1299 Danforth Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Kennedy Subway1.8 km
• 🚇 Ionview LRT2.4 km
• 🚆 Eglinton GO16 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 4 grocery stores, 17 cafés and restaurants, 5 parks, 6 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: West Indian Food Market (350 m). Nearest park: Trudelle Street Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• John McCrae Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 70%, math 35%8 min walk
• Knob Hill Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 36%10 min walk
• Glen Ravine Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 50%13 min walk
• Walter Perry Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 77%, math 41%15 min walk

Secondary

• École secondaire catholique Père-Philippe-Lamarche French6 min walk
• St. Joan of Arc Catholic Academy Catholic · Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 53%, literacy test 69%18 min walk
• Charles Gordon Senior Public School1.4 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 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 Eglinton East (2025): about the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter21% below average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles164% above average
• Shootings89% 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 1 active

• 2829 EGLINTON AVE E · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval for a proposed 13-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 920 square metres, and a residential gross floor…
  Application details
• 2829 EGLINTON AVE E · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2022
  Rezoning for a proposed 14-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 672 square metres, and a residential gross floor 14,559…
  Application details
• 2787 EGLINTON AVE E · 500 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2022
  Draft Plan of Condo Application 182 6 blocks of 4-storey stacked townhouses containing 182 residential units.
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 15 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 RAC

Residential Apartment Commercial (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

• Interior Alterations · 2016 · Cancelled
  Prioposed interior alterations to mixed use building for additional two dwelling units to existing existing two dwelling units (total four…

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

20 City street trees within 100 m. 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.

Short-term rentals

Only in your principal residence (where you live). The entire home can be rented up to 180 nights a year; renting up to 3 bedrooms while you live there has no limit. Hosts register with the City and collect the 6% accommodation tax.

City rules