172 High Park Avenue Bsmt

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 High Park Subway10 min walk
• 🚇 Keele Subway13 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO3.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 73 cafés and restaurants, 12 parks, 8 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: No Frills (550 m). Nearest park: Ravina Gardens Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• High Park Alternative Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 58%6 min walk
• Annette Street Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 47%7 min walk
• St. Cecilia Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 98%, math 78%8 min walk
• Mountview Alternative School Junior
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 83%9 min walk

Secondary

• Humberside Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 80%, literacy test 96%4 min walk
• Ursula Franklin Academy Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 86%, literacy test 99%8 min walk
• Western Technical & Commercial School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 53%, literacy test 83%9 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 M6P

Owners / renters

42% / 58%

Median household income

$86,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

14%

Homes

11% detached, 43% high-rise

Commute by transit

33%

Population

39,870

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 2%, Spanish 1.7%, Russian 1.1%, Polish 0.9%.

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 High Park North (2025): 28% below the Toronto average, down 18% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter30% below average
• Auto theft67% below average
• Robbery45% below average
• Theft from vehicles28% below average
• Shootings52% 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

• 260 HIGH PARK AVE · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2023
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 70 residential units
  Application details
• 111 PACIFIC AVE · 350 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Under Review · applied 2021
  Draft Plan of Subdivision for two development blocks.
  Application details
• 95 HIGH PARK AVE · 300 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2020
  The proposed development would maintain the existing four rental buildings on the lands, while proposing to demolish two blocks of existing townhouses…
  Application details
• 111 PACIFIC AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2020
  This is a site plan application that proposes one block of 5 3-storey townhouse, one 32 storey building, one 25 storey building, to be developed and added to…
  Application details
• 299 GLENLAKE AVE · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2018
  The application proposes, on the northwest corner of the subject property, an 11-storey building with a 4-storey podium.
  Application details
• 203 OAKMOUNT RD · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2016
  INACTIVE Proposed development of a 4-storey, 52-unit residential apartment building consisting of 15 rental units, 37 condominium ownership units, amenity…
  Application details

1 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 7 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 R

Residential (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

• Multiple Projects · 2019 · Closed
  Revision #1 - new window wells and alterations to windows
• Multiple Projects · 2019 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to basemen, ground and 2nd floor including converting basement to secondary suite.

7 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

72 City street trees within 100 m. 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