223 Mcrae Drive

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Laird LRT9 min walk
• 🚇 Leaside LRT16 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO5.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 47 cafés and restaurants, 5 parks, 4 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Red Mulberry Natural Health Store (50 m). Nearest park: Trace Manes Park (350 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 80%7 min walk
• Leaside Children’s House Montessori Private8 min walk
• St. Anselm Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 75%10 min walk
• Northlea Elementary and Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 82%12 min walk

Secondary

• Leaside High School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 79%, literacy test 95%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 M4G

Owners / renters

68% / 32%

Median household income

$130,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

16%

Homes

42% detached, 23% high-rise

Commute by transit

13%

Population

19,598

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 0.9%, Spanish 0.8%, Iranian Persian 0.7%, Portuguese 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 Leaside-Bennington (2025): 43% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault72% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft32% above average
• Robbery86% below 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 5 active

• 134 LAIRD DR · 200 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2021
  *** Draft plan of standard condominium application for an 8-storey building with 106 residential units and 60 residential parking spaces. Associated planning…
  Application details
• 132 LAIRD DR · 250 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2021
  *** Draft plan of standard condominium application for an 8-storey building with 143 residential units and 88 residential parking spaces. Related planning…
  Application details
• 134 LAIRD DR · 200 m
  Site Plan · Appeal Received · applied 2020
  Site Plan application to permit a 8-storey building. The proposed development consists of a total 109 residential dwelling units, including 4 townhouse style…
  Application details
• 132 LAIRD DR · 250 m
  Site Plan · Appeal Received · applied 2020
  Site Plan application to permit an 8 storey building. The proposed development consists of a total 132 residential dwelling units, including seven townhouse…
  Application details
• 11-19 INDUSTRIAL ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2014
  INACTIVE Application to permit 5,574.20 square metre fitness centre.
• 220 MCRAE DR · 50 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2021
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium application to permit eight three-storey townhouse units. Each unit would contain a rear integral garage with vehicular…
  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

Coming transit

• 🚧 Thorncliffe Park 1.2 km

Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.

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.

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

2 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

39 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.