3955 Portage Rd

Getting around Walkable

No subway, LRT or GO station within a short trip.

Within a 10-minute walk: 3 grocery stores, 10 cafés and restaurants, 6 parks, 2 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Commisso's Fresh Foods (200 m). Nearest park: Stamford Lion’s Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• John Marshall Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 75%3 min walk
• Notre Dame Catholic Elementary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 75%9 min walk
• St. Gabriel Lalemant Catholic Elementary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 27%11 min walk
• École élémentaire catholique Saint-Antoine Catholic · French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 79%, math 29%16 min walk

Secondary

• A. N. Myer Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 74%, literacy test 89%11 min walk
• Saint Paul Catholic High School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 81%, literacy test 84%12 min walk

EQAO: share of students meeting the provincial standard (2024–25). Ontario average: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 51%; Gr 9 math 55%; literacy test 83%.

Closest schools, not school zones. Check which school serves this address with the school board before relying on it.

Who lives here postal area L2J

Owners / renters

81% / 19%

Median household income

$81,000

Average age

47

Children under 15

13%

Homes

71% detached, 7% high-rise

Commute by transit

1%

Population

14,908

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Italian 1.1%, Spanish 0.8%, Serbian 0.4%, Korean 0.4%.

Flood and conservation No mapped hazard

Not inside a mapped flood plain or regulated area in Niagara Peninsula Conservation’s mapping.

Screening maps only. Ask the conservation authority for a property inquiry before relying on this.

Safety

Crime Severity Index for Niagara Region (St. Catharines) police: 54 vs 57 for Ontario (2025).

Police-reported figures for the whole police service area, not this street. Rates use the area’s resident population.