1236 Danforth Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Greenwood Subway2 min walk
• 🚇 Donlands Subway8 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO2.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 7 grocery stores, 52 cafés and restaurants, 11 parks, 10 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Greenwood Market (50 m). Nearest park: Felstead Park (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Wilkinson Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 61%7 min walk
• Kapapamahchakwew - Wandering Spirit School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 64%, math 9%9 min walk
• École élémentaire La Mosaïque French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 98%, math 85%10 min walk
• Earl Haig Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 74%, math 40%13 min walk

Secondary

• Greenwood Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 17%4 min walk
• Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 55%, literacy test 78%4 min walk
• Subway Academy I 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 M4J

Owners / renters

62% / 38%

Median household income

$93,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

17%

Homes

29% detached, 16% high-rise

Commute by transit

30%

Population

35,128

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Greek 3.2%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.5%, Mandarin 0.9%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 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 Danforth (2025): 58% above the Toronto average, up 13% from the year before.

• Assault103% above average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles48% above 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

• 1117 DANFORTH AVE · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2024
  Site Plan Amendment for a 14-storey mixed use, purpose-built rental building. The proposed development contemplates the replacement of the existing 27 rental…
  Application details
• 184 CHATHAM AVE · 300 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for a 4-storey residential building with a height of 12.3 meters (excluding stair and elevator overruns) and 42 condominium dwelling units,…
  Application details
• 1111 DANFORTH AVE · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Site Plan Control application to permit a 13-storey mixed-use building with 297 purpose-built residential rental units and 1,646 square metres of…
  Application details
• 1030 DANFORTH AVE · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2020
  INACTIVE The proposal is a site plan approval for an 8-storey mixed-use building, containing 53 residential dwelling units, and 2 non-residential units. Three…
  Application details
• 1117 DANFORTH AVE · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  Zoning By-law Amendment application lift the "H" Holding Symbol that applies to the subject lands to address a shared loading space.
  Application details
• 1111 DANFORTH AVE · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  Holding By-law Amendment application
  Application details

3 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 6 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Pape 1.1 km
• 🚧 Cosburn 1.7 km
• 🚧 Gerrard 1.8 km

Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.

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 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

Heritage Listed

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Listed. The City must get 60 days’ notice before demolition, and it can move to designate the property.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2022 · Closed
  Revision 01. Proposed interior alterations to main restaurant on ground floor and new washroom in basement
• Interior Alterations · 2019 · Cancelled
  Proposal for interior alterations to existing ground floor restaurant for new tenant (60 seats).

4 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

53 City street trees within 100 m. That’s more 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.