245 Carlaw Avenue 501B

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Pape Subway1.8 km
• 🚇 Chester Subway1.9 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 13 grocery stores, 102 cafés and restaurants, 18 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: The Source Bulk Foods (350 m). Nearest park: John Chang Neighbourhood Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Morse Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 71%6 min walk
• Dundas Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 66%, math 53%10 min walk
• Bruce Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 43%11 min walk
• St. Joseph Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 92%, math 58%12 min walk

Secondary

• Eastdale Collegiate Institute11 min walk
• Queen Alexandra Middle School11 min walk
• SEED Alternative School12 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 M4M

Owners / renters

56% / 44%

Median household income

$99,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

14%

Homes

6% detached, 25% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

25,052

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Yue (Cantonese) 6.3%, Mandarin 3.5%, Vietnamese 1.5%, Spanish 0.6%.

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 South Riverdale (2025): about the Toronto average, down 17% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter40% above average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles65% above average
• Shootings61% 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 3 active

• 929 QUEEN ST E · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2023
  Application for Site Plan Control to permit a 9-storey mixed use building, containing 78 rental units and 195 square metres of commercial gross floor area.
  Application details
• 1001 QUEEN ST E · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2018
  Site Plan Control application fpr a proposed mixed use building with an overall height of 6-storeys (inclusive of mechanical). A total of 16 residential units…
  Application details
• 15 BUSY ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2018
  Site Plan Control application associated with Zoning By-law amendment to allow the redevelopment of a parking lot with a 6-unit townhouse block(1828.0 sq. m.).…
  Application details
• 929 QUEEN ST E · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2022
  OPA and Rezoning for a 10-storey mixed-use building (including mezzanine) having a non-residential gross floor area of 213.5 square metres, and a residential…
  Application details
• 485 LOGAN AVE · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2022
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for 41 dwelling units.
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 4 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Gerrard 450 m
• 🚧 Leslieville Ontario Line550 m · opening early 2030s
• 🚧 East Harbour Ontario Line1.1 km · opening early 2030s

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

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Kingston Subdivision)300 m

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

Heritage Listed

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Listed. The City must get 60 days’ notice before demolition, and it can move to designate the property.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2026 · Inspection
  Proposed interior alterations to mezzanine structure due to water damage.
• Other · 2023 · Closed
  Proposal for exterior concrete and masonry repairs to an existing mixed use building.
• Other · 2022 · Closed
  Proposed exterior loading dock replacement
• Interior Alterations · 2021 · Cancelled
  Interior alterations - joists, loading bearing walls - Refer to drawings, Unit 400
• Addition · 2019 · Closed
  Proposal to to make interior alterations in an existing dwelling unit

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

35 City street trees within 100 m, mostly honeys. 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