1717 Avenue Rd

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Lawrence Subway1.2 km
• 🚇 York Mills Subway2.0 km
• 🚆 Downsview Park GO5.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 4 grocery stores, 38 cafés and restaurants, 7 parks, 3 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Ambrosia Natural Foods (50 m). Nearest park: Brookdale Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• John Wanless Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 79%8 min walk
• Ledbury Park Elementary and Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 51%11 min walk
• Blessed Sacrament Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 67%17 min walk
• St. Margaret Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 62%17 min walk

Secondary

• Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 88%, literacy test 96%14 min walk
• Bais Yaakov High School Private15 min walk
• Glenview Senior Public School17 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 M5M

Owners / renters

76% / 24%

Median household income

$164,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

19%

Homes

65% detached, 10% high-rise

Commute by transit

17%

Population

25,495

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 1.6%, Iranian Persian 1%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1%, Spanish 0.8%.

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 Bedford Park-Nortown (2025): 43% below the Toronto average, down 42% from the year before.

• Assault70% below average
• Break and enter32% above average
• Auto theft33% below average
• Robbery24% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout 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 1 active

• 405 BROOKDALE AVE · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Site Plan and Zoning By-law amendment applications for a proposed redevelopment of the site to permit a 9-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential…
  Application details
• 405 BROOKDALE AVE · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2021
  Zoning By-law amendment and Site Plan application for a proposed redevelopment of the site to permit an 8-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential…
  Application details

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