1986 Bloor Street W

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 High Park Subway3 min walk
• 🚇 Runnymede Subway10 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO4.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 4 grocery stores, 38 cafés and restaurants, 13 parks, 6 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: No Frills (550 m). Nearest park: Parkview Gardens Parkette (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Mountview Alternative School Junior
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 83%11 min walk
• Keele Street Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 98%, math 84%12 min walk
• Runnymede Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 99%, math 76%12 min walk
• St. Cecilia Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 98%, math 78%15 min walk

Secondary

• The Student School10 min walk
• Western Technical & Commercial School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 53%, literacy test 83%10 min walk
• Ursula Franklin Academy Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 86%, literacy test 99%11 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 4 active

• 1938 BLOOR ST W · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Proposed 19-storey mixed-use building comprised of 137 dwelling units (including 12 rental replacement units) and 300 square metres of ground floor retail with…
  Application details
• 35 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
• 299 GLENLAKE AVE · 500 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
• 2115 BLOOR ST W · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2017
  Site plan application to construct an 8-storey mixed use building with retail at-grade and 54 residential units above-grade. 46 vehicle parking spaces and 75…
  Application details
• 1938 BLOOR ST W · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  Zoning By-law Amendment and Rental Housing Demolition & Conversion application to permit a 19-storey mixed-use building, containing 144 dwelling units (of…
  Application details
• 35 HIGH PARK AVE · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2022
  Zoning By-law Amendment application to lift the 'H' at 35, 41-63, 65 and 95 High Park Avenue and 66 & 102-116 Pacific Avenue.
  Application details

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

Trees

19 City street trees within 100 m. That’s fewer 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.