255 Blythwood Road

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Mount Pleasant LRT17 min walk
• 🚇 Lawrence Subway1.2 km
• 🚆 Oriole GO5.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 5 grocery stores, 32 cafés and restaurants, 16 parks, 3 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Summerhill Market (250 m). Nearest park: Blythwood Ravine Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Blythwood Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 62%5 min walk
• Sunny View Junior and Senior Public School8 min walk
• John Fisher Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 76%12 min walk
• St. Monica Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 76%14 min walk

Secondary

• Northern Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 72%, literacy test 91%13 min walk
• North Toronto Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 80%, literacy test 95%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 M4N

Owners / renters

64% / 36%

Median household income

$146,000

Average age

45

Children under 15

15%

Homes

48% detached, 27% high-rise

Commute by transit

23%

Population

16,058

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 2.3%, Iranian Persian 1.4%, Spanish 0.9%, Yue (Cantonese) 0.8%.

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 Mount Pleasant East (2025): 38% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault56% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery87% below average
• Theft from vehicles49% 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

• 200 KEEWATIN AVE · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2024
  Application details
• 212 KEEWATIN AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2023
  This is a Site Plan Amendment application to amend Site Plan Approval (19 189374 NNY 15 SA). The proposal proposed a four-storey residential building,…
  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 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

Heritage Protected

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Heritage Conservation District (Part V) (2004). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2019 · Inspection
  Proposal for interior alterations to the 2nd floor of the existing single family dwelling, scope of work includes raised ceiling,…
• Pool Fence Enclosure · 2017 · Closed
  Proposal to install pool fence enclosure.
• Pool Fence Enclosure · 2017 · Closed
  Proposed pool fence enclosure.

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

50 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