500 Glencairn Ave

Getting around Walkable

• 🚇 Glencairn Subway17 min walk
• 🚇 Forest Hill LRT1.3 km
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO5.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 3 grocery stores, 7 cafés and restaurants, 8 parks, 3 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Glen Eden Fruits (100 m). Nearest park: Hillhurst Parkette (400 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 79%, math 26%8 min walk
• Glen Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 73%, math 42%9 min walk
• Mesorah Montessori School Private12 min walk
• North Preparatory Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 38%15 min walk

Secondary

• Bnos Bais Yaakov High School of Toronto7 min walk
• Bais Yaakov High School Private16 min walk
• John Polanyi Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 37%, literacy test 72%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 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 Englemount-Lawrence (2025): 32% below the Toronto average, up 10% from the year before.

• Assault30% below average
• Break and enter28% below average
• Auto theft34% below average
• Robbery42% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings206% 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

• 491 GLENCAIRN AVE · 50 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of an 12-storey mixed-use building providing residential and commercial use at grade. The building will…
  Application details
• 515 COLDSTREAM AVE · 300 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 2-storey institutional building having a non-residential gross floor area of 1547.83…
  Application details
• 2793 BATHURST ST · 0 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2020
  Revised Site Plan application for the redevelopment of the lands with a twelve (12)-storey mixed-use building with 240 residential units and commercial…
  Application details
• 2788 BATHURST ST · 100 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2025
  Site Plan Amendment to the previously approved 9-storey mixed-use building under File No. 20 165519 NNY 08 SA. The proposed revisions include a reduction in…
  Application details
• 2788 BATHURST ST · 100 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Condominium to create 127 condo units.
  Application details
• 515 COLDSTREAM AVE · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2021
  Proposed Zoning By-law Amendment application to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 2-storey institutional building having a non-residential gross…
  Application details

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