2525 Bathurst Street 1005

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Forest Hill LRT9 min walk
• 🚇 Chaplin LRT13 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO5.4 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 4 grocery stores, 22 cafés and restaurants, 11 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Nortown Foods (550 m). Nearest park: Castlefield Parkette (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• North Preparatory Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 38%8 min walk
• West Preparatory Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 57%10 min walk
• Glen Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 73%, math 42%17 min walk
• Cedarvale Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 69%18 min walk

Secondary

• Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 60%, literacy test 93%8 min walk
• Bnos Bais Yaakov High School of Toronto19 min walk
• Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 59%, literacy test 89%1.4 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 M6B

Owners / renters

50% / 50%

Median household income

$86,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

15%

Homes

31% detached, 47% high-rise

Commute by transit

32%

Population

28,534

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4.3%, Italian 3%, Spanish 2.7%, Portuguese 2.6%.

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 Forest Hill North (2025): 47% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault46% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft68% below average
• Robbery91% below average
• Theft from vehicles62% 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 1 active

• 525 CHAPLIN CRES · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2012
  INACTIVE The subject property contains two 8 storey residential apartment buildings that are linked by a below grade garage. The proposal is to construct an…
  Application details
• 2525 BATHURST ST · 0 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2022
  Site Plan Amendment Application to resolve a technical servicing issue for the previous site plan application (18-196257 NNY 16 SA). The proposal is to…
  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 4 homes on the lot (multiplex)
• ✅ 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

• New Building · 2022 · Closed
  Construct a 13 storey rental apartment consisting of 150 units and 2 1/2 level underground parking garage
• Partial Permit - Structural Framing · 2021 · Closed
  Part Permit - Construct a 13 storey rental apartment consisting of 150 units and 2 1/2 level underground parking garage
• Partial Permit - Foundation · 2021 · Closed
  Part Permit - Construct a 13 storey rental apartment consisting of 150 units and 2 1/2 level underground parking garage
• Demolition · 2020 · Closed
  Demolish existing 5 storey dwelling and then construct a 13 storey rental apartment
• Partial Permit - Shoring · 2020 · Closed
  Conditional Permit - Part Permit - Construct a 13 storey rental apartment consisting of 150 units and 2 1/2 level underground parking garage

1 permit 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. 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