1563 Bathurst Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Clair West Subway7 min walk
• 🚇 Forest Hill LRT1.6 km
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO5.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 5 grocery stores, 42 cafés and restaurants, 13 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Loblaws (500 m). Nearest park: Hedy Bohm Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Holy Rosary Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 55%8 min walk
• Humewood Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 60%10 min walk
• Hillcrest Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 61%15 min walk
• Bishop Strachan School Private15 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 M5P

Owners / renters

39% / 61%

Median household income

$99,000

Average age

44

Children under 15

12%

Homes

25% detached, 41% high-rise

Commute by transit

26%

Population

19,791

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 1.5%, Mandarin 1.2%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1%, Iranian Persian 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 Forest Hill South (2025): 41% below the Toronto average, down 29% from the year before.

• Assault74% below average
• Break and enter73% above average
• Auto theft53% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles38% below average
• Shootingsnone reported

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 16 active

• 150 VAUGHAN RD · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Control application to allow a 57.25-metre (17 storeys) mixed-use apartment building containing 110 residential units (including 6 affordable rental…
  Application details
• 141 VAUGHAN RD · 300 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 153 dwelling units.
  Application details
• 40 RAGLAN AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Current proposal since Nov 2025: is for a 37-storey (including Mechanical Penthouse level with indoor and outdoor amenity space), mixed use building with a 174…
  Application details
• 536 ST CLAIR AVE W · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan application for a 35-storey mixed use building comprised of 152 square metres of retail space on the ground floor, and 380 residential units.
  Application details
• 32 RAGLAN AVE · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Dec 2023 revised submission: proposes a 34-storey mixed use with a more slender podium, with no revision to the approved site specific GFA, requiring a Minor…
  Application details
• 15 RAGLAN AVE · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Site plan Approval application to facilitate the redevelopment of the sites for a 28-storey residential building having a gross floor area of 15407.2 square…
  Application details

16 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 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 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.

7 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

95 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. That’s more 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