204 Richview Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Forest Hill LRT13 min walk
• 🚇 Chaplin LRT16 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO5.3 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 26 cafés and restaurants, 10 parks, 8 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Parkway Fine Foods (800 m). Nearest park: Rosemary Parkette (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Forest Hill Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 90%10 min walk
• Cedarvale Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 69%11 min walk
• Humewood Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 60%15 min walk
• Bishop Strachan School Private17 min walk

Secondary

• Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 60%, literacy test 93%15 min walk
• Spectrum Alternative Senior School1.3 km

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 M5P

Owners / renters

39% / 61%

Median household income

$99,000

Average age

44

Children under 15

12%

Homes

25% detached, 41% high-rise

Commute by transit

26%

Population

19,791

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 1.5%, Mandarin 1.2%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1%, Iranian Persian 0.7%.

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 Forest Hill South (2025): 41% below the Toronto average, down 29% from the year before.

• Assault74% below average
• Break and enter73% above average
• Auto theft53% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles38% 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 3 active

• 1673 BATHURST ST · 100 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Condominium to facilitate the conversion of eight existing rental apartments.
  Application details
• 3 MARKDALE AVE · 150 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2020
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium to permit 7 residential units in an existing three-storey building with 7 surface vehicle parking and 7 surface bicycle…
  Application details
• 1645 BATHURST ST · 100 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2019
  A Site Plan Control application to permit a 4 storey rental apartment building containing 75 units. The five existing 3-storey buildings on the site are…
  Application details
• 1647 BATHURST ST · 100 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval application to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 4-storey back-to-back townhouse development containing a total of 10 dwelling…
  Application details
• 1647 BATHURST ST · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2022
  Zoning by-law amendment application to permit a 4-storey back-to-back townhouse development containing 10 dwelling units.
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 6 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

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2018 · Closed
  INTERIOR RENOVATION AT BASEMENT, GROUND AND SECOND LEVEL

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

Trees

73 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