South Forest Hill

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Clair West Subway4 min walk
• 🚇 Dupont Subway1.5 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO5.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 4 grocery stores, 25 cafés and restaurants, 14 parks, 8 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Kitchen Table (200 m). Nearest park: Montclair Avenue Parkette (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Holy Rosary Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 55%4 min walk
• Bishop Strachan School Private9 min walk
• Hillcrest Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 61%14 min walk
• Forest Hill Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 90%14 min walk

Secondary

• De La Salle College "Oaklands" Private1.4 km

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 M5P

Owners / renters

39% / 61%

Median household income

$99,000

Average age

44

Children under 15

12%

Homes

25% detached, 41% high-rise

Commute by transit

26%

Population

19,791

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 1.5%, Mandarin 1.2%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1%, Iranian Persian 0.7%.

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 Forest Hill South (2025): 41% below the Toronto average, down 29% from the year before.

• Assault74% below average
• Break and enter73% above average
• Auto theft53% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles38% 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 4 active

• 1 THELMA AVE · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Approval for a 7-storey residential building, with 16 dwelling units, 49 vehicle parking spaces, and 10 bicylce parking spaces.
  Application details
• 429 WALMER RD · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  May 2023 resubmission: The application has been revised as follows: A 73.5 metre (19-storey inclusive of mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building is proposed…
  Application details
• 1603 BATHURST ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · Appeal Received · applied 2019
  Site Plan Approval Application to facilitate the construction of an 8-storey rental apartment building containing 79 new residential units. 1601 Bathurst…
  Application details
• 390 SPADINA RD · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2015
  A 6-storey mixed use building containing retail units at ground level and 33 residential units above, approved by the Ontario Land Tribunal on May 10, 2018.The…
• 390 SPADINA RD · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2025
  The Proposed Development, and Zoning By-law Amendment, is comprised of a new 14-storey mixed use building with ground floor retail uses and residential uses on…
  Application details
• 270 HEATH ST W · 150 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for one storey building for the fan plant adjacent to the north exit of St. Clair West Station (8 Tichester Road) and within Cedarvale Park.…
  Application details

3 more within 500 m.

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