1506 Eglinton Avenue W

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Oakwood LRT2 min walk
• 🚇 Cedarvale Subway7 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO3.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 8 grocery stores, 51 cafés and restaurants, 12 parks, 6 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Mr. Chaskeros (0 m). Nearest park: Walter Saunders Memorial Park (450 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 71%, math 49%7 min walk
• J R Wilcox Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 66%8 min walk
• D'Arcy McGee Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 72%, math 32%10 min walk
• Fairbank Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 60%, math 16%11 min walk

Secondary

• Spectrum Alternative Senior School13 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 M6E

Owners / renters

55% / 45%

Median household income

$82,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

14%

Homes

35% detached, 10% high-rise

Commute by transit

34%

Population

37,684

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 10.7%, Spanish 5.2%, Italian 3.5%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3.2%.

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 Briar Hill-Belgravia (2025): about the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles31% below average
• Shootings50% 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 6 active

• 7 PARK HILL RD · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of an 48-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 505 residential units, being…
  Application details
• 7 PARK HILL RD · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of an 48-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 505 residential units, being a…
  Application details
• 1414 EGLINTON AVE W · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2024
  Rezoning Application to redevelop the site with a 43-storey mixed-use building with a total net FSI of 24.77 and a lot coverage of approximately 71%. The…
  Application details
• 1445 EGLINTON AVE W · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2020
  INACTIVE Site Plan approval for proposed renovations and additions to the existing place of worship. The proposed addition will be approximately 719 square…
  Application details
• 605 OAKWOOD AVE · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2017
  Proposed 5 storey mixed use building with 30 residential apartment units and ground floor retail. 12 stacked parking spaces would be located at the rear of the…
  Application details
• 605 OAKWOOD AVE · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2017
  INACTIVE Proposed 4 storey mixed use building with 30 residential apartment units and ground floor retail. 12 stacked parking spaces would be located at the…
  Application details

2 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 8 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Allen Road400 m

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

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

3 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 1 new home.

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

Trees

33 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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.