The Elm Ridge

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Cedarvale Subway8 min walk
• 🚇 Glencairn Subway10 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO4.3 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 7 grocery stores, 40 cafés and restaurants, 8 parks, 5 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Sobeys (150 m). Nearest park: Newgate Parkette (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• West Preparatory Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 57%7 min walk
• Sts Cosmas and Damian Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 98%, math 61%10 min walk
• J R Wilcox Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 66%15 min walk
• St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 71%, math 49%16 min walk

Secondary

• Spectrum Alternative Senior School1.4 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 M6B

Owners / renters

50% / 50%

Median household income

$86,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

15%

Homes

31% detached, 47% high-rise

Commute by transit

32%

Population

28,534

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4.3%, Italian 3%, Spanish 2.7%, Portuguese 2.6%.

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 Forest Hill North (2025): 47% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault46% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft68% below average
• Robbery91% below average
• Theft from vehicles62% below average
• Shootingsnone reported

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 11 active

• 8 BENNER AVE · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2025
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment proposing a 37-storey residential building containing 418 units, a GFA of 27,812.40 square metres, and a Floor Space…
  Application details
• 18 ROMAR CRES · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Two-tower mixed use building 36 and 39 storeys in height with a four-storey base building and a seven-storey podium connecting the two towers. A mid-block…
  Application details
• 15 PARK HILL RD · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of an 48-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 505 residential units, being…
  Application details
• 15 PARK HILL RD · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of an 48-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 505 residential units, being a…
  Application details
• 6 ROMAR CRES · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a mixed-use development consisting of 37-storey (124.8m + 6m MPH) and 39-storey (131.1m + 6m MPH) towers on…
  Application details
• 16 STAYNER AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application to permit a mixed-use development consisting of 35 and 37-storey residential towers on a shared 6-storey podium with 886…
  Application details

6 more within 500 m.

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