224 Pickering Street Lower Bach

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Main Street Subway14 min walk
• 🚇 Victoria Park Subway17 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO11 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 13 grocery stores, 52 cafés and restaurants, 13 parks, 17 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Loblaws (450 m). Nearest park: Bob Acton Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Adam Beck Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 40%5 min walk
• St. John Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 38%9 min walk
• Kimberley Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 67%9 min walk
• Beaches Alternative Junior School10 min walk

Secondary

• Malvern Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 78%, literacy test 96%5 min walk
• Notre Dame Catholic High School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 67%, literacy test 97%8 min walk
• Neil McNeil High School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 69%, literacy test 83%16 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 M4E

Owners / renters

64% / 36%

Median household income

$112,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

17%

Homes

28% detached, 8% high-rise

Commute by transit

20%

Population

25,473

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 0.7%, Yue (Cantonese) 0.5%, Mandarin 0.4%, Portuguese 0.2%.

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 End-Danforth (2025): about the Toronto average, down 11% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft35% below average
• Robbery34% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings51% 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 5 active

• 8 DAWES RD · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan application for a 52 residential building with retail at grade containing 579 units, inlcuding 12 units of affordable housing , The development…
  Application details
• 8 DAWES RD · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  Rezoning application for a 52 residential building with retail at grade containing 579 units, inlcuding 12 units of affordable housing , The development…
  Application details
• 2343 GERRARD ST E · 50 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2022
  Draft Plan of Condominium to divide existing single detached dwelling into four units and three parking spaces.
  Application details
• 9 DAWES RD · 500 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2021
  *** Draft Plan of Condominium for 659 Units.
  Application details
• 9 DAWES RD · 500 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval application for two mixed-use towers having heights of 27 and 33-storeys, atop a 5-storey podium, which includes 769 residential units.
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 8 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

No building permits at this address since 2014.

4 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

38 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