1170 Birchmount Road 2

Getting around Walkable

• 🚇 Birchmount LRT1.4 km
• 🚇 Ionview LRT1.5 km
• 🚆 Kennedy GO1.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 14 cafés and restaurants, 2 parks, 3 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Food Basics (600 m). Nearest park: Ionview Park (650 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• General Crerar Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 62%, math 19%7 min walk
• Ionview Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 33%12 min walk
• St. Lawrence Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 54%13 min walk
• Dorset Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 68%15 min walk

Secondary

• Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 22%, literacy test 65%11 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 M1P

Owners / renters

59% / 41%

Median household income

$76,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

15%

Homes

25% detached, 51% high-rise

Commute by transit

29%

Population

45,170

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tamil 5.6%, Yue (Cantonese) 4.3%, Mandarin 3.9%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3.5%.

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 Wexford/Maryvale (2025): 53% above the Toronto average, down 9% from the year before.

• Assault47% above average
• Break and enter34% above average
• Auto theft89% above average
• Robbery60% above average
• Theft from vehicles109% above average
• Shootings295% 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 2 active

• 30 MCGREGOR RD · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2020
  INACTIVE One storey daycare addition to existing school.
  Application details
• 25 CROUSE RD · 200 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2019
  Development of a new 3-storey 5,604m2 self-storage facility on the property. The existing four self-storage warehouse buildings will be retained. Existing Site…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 13 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise Nothing major nearby

No highway within 500 m, rail line within 300 m, or airport flight path nearby.

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

What can be built E

Employment Industrial.

From Toronto’s Zoning By-law 569-2013 map. Lot size, setbacks and trees decide what actually fits; check with a planner before you buy.

Full lot check · Run the numbers

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

18 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years.

Permits filed with the City of Toronto. A permit doesn’t mean the work passed final inspection.

Trees

30 City street trees within 100 m, mostly honeys. That’s fewer than the Toronto average of 42.

Trees on City boulevards only, not private yards or parks.

Internet High-speed

50/10 Mbps or faster available here by cable, fibre or DSL (the federal high-speed target).

From the federal broadband map. Check exact speeds and providers for the address.