159 Locksley Avenue 3

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Oakwood LRT10 min walk
• 🚇 Fairbank LRT11 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO3.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 9 grocery stores, 51 cafés and restaurants, 7 parks, 8 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Chakula Tamu (600 m). Nearest park: J.T.Watson Park (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Sts Cosmas and Damian Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 98%, math 61%10 min walk
• St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 71%, math 49%11 min walk
• Fairbank Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 60%, math 16%13 min walk
• D'Arcy McGee Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 72%, math 32%17 min walk

Secondary

• Dante Alighieri Academy Catholic · Private1.3 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 M6B

Owners / renters

50% / 50%

Median household income

$86,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

15%

Homes

31% detached, 47% high-rise

Commute by transit

32%

Population

28,534

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4.3%, Italian 3%, Spanish 2.7%, Portuguese 2.6%.

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 2 active

• 2700 DUFFERIN ST · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  The requested OPA seeks to redesignate the eastern portion of the subject site from General Employment Areas to Mixed Use Areas, while maintaining the general…
  Application details
• 2451 DUFFERIN ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval application for a mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 906 square metres, and 43,296 square metres of residential…
  Application details
• 2433 DUFFERIN ST · 350 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2022
  Draft Plan of Condominium to permit an 8-storey mixed use condominium with 99 units.
  Application details
• 2451 DUFFERIN ST · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2021
  Zoning by-law Amendment application for a mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 906 square metres, and 43,296 square metres of…
  Application details
• 1141 ROSELAWN AVE · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2021
  The proposed OPA and ZBA is looking to permit a 11-storey residential development which will result in 9689 square metres of residential GFA. The development…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 8 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 RM

Residential Multiple Dwelling (with a site-specific exception).

• ✅ Up to 4 homes on the lot (multiplex)
• ✅ 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 Laneway / Rear Yard Suite · 2024 · Inspection
  Proposal to construct a new Garden Suite in rear yard.
• Demolition · 2024 · Closed
  Proposal to demolish the existing 1 storey SFD-detached dwelling.
• New Building · 2024 · Inspection
  Proposal to construct a new three-storey triplex. See also 24 128436 DEM and 23 190443 ZAP.

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

49 City street trees within 100 m. 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