243 Eglinton Avenue W Unit 8

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Avenue LRT3 min walk
• 🚇 Eglinton Subway10 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO6.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 14 grocery stores, 109 cafés and restaurants, 9 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Summerhill Market (550 m). Nearest park: Eglinton Park (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Oriole Park Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 100%, math 100%6 min walk
• Allenby Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 75%11 min walk
• St. Monica Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 76%14 min walk
• John Fisher Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 76%16 min walk

Secondary

• Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 59%, literacy test 89%6 min walk
• North Toronto Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 80%, literacy test 95%14 min walk
• Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 60%, literacy test 93%1.2 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 M4R

Owners / renters

49% / 51%

Median household income

$107,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

15%

Homes

33% detached, 40% high-rise

Commute by transit

31%

Population

11,909

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 2.2%, Portuguese 1.4%, Korean 1.2%, Spanish 1%.

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 Yonge-Eglinton (2025): about the Toronto average, down 37% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter28% below average
• Auto theft49% below average
• Robbery21% above average
• Theft from vehicles74% 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 7 active

• 19 HENNING AVE · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2024
  The application proposes to increase the permitted height and density from the approved heights of 35 and 37-storeys as per By-law 1263-2022 (OLT), to 46 and…
  Application details
• 21 HENNING AVE · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Application details
• 21 HENNING AVE · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  The application proposes to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a 34-storey residential building containing 390 residential dwelling units and…
  Application details
• 444 EGLINTON AVE W · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2023
  Proposal for a 19-storey mixed use building and 7 storey podium with 185 units. Proposed residentail gross floor area is 14,642.9 m2, and retail gross floor…
  Application details
• 19 HENNING AVE · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2020
  Applications for Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Control have been revised and submitted. The initial proposal was for two towers measuring 24 storeys…
  Application details
• 19 HENNING AVE · 400 m
  Site Plan · Appeal Received · applied 2020
  Applications for Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Control have been revised and submitted. The initial proposal was for two towers measuring 24 storeys…
  Application details

1 more within 500 m.

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 CR

Commercial Residential (with a site-specific exception).

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.

3 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

27 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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.