1 De Boers Dr

Getting around Walkable

• 🚇 Sheppard West Subway4 min walk
• 🚇 Downsview Park Subway18 min walk
• 🚆 Downsview Park GO18 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 1 grocery store, 10 cafés and restaurants, 2 parks, 2 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: The Grocery Outlet (450 m). Nearest park: Banting Park (450 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Dublin Heights Elementary and Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 63%1.4 km
• St. Robert Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 92%, math 52%1.6 km
• Faywood Arts-Based Curriculum School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 78%, math 25%1.9 km
• St. Norbert Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 57%1.9 km

Secondary

• William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 73%, literacy test 96%5 min walk
• Charles H Best Middle School1.9 km

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 M3J

Owners / renters

48% / 52%

Median household income

$75,500

Average age

39

Children under 15

13%

Homes

13% detached, 53% high-rise

Commute by transit

34%

Population

26,600

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4%, Vietnamese 3.2%, Spanish 3%, Italian 2.9%.

Flood and conservation No mapped hazard

Not inside a mapped flood plain or regulated area.

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

Safety

Major crime per resident in York University Heights (2025): 96% above the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault66% above average
• Break and enter98% above average
• Auto theft182% above average
• Robbery63% above average
• Theft from vehicles48% above average
• Shootings46% above average

Crime Severity Index for Toronto police: 60 vs 57 for Ontario (2025).

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

Development nearby 3 active

• 281 COCKSFIELD AVE · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Official Plan Amendment & Rezoning Application proposing the development of a 12-storey residential building including 319 residential units. A paved access…
  Application details
• 20 DE BOERS DR · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2024
  An Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application has been submitted for a mixed use development with 50, 52, and 55-storey buildings on top…
  Application details
• 1050 SHEPPARD AVE W · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2018
  INACTIVE 15 storey mixed use building containing 198 dwelling units (12,958sqm of residential gross floor area and 801 sqm of non-residential gross floor area)…
  Application details
• 1100 SHEPPARD AVE W · 100 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2021
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 422 units.
  Application details

Rezoning, site plan, subdivision and condominium applications filed with the city.