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King & Dufferin

King St W & Dufferin St · Toronto, Ontario · South Parkdale · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

In South Parkdale, in central Toronto, King & Dufferin is an above-average intersection for traffic, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a live City traffic camera and parks. Nearby: Exhibition GO 775 m away and 15 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
20,088
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 25, 2026
8,712 pedestrians · 1,366 cyclists · #881 busiest
Collisions
393
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
43 with an injury · 294 property damage · #193 of 5,508 · +9 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1050 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
5
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: 23 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,430 vehicles, 1.24× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.3 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 6.8% of vehicle volume, about 8.8× the typical share. That comes with about 39 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 19.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 3.9× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 34%, from 237 in 2016–2020 to 156 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 393 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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King & Dufferin

Live traffic camera

The City's RESCU camera at King St W & Dufferin St — a 320 × 240 still the City replaces every few minutes, with the frame's age and its four fixed reference views

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Live camera RESCU 8132 · King St W & Dufferin St
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Fixed views the City's reference still for each direction

The City's own feed for King & Dufferin, published as a 320 × 240 still that its server replaces every few minutes — the card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds while you are on the page (Reload checks now) and says whether the frame changed. The fixed views are the City's reference stills showing where the camera points in each direction.

Live camera · RESCU 8132 · King St W & Dufferin St
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Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Exhibition GO — Lakeshore West775 m
Streetcar
504508501509511 nearest 17 m
TTC bus
294026347 nearest 19 m
Express
929
Blue Night
304301329307363
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — King St West at Dufferin St; Dufferin St at King St West
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Dufferin St / King St W 27 m · 23 docks · 29 stations, 554 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 (10)
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 593 m
  • Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public SchoolEnglish Public · 696 m
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 706 m
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the GroveEnglish Public · 797 m
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 895 m
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Parks (37)
  • Dufferin - King Park108 m
  • Melbourne Avenue Parkette166 m
  • Rita Cox Park195 m
  • Lamport Stadium Park335 m
  • Gwynne Avenue Parkette367 m
  • Spencer - Cowan Parkette393 m
  • and 31 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch499 m
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 558 m
  • Medieval Times Dinner and TournamentPerforming Arts · 717 m
  • Queen Elizabeth TheatrePerforming Arts · 843 m
  • BMO FieldSports / Entertainment Venue · 1 km
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 1.1 km
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 1.3 km
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1.3 km
  • Beanfield CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1.4 km
Signal
0539, activated 1929 · SA1 · transit priority

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 24 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 312 — 4.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Wendy's, 6 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés24 within 300 m · 312 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 54 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Wendy's · 1200 King St W6 mPassed, Aug 2026
Firehouse Subs · 1221 King St W35 mPassed, Aug 2026
Pho Asia 21 · 1208 King St W37 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Rebecca Lounge · 1212 King St W47 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Samosa Boulevard · 1210 King St W47 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Subway · 1207 King St W50 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Habibi Shawarma · 1214 King St W52 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Dollarama · 1182 King St Wgrocery57 mPassed, Mar 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 Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 512 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 187 m away at Melbourne Avenue Parkette.

  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    512 m
Drinking water
Melbourne Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 187 m; Rita Cox Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 203 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 774 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bonaventure Child Care Centre (123 m, 67 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 774 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 10
  • Bonaventure Child Care Centre · 295 Dufferin St
    67 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    123 m
  • Kids & Company King and Highline · 1100 King St W
    74 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    431 m
  • Sunflower House · 162 Dunn Ave
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    534 m
  • Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria · 141 Close Ave
    25 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    593 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 346 (759 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 422 m away.

FireFire Station 346 · 759 m90 Quebec St
Police14 Division · 1.4 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 422 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 114 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 9,491 rental units, 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — 21 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 300 Dufferin St (95 m, 114 units, 7 storeys, built 1980). One building of the 114 scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 262 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 64 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings114 · 9,491 units · 21 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026262 across the 114
Open fire-code violations64
Tallest35 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
300 Dufferin StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation11471980295 m
295 Dufferin St0015123 m
1245 King St Wsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes393198789 · Jul 20252126 m
135 Tyndall Ave21611196392 · Jul 20260158 m
200 Dufferin St · Hazelview Property Services Inc25114196495 · Jul 20258201 m
130 Tyndall Ave · Tyndall Manor395195794 · Jul 20250208 m
1251 King St W · Signet Group Inc18914197289 · Jul 20262209 m
124 Tyndall Ave · Hannah Property Management Ltd.284195686 · Jul 20260213 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 lots506 lots · ≈23,010 spaces · 69 ha
Within 500 m93 lots · ≈3,520 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 1,606 spaces
EV charging (City)1224 KING ST W · 80 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking39 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 66 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1155 King Street West · Surface294 m269 *
45 Abell St · Garage432 m12460% (Q1 2026)
1325 Queen St W · Surface570 m3294% (Q1 2026)
34 Hanna Ave · Surface611 m14669% (Q1 2026)
110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface658 m8over 100% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 64 m away, ≈67 spaces; 91 m away, ≈12 spaces; 109 m away, ≈12 spaces; 110 m away, ≈12 spaces; 110 m away, ≈35 spaces; 124 m away, ≈9 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (416 m, 16 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (774 m, 2 ports); 248 Shaw St (1.4 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 — 14-hour, Jul 25, 2026 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 5,731 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 29% of the total, against 4,321 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,877 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:00 p.m., against 1,361 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north5,454southbound · 265 bikes · 5.4% heavy
From the west4,321eastbound · 454 bikes · 1.2% heavy
Total vehicles20,0888,712 pedestrians · 1,366 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east4,582westbound · 365 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the south5,731northbound · 282 bikes · 4.9% heavy
AM peak hour1,361 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,877 vehicles from 7:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jul 25, 2026 · weekend

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 most recent midblock count on King St W between Dufferin St and Gwynne Ave (63 m away, Nov 2015) recorded volume only — about 18,771 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
King St W · Dufferin St – Gwynne Ave · 63 mNov 2015 · 3 days18,771
Dufferin St · Milky Way – Queen St W · 354 mJul 2017 · 2 days8,320

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 2017, with 66 collisions; 2025 recorded 34. 43 collisions (11%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 68 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 28 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 9, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 19.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions393#193 of 5,508
With an injury43#302 of 4,660
Property damage only294
Fail to remain68
Involving a pedestrian18#52 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist10#137 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist4
With a fatality0
Severity not classified56
Since January 2026 (outside the window)9
All since 2014508latest Apr 9, 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 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Dec 6, 2016. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1050 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#599 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20062latest Dec 6, 2016

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

13 thefts from vehicles and four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 8 in 2023–2025, about 2.7 a year, against 1.3 a year before that. 69% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1351street/outdoor (9), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft430apartment parking (2), commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 16, 2026. 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 South Parkdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is King & Dufferin a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1050 of 1,505), out of 393 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 King & Dufferin?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #881 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.24× the median for a counted intersection, and #247 for pedestrians.

Where can I park near King & Dufferin?

The nearest Green P car park is 1155 King Street West (294 m away, 269 spaces). The City's mapping shows 506 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,010 spaces — 93 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (80 m).

How do I get to King & Dufferin by transit?

Exhibition GO is 775 m away; streetcar routes 504, 508, 501, 509 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 17 m away; bus routes 29, 402, 63, 47, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: King St West at Dufferin St, 19 m).

What restaurants are near King & Dufferin?

24 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 312 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Wendy's (6 m), Firehouse Subs (35 m), Pho Asia 21 (37 m), Rebecca Lounge (47 m) and Samosa Boulevard (47 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 King & Dufferin?

The nearest is Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 220 Cowan Ave, 512 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 King & Dufferin?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 774 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bonaventure Child Care Centre (123 m, 67 spaces), Kids & Company King and Highline (431 m, 74 spaces) and Sunflower House (534 m, 44 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near King & Dufferin?

114 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 9,491 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 300 Dufferin St (95 m, 114 units), 295 Dufferin St (123 m), 1245 King St W (126 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 135 Tyndall Ave (158 m, 216 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 114 is 91 out of 100; 1 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 King & Dufferin?

Toronto Police place 13 thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 South Parkdale page.

What neighbourhood is King & Dufferin in?

King & Dufferin is in South Parkdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 085), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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