1438A Dufferin Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dufferin Subway1.3 km
• 🚇 Lansdowne Subway1.3 km
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO4.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 8 grocery stores, 70 cafés and restaurants, 17 parks, 14 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: FreshCo (400 m). Nearest park: Brandon Avenue Parkette (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Mary of the Angels Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 59%2 min walk
• Regal Road Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 45%5 min walk
• Dovercourt Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 73%, math 32%8 min walk
• St. Clare Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 70%, math 40%14 min walk

Secondary

• Loretto College School Catholic9 min walk
• Oakwood Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 44%, literacy test 88%14 min walk
• Winona Drive Senior Public School17 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 M6H

Owners / renters

48% / 52%

Median household income

$83,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

11% detached, 18% high-rise

Commute by transit

30%

Population

43,730

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 8.5%, Spanish 2.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.8%, Italian 1.4%.

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 Junction-Wallace Emerson (2025): about the Toronto average, down 9% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter22% above average
• Auto theft52% below average
• Robbery54% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings56% below 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 8 active

• 259 GEARY AVE · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
• 1423 DUFFERIN ST · 50 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
  Proposed 9-storey (28.5 metre) apartment, containing 60 residential units with a total of 3,817 square metres of residential GFA and 122 square metres of…
  Application details
• 1245 DUPONT ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Control application for Block 3A of 1245 Dupont Street that includes the construction of a 50 storey (156.95 metres) market rental building with 588…
  Application details
• 259 GEARY AVE · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for a 8-storey self-storage building with a total gross floor area of 22,734 square metres on the westerly portion of the subject lands…
  Application details
• 288 GEARY AVE · 200 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2023
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for 39 office condominium units and 18 parking spaces.
  Application details
• 1245 DUPONT ST · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment to increase the approved height and density onsite to accomodate additional purpose built and affordable rental…
  Application details

7 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

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (North Toronto Subdivision)250 m

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

What can be built R

Residential (with a site-specific exception).

• ✅ Up to 6 homes on the lot (multiplex): a sixplex ward
• ✅ 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

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

6 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 2 new homes.

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

Trees

42 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.

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