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Dundas & Margueretta

Dundas St W & Margueretta St · Toronto, Ontario · Dufferin Grove · Ward 9, Davenport · Little Portugal Toronto BIA

Dundas & Margueretta sits in Dufferin Grove, in central Toronto. At the City's last count here, in 2005, it was a mid-volume intersection. At the corner: a park. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
7,013
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 2, 2005
342 pedestrians · 93 cyclists
Collisions
27
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
9 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
62/100
city median 48 · #1,477 of 5,672
28 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 268 m

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Dundas & Margueretta

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Feb 2, 2005

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,607 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 198 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the west (51 of 93). Evening rush dominates here: 1,179 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 971 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 6.2% 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 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 22 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, 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 north198southbound · 5 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the west3,607eastbound · 51 bikes · 6.3% heavy
Total vehicles7,013342 pedestrians · 93 cyclists · 6.2% heavy
From the east3,208westbound · 37 bikes · 6.2% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 971 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,179 from 4:45 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

The worst year was 2024, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 2 collisions (7%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 44% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 22, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions27
With an injury2
Property damage only13
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1245 of 2,576
Severity not classified12
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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

On Margueretta St between Lane N of Dundas and W of Margueretta and Moutray St, 73 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2010 put the average speed at 12 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 18 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 31 km/h or more. That segment carries about 0 vehicles a day. The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Brock Ave (163 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 69,926 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Margueretta St · Lane N of Dundas and W of Margueretta – Moutray St · 73 mMay 2010 · 3 days2012 km/h18 km/h31 km/h
Dundas St W · Dufferin St – Lane E of Sheridan and N of Dundas · 382 mJan 2016 · 7 days7,036———
Speed sign
Brock Ave (northbound), 163 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 20 km/h, 85th percentile 28 km/h; 0.3% at 40 km/h or more. 69,926 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.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
505 506 nearest 110 m
TTC bus
47 402 29 nearest 228 m
Express
929
Blue Night
305 306 329
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
St Clarens Ave / Shirley St 236 m · 15 docks · 14 stations, 228 docks 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
15 car parks · about 572 spaces
EV charging
430 Roncesvalles Ave · 1.2 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 2251 Dundas St W (1.4 km), 283 Ossington Ave (1.4 km)
Bike parking
61 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
29 mapped lots within 500 m, 472 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Bonar Pl · Surface560 m3471% (Q1 2026)
146 Harrison St · Surface1.1 km7968% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface1.1 km4963% (Q1 2026)
695 Lansdowne Ave · Surface1.2 km16over 100% (Q1 2026)
1325 Queen St W · Surface1.2 km3294% (Q1 2026)

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.

Food, shops and services

A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Fair Price Supermarket, 268 m away. Three specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Affinity Fish at 225 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 28 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 140 — 3.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Wallflower, 9 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Drug Store Pharmacy, 327 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Bickle Centre, 1.9 km away. For seniors' housing: Fairview Nursing Home, a long-term care home 812 m away; Bill McMurray Residence, a retirement home 355 m away. Family Service Toronto runs a seniors' active living programme 929 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Wallflower · 1665 Dundas St W9 m
  • Dominos Pizza · 1671 Dundas St W25 m
  • Kingston 12 Patty Shop · 1635 Dundas St W70 m
  • Swan Dive · 1631 Dundas St W75 m
  • Cygnet Coffee · 1691 Dundas St W75 m
28 within 300 m · 140 within 1 km
Grocery
Fair Price Supermarket 268 m · 3 min · 8 within 1 km
Food shops
Affinity Fish 225 m · 3 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Drug Store Pharmacy 327 m · 4 min · 3 within 1 km
Child care
  • Shirley Street Jr YMCA · 103 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day327 m · 4 min
  • Brock Early Learning Centre · 133 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day372 m · 4 min
  • Denisa Childcare · 30 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day731 m · 9 min
5 licensed centres · 329 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed564 m · 7 min
  • Macgregor Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs654 m · 8 min
Drinking water: McCormick Park 529 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • Bickle Centre · hospital site1.9 km · 23 min
  • Fairview Nursing Home · long-term care home812 m · 10 min
  • Bill McMurray Residence · retirement home355 m · 4 min
  • Family Service Toronto · seniors' active living centre929 m · 11 min

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 (19)
and 14 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (17)
  • St Helen Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 319 m · 4 min
  • Shirley St Jr & City View AlternativeEnglish Public · 327 m · 4 min
  • Brock Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 372 m · 4 min
  • Saint Frere Andre Secondary SchoolFrench Separate · 545 m · 6 min
  • Toronto Ouest Secondary SchoolFrench Public · 545 m · 6 min
and 12 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.1 km · 13 min
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch1.4 km · 17 min
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1 km · 12 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.

62of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,477 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food28/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 28 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit15/28

    10 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go3/14

    library 1.1 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation8/10

    1 park within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    3 schools 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.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,128 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 267 Brock Ave (189 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1885), which scored 89 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 16 scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
267 Brock Ave · Signet Group Inc113188589 · Jul 2025189 m
128 Sheridan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc687196690 · Sep 2024241 m
301 Lansdowne Ave355193226 · Jul 2024286 m · 3 min
1544 Dundas St W · Bentallgreenoak958201696 · Jul 2025327 m · 4 min
1505 Dundas St W123191173 · Jul 2025420 m · 5 min
1525 Dundas St W Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1066195979 · Jul 2025423 m · 5 min

16 registered buildings · 1,128 units · 3 social housing · tallest 19 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.

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 five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 80% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 9, 2026.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle221house driveway/garage (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft500street/outdoor (4), other (1)

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 Dufferin Grove.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dundas & Margueretta a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 27 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 Dundas & Margueretta?

A mid-volume intersection at the City's last count here, in 2005. Its latest count is from Feb 2, 2005, 76% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Dundas & Margueretta a walkable intersection?

Dundas & Margueretta scores 62 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,477 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: 3 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 28 places to eat within 300 m; 1 park within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m.

How fast do cars go at Dundas & Margueretta?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Margueretta St between Lane N of Dundas and W of Margueretta and Moutray St (May 2010), found an average of 12 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 18 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 163 m away (30 km/h), 0.3% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Dundas & Margueretta?

The nearest Green P car park is 9 Bonar Pl (560 m away, 34 spaces, 71% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 472 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,000 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 430 Roncesvalles Ave (1.2 km).

How do I get to Dundas & Margueretta by transit?

Streetcar routes 505, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 110 m away; bus routes 47, 402, 29, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Dundas & Margueretta?

28 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 140 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Wallflower (9 m), Dominos Pizza (25 m), Kingston 12 Patty Shop (70 m), Swan Dive (75 m) and Cygnet Coffee (75 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Dundas & Margueretta?

The nearest is Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom, 66 Sheridan Ave, 564 m away. Next nearest: Macgregor Playground Washroom (654 m); Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom (1.0 km).

Is there child care near Dundas & Margueretta?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 329 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Shirley Street Jr YMCA (327 m, 103 spaces), Brock Early Learning Centre (372 m, 133 spaces) and Denisa Childcare (731 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dundas & Margueretta?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,128 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 267 Brock Ave (189 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 128 Sheridan Ave (241 m, 68 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 301 Lansdowne Ave (286 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 26) and 1544 Dundas St W (327 m, 95 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 84 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Dundas & Margueretta?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Dufferin Grove page.

What neighbourhood is Dundas & Margueretta in?

Dundas & Margueretta is in Dufferin Grove (City of Toronto neighbourhood 083). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo. The corner falls inside the Little Portugal Toronto Business Improvement Area.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined