159 Boultbee Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Donlands Subway13 min walk
• 🚇 Greenwood Subway15 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO3.0 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 8 grocery stores, 68 cafés and restaurants, 9 parks, 6 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Philippine Oriental Food Market (650 m). Nearest park: Oakvale Green (450 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• École élémentaire catholique du Bon-Berger French4 min walk
• Blake Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 92%, math 40%7 min walk
• Kapapamahchakwew - Wandering Spirit School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 64%, math 9%10 min walk
• Leslieville Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 74%, math 33%11 min walk

Secondary

• Riverdale Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 77%, literacy test 95%7 min walk
• East Alternative School of Toronto7 min walk
• St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 66%, literacy test 85%9 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 M4J

Owners / renters

62% / 38%

Median household income

$93,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

17%

Homes

29% detached, 16% high-rise

Commute by transit

30%

Population

35,128

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Greek 3.2%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.5%, Mandarin 0.9%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 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 Blake-Jones (2025): 24% below the Toronto average, down 17% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter48% below average
• Auto theft35% below average
• Robbery38% below average
• Theft from vehicles83% 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 1 active

• 413 LESLIE ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2020
  Proposal for six detached dwellings and 4 semi-detached dwellings have a total residential gross floor area of 2,811 square metres.
  Application details
• 32 WALPOLE AVE · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2023
  An Official Plan Amendment application submitted by Toronto Community Housing to facilitate the severance of the Site in order to implement the City's Tenants…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 5 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Gerrard 1.1 km
• 🚧 Pape 1.1 km
• 🚧 Leslieville Ontario Line1.9 km · opening early 2030s

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

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Kingston Subdivision)50 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

• New Building · 2020 · Closed
  Rev 01: Revision to construct a basement walkoutTo construct a semi-detached single family dwelling on a new lot (Lot 2).
• Demolition · 2019 · Closed
  To demolish the existing single family dwelling.
• New Building · 2019 · Closed
  To construct a semi-detached single family dwelling on a severed lot (Lot 1).

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

39 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.

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