5940 Yonge St

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Finch Subway11 min walk
• 🚇 North York Centre Subway2.1 km
• 🚆 Old Cummer GO3.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 4 grocery stores, 51 cafés and restaurants, 7 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: H Mart (300 m). Nearest park: Centre Park (450 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• R J Lang Elementary and Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 78%, math 34%13 min walk
• St. Cyril Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 94%18 min walk
• St. Paschal Baylon Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 52%19 min walk
• Lillian Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 71%, math 60%1.3 km

Secondary

• Drewry Secondary School5 min walk
• Avondale Secondary Alternative School7 min walk
• École secondaire catholique Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel French8 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 M2M

Owners / renters

58% / 42%

Median household income

$81,000

Average age

45

Children under 15

10%

Homes

36% detached, 48% high-rise

Commute by transit

31%

Population

31,915

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 8.8%, Iranian Persian 8.3%, Korean 7.5%, 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 Newtonbrook West (2025): about the Toronto average, down 10% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft96% above average
• Robbery20% above 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 14 active

• 5949 YONGE ST · 50 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Condo Application to convert existing 118 residential co-ownership units into condominium units.
  Application details
• 5800 YONGE ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Proposal to construct a two-storey child care centre as part of redevelopment of site. Child care centre will have a gross floor area of 913 square metres and…
  Application details
• 5800 YONGE ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Site Plan Application for Phase 1 (western towers) of 46 and 48 storeys. A total gross floor area of 71,030.1 square metres of residential uses with 999…
  Application details
• 5800 YONGE ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Site Plan Application for Phase 2 (eastern) of 52 and 54 storeys. A total gross floor area of 80,022.1square metres, 267.5 square metres of non-residential,…
  Application details
• 5915 YONGE ST · 100 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Application for the 3rd phase of the Newtonbrook Plaza development. Proposal consisting of a 38-storey mixed-use tower with 496 dwelling units. Total…
  Application details
• 5915 YONGE ST · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2022
  Official Plan Amendment and Rezoning Application for the 3rd phase of the Newtonbrook Plaza development. Proposal consisting of a 38-storey mixed-use tower…
  Application details

10 more within 500 m.

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