12 Birch Avenue 207

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Summerhill Subway2 min walk
• 🚇 Rosedale Subway10 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO4.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 4 grocery stores, 72 cafés and restaurants, 22 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Harvest Wagon (150 m). Nearest park: Lionel Conacher Park (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Cottingham Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 100%5 min walk
• Brown Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 75%14 min walk
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 80%14 min walk
• Deer Park Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 68%15 min walk

Secondary

• De La Salle College "Oaklands" Private8 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 M4V

Owners / renters

44% / 56%

Median household income

$99,000

Average age

46

Children under 15

10%

Homes

11% detached, 63% high-rise

Commute by transit

26%

Population

19,273

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 1.3%, Mandarin 0.8%, Russian 0.7%, Iranian Persian 0.6%.

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 Yonge-St.Clair (2025): 42% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault65% below average
• Break and enter97% above average
• Auto theft71% below average
• Robbery67% below average
• Theft from vehicles45% 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 14 active

• 44 PRICE ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval to permit the demolition, renovation and reconfiguration of the existing Toronto Lawn Tennis Club clubhouse and the semi-detached dwelling…
  Application details
• 1091 YONGE ST · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 35-storey mixed-use building, containing 235 dwelling units and 1,645 square metres of…
  Application details
• 1088 YONGE ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for 12-storey mixed-use building with retail/commercial uses at grade and on the second floor, with a total of 24 dwelling units above.…
  Application details
• 1220 YONGE ST · 50 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site plan application to construct a 22-storey (74 m excluding mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building containing 185 dwelling units and 600 square metres of…
  Application details
• 1091 YONGE ST · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval for a 19-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 1569 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of…
  Application details
• 4 BIRCH AVE · 0 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site plan approval applicaton to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 14-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of…
  Application details

14 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 4 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (North Toronto Subdivision)50 m

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

What can be built CR

Commercial Residential (with a site-specific exception).

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.

1 permit 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

51 City street trees within 100 m. That’s about 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.