35 Empress Ave

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 North York Centre Subway2 min walk
• 🚇 Sheppard-Yonge Subway13 min walk
• 🚆 Oriole GO3.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 8 grocery stores, 138 cafés and restaurants, 17 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: 大統華 T&T Supermarket (100 m). Nearest park: Princess Park (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Claude Watson School for the Arts
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 89%7 min walk
• McKee Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 91%, math 84%8 min walk
• St. Cyril Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 94%15 min walk
• Churchill Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 81%, math 88%1.2 km

Secondary

• Earl Haig Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 84%, literacy test 95%7 min walk
• Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts Catholic · Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 87%, literacy test 97%9 min walk
• Willowdale Middle School18 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 Yonge-Doris (2025): 40% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault33% below average
• Break and enter69% below average
• Auto theft56% below average
• Robberyabout 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 11 active

• 5220 YONGE ST · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Zoning By-law Amendment Application proposes a Senior's Residential Accommodation including Seniors Independent Living, Assisted Living and Long-Term Care Home…
  Application details
• 5100 YONGE ST · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Application to re-purpose the existing Toys R Us building into a supermarket with an approximate gross floor area of 3,814.50 square metres for the…
  Application details
• 5220 YONGE ST · 300 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2023
  Retail component of an approved mixed use development including a residential, and commericial/office component. Associated with Condominium Applications No.…
  Application details
• 5250-5254 YONGE ST · 350 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2023
  Office component of an approved mixed use development including a retail and residential component. Associated with Condominium Applications No. 23 196812 NNY…
  Application details
• 5051-5061 YONGE ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Site Plan application for a 39-storey mixed-use building with 365 dwelling units and 2,029 sq.m of non-residential gross floor area. The proposed building…
  Application details
• 5318 YONGE ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  Proposal for a 36 storey mixed use building with 2 to 7 storey podium along the Yonge Street frontage with a 12 storey building component located along…
  Application details

9 more within 500 m.

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