17 Elm Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Sherbourne Subway5 min walk
• 🚇 Bloor-Yonge Subway11 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.4 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 12 grocery stores, 104 cafés and restaurants, 26 parks, 13 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: No Frills (350 m). Nearest park: Molesworth Square (400 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Rosedale Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 100%6 min walk
• Rose Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 67%, math 14%11 min walk
• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 43%16 min walk
• Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 71%17 min walk

Secondary

• Msgr Fraser College - Isabella Campus Catholic9 min walk
• Rosedale Heights School of the Arts
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 66%, literacy test 95%16 min walk
• Jarvis Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 34%, literacy test 80%16 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 M4W

Owners / renters

56% / 44%

Median household income

$104,000

Average age

45

Children under 15

9%

Homes

18% detached, 63% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

15,296

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 2.8%, Iranian Persian 1%, Spanish 0.9%, Korean 0.8%.

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 Rosedale-Moore Park (2025): 43% above the Toronto average, down 10% from the year before.

• Assault41% above average
• Break and enter140% above average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout 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 9 active

• 99 GLEN RD · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2026
  Create 4 residential units within an existing four storey building
  Application details
• 135 CRESCENT RD · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2023
  Proposal to divide the lot into a main residence, a coach house and a shared driveway and establish a Standard Condominium Corporation.
  Application details
• 37 LINDEN ST · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  Official Plan Amendment & Rezoning for a 69-storey residential building that will contain 872 residential dwelling units (including rental replacement units).
  Application details
• 350 BLOOR ST E · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposal to construct a 63-storey mixed-use building on the subject site. The existing six-storey office building will be replaced. Approximately 486 square…
  Application details
• 47 HUNTLEY ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  59-storey (west tower) and 48-storey (east tower) mixed-use buildings that will include: affordable rental units, rental replacement units, community space,…
  Application details
• 9 SELBY ST · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2021
  Proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment for 59-storey (west tower) and 48-storey (east tower) mixed-use buildings that will include: affordable…
  Application details

9 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 3 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

Heritage Protected

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Heritage Conservation District (Part V) (2003). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

13 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

52 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