Item - 2025.TE26.48

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council rescind the existing Community Safety Zone in effect at all times on both sides of Dufferin Street, between Dundas Street West and Queen Street West.

2. City Council rescind the existing Community Safety Zone in effect at all times on both sides of Dufferin Street, between Bloor Street West and College Street.

3. City Council designate a Community Safety Zone to be in effect at all times on both sides of Dufferin Street, between Queen Street West and Bloor Street West.

Dufferin Street, between Queen Street West and Bloor Street West, serves as a vital corridor connecting residents to key community destinations, including the Roseneath Theatre, several churches, and nearby schools such as St. Helen Catholic School. The area is home to many families and vulnerable road users, and is bordered by single-family homes and City-run facilities.

Dangerous driving and speeding along this section of Dufferin Street remain major concerns for residents. There continues to be serious incidents, near misses, collisions, and no regard for vulnerable road users, reflecting an urgent need for enhanced safety measures.

Transportation Services conducted a review and determined that expanding the existing community safety zone on Dufferin Street is warranted. This designation will fill a gap between two existing safety zones to the north and south, ensuring a continuous corridor of traffic regulations designed to reduce dangerous driving.

The establishment of a community safety zone will increase penalties for drivers violating traffic rules and will support any future implementation of automated speed enforcement. This expanded community safety zone will help to improve safety for all road users in the active and growing neighbourhoods along Dufferin Street.