17 Birdsall Avenue Lower

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Avenue LRT12 min walk
• 🚇 Eglinton Subway14 min walk
• 🚆 Oriole GO6.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 8 grocery stores, 75 cafés and restaurants, 7 parks, 8 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Carload on Yonge (650 m). Nearest park: Lytton Park (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Allenby Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 75%7 min walk
• John Fisher Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 76%12 min walk
• St. Monica Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 76%12 min walk
• John Ross Robertson Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 72%13 min walk

Secondary

• Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 59%, literacy test 89%7 min walk
• North Toronto Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 80%, literacy test 95%14 min walk
• Glenview Senior Public School16 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 M4R

Owners / renters

49% / 51%

Median household income

$107,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

15%

Homes

33% detached, 40% high-rise

Commute by transit

31%

Population

11,909

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 2.2%, Portuguese 1.4%, Korean 1.2%, Spanish 1%.

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 Yonge-Eglinton (2025): about the Toronto average, down 37% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter28% below average
• Auto theft49% below average
• Robbery21% above average
• Theft from vehicles74% 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

• 368 BRIAR HILL AVE · 350 m
  Part Lot Control · Closed · applied 2022
  Part Lot control to create 7 lots. The purpose of the application for Common Elements Condominium is to create the shared access driveway, common…
  Application details
• 368 BRIAR HILL AVE · 350 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2022
  Draft Condominum approval for 7, 3-storey townhouse dwelling units
  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 RD

Residential Detached (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

No building permits at this address since 2014.

1 permit 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

82 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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