1500 Birchmount Road Phase 1

Getting around Somewhat walkable

• 🚆 Kennedy GO3.3 km

Within a 10-minute walk: no grocery stores, 8 cafés and restaurants, 2 parks, 2 pharmacies. Nearest park: Manhattan Park (550 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Manhattan Park Junior Public School10 min walk
• Ellesmere-Statton Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 62%13 min walk
• Dorset Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 68%15 min walk
• St. Lawrence Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 54%16 min walk

Secondary

• Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 22%, literacy test 65%1.3 km
• Gooderham Learning Centre1.6 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 M1P

Owners / renters

59% / 41%

Median household income

$76,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

15%

Homes

25% detached, 51% high-rise

Commute by transit

29%

Population

45,170

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tamil 5.6%, Yue (Cantonese) 4.3%, Mandarin 3.9%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3.5%.

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 Wexford/Maryvale (2025): 53% above the Toronto average, down 9% from the year before.

• Assault47% above average
• Break and enter34% above average
• Auto theft89% above average
• Robbery60% above average
• Theft from vehicles109% above average
• Shootings295% 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

• 1430 BIRCHMOUNT RD · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Condominium. The proposed development contains two 3-storey warehouse units. Building A contains 29 Industrial units and 186 Work/Storage units.…
  Application details
• 1519 BIRCHMOUNT RD · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2022
  OPA and rezoning application to permit an 8-storey rental apartment building containing 103 units.
  Application details
• 1430 BIRCHMOUNT RD · 400 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2022
  Site Plan application to permit the development of 2 three-storey multi-unit industrial buildings each with two floors of individual warehouse units and one…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 14 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.

Building permits

• Addition · 2026 · Revision Issued
  REVISION 3 - north west corner corridor layout revisionREVISION 2 - renovation and addition to existing industrial warehouse within vacant…
• Sprinklers · 2026 · Permit Issued
  Proposal for sprinkler system alteration
• Interior Alterations · 2026 · Issuance Pending
  Proposed interior alterations to convert existing industrial unit to a new go-karting facility (recreational use)
• Interior Alterations · 2024 · Permit Issued
  Interior alterations to existing F2, converting to A2 type use for Bond Academy, including HVAC, Plumbing, Sprinklers, Structural,…
• Interior Alterations · 2020 · Closed
  Interior Alterations - New interior overhead door in single tenant suite

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

21 City street trees within 100 m, mostly honeys. 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.