165 Roncesvalles Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dundas West Subway1.5 km
• 🚇 Bloor UP Express1.5 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO2.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 8 grocery stores, 81 cafés and restaurants, 11 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Shangri-La Fruit Market (50 m). Nearest park: Charles G. Williams Park (500 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Garden Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 94%2 min walk
• Fern Avenue Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 62%3 min walk
• St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 63%5 min walk
• Howard Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 87%12 min walk

Secondary

• École secondaire catholique Saint-Frère-André Catholic · French15 min walk
• École secondaire Toronto Ouest French16 min walk
• City View Alternative Senior School17 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 M6R

Owners / renters

51% / 49%

Median household income

$104,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

15%

Homes

16% detached, 11% high-rise

Commute by transit

23%

Population

19,349

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Polish 1.8%, Spanish 0.5%, Portuguese 0.5%, Ukrainian 0.4%.

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 Roncesvalles (2025): about the Toronto average, down 19% from the year before.

• Assault22% above average
• Break and enter33% above average
• Auto theft55% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles29% 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

No planning applications within 500 m in the last five years.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 5 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 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.

3 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 1 new home.

Permits filed with the City of Toronto. A permit doesn’t mean the work passed final inspection.

Trees

66 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.