul 20250 · 1 fire355 m
410 Dufferin St · Rhapsody Property Management Services198102021100 · Jul 20255 · 1 fire363 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 lots670 lots · ≈24,430 spaces · 73.3 ha
Within 500 m37 lots · ≈920 spaces
Green P (public)24 car parks · about 1,500 spaces
EV charging (City)283 Ossington Ave · 838 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking59 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 20 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
146 Harrison St · Surface598 m7968% (Q1 2026)
9 Bonar Pl · Surface647 m3471% (Q1 2026)
110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface748 m8over 100% (Q1 2026)
1325 Queen St W · Surface769 m3294% (Q1 2026)
45 Abell St · Garage821 m12460% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 122 m away, ≈26 spaces; 167 m away, ≈19 spaces; 181 m away, ≈7 spaces; 186 m away, ≈40 spaces; 198 m away, ≈10 spaces; 206 m away, ≈16 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (857 m, 16 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (908 m, 2 ports); 1224 KING ST W (1 km, 2 ports).

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, Oct 25, 2017

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 4,942 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 62% of the total, against 3,024 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the south (121 of 225). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,120 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,125 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.8% 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 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 north3,024southbound · 88 bikes · 7.9% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles7,966248 pedestrians · 225 cyclists · 6.8% heavy
From the east0westbound · 16 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south4,942northbound · 121 bikes · 6.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,120 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,125 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 25, 2017

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 Waterloo Ave and Florence St, 200 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2024 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 18,000 vehicles a day. Stonehouse Cres between Lane W of Gladstone and S of Stonehouse and Lane E of Dufferin and S of Stonehouse measured slower: 25 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 33 km/h (Sep 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Gladstone Ave (124 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.4% of the 69,068 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Stonehouse Cres · Lane W of Gladstone and S of Stonehouse – Lane E of Dufferin and S of Stonehouse · 62 mSep 2025 · 7 days67725 km/h33 km/h38 km/h
Dufferin St · Waterloo Ave – Florence St · 200 mApr 2024 · 3 days18,04639 km/h47 km/h52 km/h

School-zone speed sign 124 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct24 · 32 km/h
Over the limit6.4%
40 km/h or more1.4%

Gladstone Ave (southbound), 184 Gladstone Avenue · 69,068 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2023, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 2 collisions (18%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 27% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%). The most recent report on file is from Oct 6, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions11#4229 of 5,508
With an injury2#3980 of 4,660
Property damage only6
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2411 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201412latest Oct 6, 2025

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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

One theft from a vehicle and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft110house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 10, 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 Little Portugal.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dufferin & Stonehouse a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 & Stonehouse?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 25, 2017, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dufferin & Stonehouse?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dufferin St between Waterloo Ave and Florence St (April 2024), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 124 m away (30 km/h), 1.4% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Dufferin & Stonehouse?

The nearest Green P car park is 146 Harrison St (598 m away, 79 spaces, 68% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 670 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,430 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 283 Ossington Ave (838 m).

How do I get to Dufferin & Stonehouse by transit?

Streetcar routes 505, 506, 501, 504 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 235 m away; bus routes 29, 47, 402, 63, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dufferin St at Gordon St, 63 m).

What restaurants are near Dufferin & Stonehouse?

25 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 349 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tea For U (222 m), Dad's Breakfast and Coffee (225 m), McCormick Park Cafe (230 m), Nile (235 m) and The Federal (239 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 & Stonehouse?

The nearest is Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom, 66 Sheridan Ave, 199 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom (787 m). 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 & Stonehouse?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,258 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Alexander Muir Gladstone Jr YMCA (213 m, 120 spaces), Bumble Bee Garden Child Care Ltd. (490 m, 28 spaces) and Shirley Street Jr YMCA (507 m, 103 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Stonehouse?

50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,057 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 225 Gladstone Ave (228 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 1525 Dundas St W (239 m, 106 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 1505 Dundas St W (254 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 73) and 12 Rusholme Dr (333 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 50 is 86 out of 100; 3 scored below 70. 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 & Stonehouse?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft 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 Little Portugal page.

What neighbourhood is Dufferin & Stonehouse in?

Dufferin & Stonehouse is in Little Portugal (City of Toronto neighbourhood 084). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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