970 Eglinton Ave E

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Laird LRT9 min walk
• 🚇 Sunnybrook Park LRT12 min walk
• 🚆 Oriole GO5.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 3 grocery stores, 11 cafés and restaurants, 4 parks, 1 pharmacy. Nearest grocery: Farm Boy (600 m). Nearest park: Radar Park (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Northlea Elementary and Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 82%14 min walk
• Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 80%1.3 km
• Leaside Children’s House Montessori Private1.4 km
• St. Anselm Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 75%1.5 km

Secondary

• Leaside High School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 79%, literacy test 95%1.3 km
• Valley Park Middle School1.8 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 M4G

Owners / renters

68% / 32%

Median household income

$130,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

16%

Homes

42% detached, 23% high-rise

Commute by transit

13%

Population

19,598

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 0.9%, Spanish 0.8%, Iranian Persian 0.7%, Portuguese 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 Leaside-Bennington (2025): 43% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault72% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft32% above average
• Robbery86% below 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 9 active

• 939 EGLINTON AVE E · 250 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Condo for 301 units.
  Application details
• 105-109 VANDERHOOF AVE · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Official Plan Amendment proposes to amend the City of Toronto Official Plan by re-designating the subject site from Core Employment Areas to Mixed Use Areas.…
  Application details
• 849 EGLINTON AVE E · 350 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Appeal Received · applied 2022
  Draft Plan of Subdivision for 1lot. (related files 22-160403 NNY 15 OZ, 22-160402 NNY 15 SA)
  Application details
• 849 EGLINTON AVE E · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposal for a development includes three buildings: a 40-storey residential mixed-use building, a 21storey residential building, and a 6-storey office…
  Application details
• 845 EGLINTON AVE E · 450 m
  Part Lot Control · Under Review · applied 2022
  Part lot control exemption application to establish stratified ownerships of the five mixed-use buildings, as conditionally approved by the OLT in 2020, that…
  Application details
• 963 EGLINTON AVE E · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2021
  The proposal is for the redevelopment of the existing 6.7 acre site with a total density of 3.8 times the site area. The proposed includes 3,633 m² of retail…
  Application details

7 more within 500 m.

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