Route Description
- Lake to Queen Street section
The southern end of Dufferin is within the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) grounds at Dufferin Gates. North of the CNE, the east side is dominated by industrial or transitional industrial to residential buildings of Liberty Village. The west side is mostly single-family homes with one apartment building south of King Street. The neighbourhood to the west is named Parkdale. This area was developed mostly before 1900. Immediately north of Queen Street West, Dufferin was previously cut off by the railway (nicknamed the "Dufferin jog" by locals) but this jog has been removed as of November 18, 2010.
- Queen Street to Eglinton Avenue section
North of Queen Street, Dufferin is primarily residential on both sides, with the large Dufferin Mall on the west side of Dufferin, south of Bloor Street. This was the former site of the Dufferin Park Racetrack. From Queen Street north to College Street, the neighbourhood is known as Little Portugal. North of College, and west of Dufferin is the former village of Brockton and on the east is the Dufferin Grove neighbourhood, named after the park on the east side of Dufferin. Dufferin subway station is located at Dufferin and Bloor Street on the Bloor–Danforth line.
From Bloor Street to Davenport, Dufferin is lined with homes built from the 1920s to post-World War II. The Galleria Mall is located on the west side of Dufferin and on the south side of Dupont Street. The neighbourhood west of Dufferin in this area is known as Wallace Emerson, while on the east it is known as Dovercourt Park. North of Davenport, Dufferin ascends former Lake Iroquous shoreline escarpment. North of the escarpment, the street continues to be residential on both sides north to Eglinton Avenue West.
- Eglinton to Downsview section
North of Eglinton, it becomes a six-lane arterial road through industrial and low-density commercial lands of the former North York. The regional shopping centre of Yorkdale Shopping Centre is located at Dufferin and Highway 401. The sections from Eglinton into York Region was originally Vaughan Road.
- North of Wilson Avenue section
North of Wilson Avenue, Dufferin is interrupted by Downsview Airport and Allen Road, the latter of which feeds Dufferin north of Kennard Avenue (formerly Wilson Heights Boulevard). North of Steeles Avenue, Dufferin Street continues into Vaughan and is also known as York Regional Road 53, crossing Davis Drive (Hwy 9) into Glenville Road, then continuing north before ending just north of Graham Sideroad in King.
A broken section of Dufferin Street runs semi parallel with Allen Road from Kennard to Sheppard Avenue due east. This section is a residential street and ends in a cul-de-sac just south of Kennard. A lost section of Dufferin Street south of Sheppard Avenue is now within Downsview subway station.
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