14 Spears Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Mount Dennis LRT1.4 km
• 🚇 Keelesdale LRT1.7 km
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO1.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 6 grocery stores, 26 cafés and restaurants, 11 parks, 1 pharmacy. Nearest grocery: San Jose Mexican Foods (700 m). Nearest park: Harwood Park (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Harwood Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 77%, math 25%2 min walk
• Cordella Junior Public School11 min walk
• Santa Maria Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 55%, math 10%11 min walk
• Dennis Avenue Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 24%17 min walk

Secondary

• St. Oscar Romero Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 44%, literacy test 78%9 min walk
• Frank Oke Secondary School11 min walk
• Rockcliffe Middle School12 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 M6N

Owners / renters

58% / 42%

Median household income

$75,500

Average age

41

Children under 15

15%

Homes

24% detached, 26% high-rise

Commute by transit

28%

Population

40,252

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 9.6%, Spanish 5%, Vietnamese 3%, Italian 1.2%.

Flood and conservation Regulated area

This address is inside a conservation-authority regulated area (Toronto and Region Conservation Authority): near a valley, stream, shoreline or wetland, where flooding or erosion can occur. New building, additions, pools or grading usually need a permit from the authority.

Screening maps only. Ask the conservation authority for a property inquiry before relying on this.

Safety

Major crime per resident in Rockcliffe-Smythe (2025): about the Toronto average, down 10% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter30% below average
• Auto theft30% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings104% 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

• 150 SYMES RD · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Site Plan Amendment Application.
  Application details
• 81 MC CORMACK ST · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  Proposed development of 10 & 12 storey buildings containing 263 units which will include approximately 21,465 square metres of gross floor area, comprised of…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 9 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 RM

Residential Multiple Dwelling (with a site-specific exception).

• ✅ Up to 4 homes on the lot (multiplex)
• ✅ Garden suite in the backyard
• ✅ Laneway suite, if the lot backs onto a lane

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

Trees

24 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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