1656 Eglinton Avenue W

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Oakwood LRT3 min walk
• 🚇 Fairbank LRT7 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO3.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 9 grocery stores, 45 cafés and restaurants, 7 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Sublime Market & Produce (50 m). Nearest park: Senator Peter Bosa Parkette (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 71%, math 49%3 min walk
• Fairbank Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 60%, math 16%7 min walk
• D'Arcy McGee Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 72%, math 32%8 min walk
• J R Wilcox Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 66%12 min walk

Secondary

• Spectrum Alternative Senior 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 M6E

Owners / renters

55% / 45%

Median household income

$82,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

14%

Homes

35% detached, 10% high-rise

Commute by transit

34%

Population

37,684

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 10.7%, Spanish 5.2%, Italian 3.5%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3.2%.

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 10 active

• 1414 EGLINTON AVE W · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2024
  Rezoning Application to redevelop the site with a 43-storey mixed-use building with a total net FSI of 24.77 and a lot coverage of approximately 71%. The…
  Application details
• 1812 EGLINTON AVE W · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Zoning By Law Amendment Application to permit the proposal for a 35-storey mixed-use building including commercial units fronting onto Eglinton Avenue West and…
  Application details
• 680 NORTHCLIFFE BLVD · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Feb 2025 Submission - Site Plan resubmission for a proposed 124.73 m (39-storey excluding Mech. Penthouse) purpose built rental, mixed-use building with…
  Application details
• 632 NORTHCLIFFE BLVD · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  June 2024 Proposal: a 40-storey (129.4 metres plus mech. penthouse) residential Building containing 442 dwellin units.Proposed development of a new 36-storey…
  Application details
• 655 NORTHCLIFFE BLVD · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval-15-storey residential building having a residential gross floor area of 11037.1 square metres
  Application details
• 655 NORTHCLIFFE BLVD · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2021
  Nov 2025 Resubmission reflecting the Council-adopted Settlement Offer proposal: for a 42-storey mixed-use building, with a total of 24,052.8 square metres,…
  Application details

8 more within 500 m.

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 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

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

2 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 2 new homes.

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

Trees

32 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.