171 Greenfield Avenue Bsmt

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Sheppard-Yonge Subway11 min walk
• 🚇 North York Centre Subway13 min walk
• 🚆 Oriole GO3.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 9 grocery stores, 89 cafés and restaurants, 9 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Ava Esfahan Food Market (350 m). Nearest park: Willowdale Park (350 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Claude Watson School for the Arts
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 89%7 min walk
• Avondale Alternative Elementary School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 88%10 min walk
• Avondale Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 58%10 min walk
• Hollywood Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 94%, math 100%18 min walk

Secondary

• Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts Catholic · Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 87%, literacy test 97%8 min walk
• Earl Haig Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 84%, literacy test 95%10 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 M2N

Owners / renters

59% / 41%

Median household income

$82,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

17% detached, 70% high-rise

Commute by transit

29%

Population

75,100

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 11.7%, Iranian Persian 7.2%, Korean 6.7%, Yue (Cantonese) 5.1%.

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 East Willowdale (2025): 41% below the Toronto average, down 40% from the year before.

• Assault62% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery28% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings30% below 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 6 active

• 150 GREENFIELD AVE · 50 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2026
  Site Plan Control Amendment related to 16 163131 NNY 23 SA.Amendment is to insert an additional drawing into the Agreement to allow the City to undertake its…
  Application details
• 110 SHEPPARD AVE E · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of 49 and 53-storey mixed-use towers above a 5-7-storey mixed use podium providing residential and…
  Application details
• 110 SHEPPARD AVE E · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  OLT SETTLEMENT: A 42-storey ("North Building") and 46-storey ("South Building") mixed-use towers with podium heights of approxmately 22 metres (along Kenneth…
  Application details
• 45-47 SHEPPARD AVE E · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2024
  OPA & Rezoning that seeks to facilitate a new mixed-use development on the site, consisting of four (4) residential towers on two mixed-use podiums and and 4…
  Application details
• 105 SHEPPARD AVE E · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2020
  Site Plan application for the proposal to permit a 8 storey residential building with 58 residential units and total of 49 parking spaces.(inclusive of 5…
  Application details
• 145 SHEPPARD AVE E · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2017
  Site Plan application to construct an 11 storey mixed use building with at grade retail and an underground parking garage. The proposal includes a total of 55…
  Application details

1 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 13 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, including 1 new home.

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

Trees

51 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