Cosmo

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Sheppard-Yonge Subway4 min walk
• 🚇 North York Centre Subway16 min walk
• 🚆 Oriole GO3.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 9 grocery stores, 74 cafés and restaurants, 10 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: No Frills (150 m). Nearest park: Avonshire Parkette (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Claude Watson School for the Arts
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 89%9 min walk
• Avondale Alternative Elementary School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 88%10 min walk
• Avondale Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 58%11 min walk
• St. Edward Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 63%13 min walk

Secondary

• Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts Catholic · Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 87%, literacy test 97%7 min walk
• Earl Haig Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 84%, literacy test 95%17 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 M2N

Owners / renters

59% / 41%

Median household income

$82,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

17% detached, 70% high-rise

Commute by transit

29%

Population

75,100

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 11.7%, Iranian Persian 7.2%, Korean 6.7%, Yue (Cantonese) 5.1%.

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 Avondale (2025): 45% below the Toronto average, up 15% from the year before.

• Assault34% below average
• Break and enter43% below average
• Auto theft70% below average
• Robbery61% below average
• Theft from vehicles49% 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 18 active

• 4632-4648 YONGE ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of a 50-storey mixed-use building providing residential and commercial use at grade. The building will…
  Application details
• 4632-4648 YONGE ST · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of a 50-storey mixed-use building providing residential and commercial use at grade. The building will…
  Application details
• 11 JOHNSTON AVE · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of a 48-storey mixed-use building providing residential and commercial use at grade. The building will…
  Application details
• 15 POYNTZ AVE · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of a 51-storey mixed-use building providing residential and commercial uses. The building will provide a…
  Application details
• 40 AVONDALE AVE · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of a 49-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 504 residential units, being a…
  Application details
• 40 AVONDALE AVE · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2025
  OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of a 49-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 504 residential units, being a…
  Application details

15 more within 500 m.

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