169 Balmoral Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Clair Subway12 min walk
• 🚇 Summerhill Subway14 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO4.7 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 5 grocery stores, 52 cafés and restaurants, 21 parks, 5 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Longo's (300 m). Nearest park: Glenn Gould Park (350 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Brown Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 75%2 min walk
• Cottingham Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 100%10 min walk
• Bishop Strachan School Private16 min walk
• Upper Canada College Private16 min walk

Secondary

• De La Salle College "Oaklands" Private5 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 M4V

Owners / renters

44% / 56%

Median household income

$99,000

Average age

46

Children under 15

10%

Homes

11% detached, 63% high-rise

Commute by transit

26%

Population

19,273

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 1.3%, Mandarin 0.8%, Russian 0.7%, Iranian Persian 0.6%.

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 Casa Loma (2025): 22% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault26% below average
• Break and enter70% above average
• Auto theft67% below average
• Robbery63% below average
• Theft from vehicles51% below average
• Shootings80% 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 4 active

• 135 ST CLAIR AVE W · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Proposed 49 storey mixed-use, 544-unit residential tower containing 46,009sqm residential GFA and 920sqm non-residential GFA, with a total height of 164.3…
  Application details
• 169 BALMORAL AVE · 0 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposed development of the site for a 24-storey residential building
  Application details
• 175 ST CLAIR AVE W · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval for a 13-storey residential building having a gross floor area of 27,328.6 square metres. A total of 164 dwelling units are proposed.
  Application details
• 101 ST CLAIR AVE W · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2013
  Site Plan Control application for a 26-storey residential building containing 240 dwelling units, 235 resident parking spaces, 144 resident bicycle parking…
  Application details
• 135 ST CLAIR AVE W · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  Zoning By-law Amendment for a 49-storey mixed-use building with 576 rental apartment units, an early childhood education centre and ground floor commercial.
  Application details
• 202 ST CLAIR AVE W · 350 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Condominium for a 9-storey residential building with 85 condominium units.
  Application details

2 more within 500 m.

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 RD

Residential Detached (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

No building permits at this address since 2014.

6 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

87 City street trees within 100 m, mostly beechs. 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.

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