23 Riverside Crescent

Getting around Walkable

• 🚇 Jane Subway16 min walk
• 🚇 Old Mill Subway1.3 km
• 🚆 Mimico GO2.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: no grocery stores, 8 cafés and restaurants, 17 parks, 2 pharmacies. Nearest park: Humber Marshes (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Swansea Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 62%10 min walk
• Étienne Brûlé Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 87%, math 77%12 min walk
• St. Mark Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 74%, math 47%14 min walk
• Park Lawn Junior and Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 99%, math 62%17 min walk

Secondary

• Karen Kain School of the Arts1.7 km
• Bishop Allen Academy Catholic Secondary School Catholic · Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 81%, literacy test 94%1.8 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 M6S

Owners / renters

68% / 32%

Median household income

$108,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

17%

Homes

36% detached, 29% high-rise

Commute by transit

24%

Population

34,029

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Ukrainian 1%, Russian 1%, Spanish 1%, Polish 1%.

Flood and conservation Regulated area

This address is inside a conservation-authority regulated area (Toronto and Region Conservation Authority): near a valley, stream, shoreline or wetland, where flooding or erosion can occur. New building, additions, pools or grading usually need a permit from the authority.

Screening maps only. Ask the conservation authority for a property inquiry before relying on this.

Safety

Major crime per resident in High Park-Swansea (2025): 35% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault39% below average
• Break and enter21% above average
• Auto theft60% below average
• Robbery41% below average
• Theft from vehicles39% below average
• Shootingsabout 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 1 active

• 155 BERRY RD · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2022
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium application to permit the 10-storey residential building (Building B), containing 234 residential units.
  Application details
• 144 BERRY RD · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2022
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium application to permit the 10-storey residential building (Building C), containing 134 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 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

• Pool Fence Enclosure · 2016 · Closed
  Proposal for a pool and fence enclosure at the rear of an existing SFD-detached dwelling.
• New Building · 2016 · Closed
  Permit to demolish existing dwelling & construct new 2-storey dwelling with attached garage, basement walkout, covered entry, rear yard…
• Demolition · 2016 · Closed
  Permit to demolish existing dwelling & construct new 2-storey dwelling with attached garage, basement walkout, covered entry, rear yard…

7 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 2 new homes.

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

Trees

68 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