1575 Bayview Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Leaside LRT10 min walk
• 🚇 Laird LRT19 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO6.4 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 8 grocery stores, 38 cafés and restaurants, 9 parks, 4 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Summer’s Best Fruit & Flowers (0 m). Nearest park: Father Caulfield Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Maurice Cody Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 94%, math 87%4 min walk
• St. Anselm Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 75%4 min walk
• Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 80%6 min walk
• Leaside Children’s House Montessori Private10 min walk

Secondary

• Leaside High School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 79%, literacy test 95%10 min walk
• Hodgson Middle School15 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 M4G

Owners / renters

68% / 32%

Median household income

$130,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

16%

Homes

42% detached, 23% high-rise

Commute by transit

13%

Population

19,598

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 0.9%, Spanish 0.8%, Iranian Persian 0.7%, Portuguese 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 Leaside-Bennington (2025): 43% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault72% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft32% above average
• Robbery86% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout 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 2 active

• 1500 BAYVIEW AVE · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2020
  Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 8-storey mixed use building with 154 dwelling units and 1,560 square metres of retail space.
  Application details
• 1500 BAYVIEW AVE · 250 m
  Site Plan · Appeal Received · applied 2020
  Site Plan Control application to permit a 8-storey mixed use building with 154 dwelling units and 1,560 square metres of retail space.
  Application details
• 1710 BAYVIEW AVE · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Condominum application for a 9-storey mid-rise with 197 residential condominium units being constructed atop two levels of underground parking…
  Application details
• 1420 BAYVIEW AVE · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2022
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium proposing 44 residential (condo) units and 2 retail units in an 8-storey mixed-use building inclusive of 49 residential and…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 7 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Thorncliffe Park 2.0 km

Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.

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 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

Heritage Listed

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Listed. The City must get 60 days’ notice before demolition, and it can move to designate the property.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

2 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

56 City street trees within 100 m. 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