1608 Weston Road

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Weston UP Express10 min walk
• 🚇 Mount Dennis LRT1.9 km
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO1.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 4 grocery stores, 24 cafés and restaurants, 7 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: FreshCo (350 m). Nearest park: Denison Park (350 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Portage Trail Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 67%, math 11%5 min walk
• Bala Avenue Community School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 50%, math 62%15 min walk
• St. Bernard Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 74%, math 31%15 min walk
• Weston Memorial Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 84%, math 84%19 min walk

Secondary

• York Humber High School13 min walk
• C R Marchant Middle School13 min walk
• Weston Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 27%, literacy test 70%14 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 M9N

Owners / renters

42% / 58%

Median household income

$69,500

Average age

40

Children under 15

16%

Homes

26% detached, 53% high-rise

Commute by transit

27%

Population

26,059

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 4.4%, Somali 3.3%, Portuguese 3%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1.6%.

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 Weston (2025): about the Toronto average, down 35% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery60% below average
• Theft from vehicles36% below average
• Shootings121% 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 8 active

• 8 VICTORIA AVE E · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Proposed application involves the addition of a 43-storey building to the 2025 Approval, resulting in two 43-storey buildings. Tower 2.
  Application details
• 1736 WESTON RD · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Control application to permit a 42-storey mixed use building with a 6-storey podium, containing 420 residential units. The building will have a Floor…
  Application details
• 1736 WESTON RD · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2022
  *** Draft Plan of Standard condominium for a 25-storey mixed use building with three levels of underground garage
  Application details
• 300 SIDNEY BELSEY CRES · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposed development of 4 residential apartment buildings.
  Application details
• 1677 WESTON RD · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2021
  Proposal for a 9 storey, mid-rise mixed-use development, inclusive of 59 residential units. The development will feature6291 square metres of total Gross Floor…
  Application details
• 10 VICTORIA AVE E · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2018
  INACTIVE The redevelopment of the subject site with a 24-storey mixed-use building containing 254 residential units and 466 square metres of retail space at…
  Application details

8 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 12 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Weston Subdivision)200 m

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

What can be built RA

Residential Apartment (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

Trees

32 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