2551 Yonge Street Upper

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Eglinton Subway11 min walk
• 🚇 Mount Pleasant LRT15 min walk
• 🚆 Oriole GO6.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 11 grocery stores, 82 cafés and restaurants, 17 parks, 8 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Carload on Yonge (150 m). Nearest park: St. Clements - Yonge Parkette (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• John Fisher Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 76%3 min walk
• St. Monica Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 76%6 min walk
• Eglinton Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 76%, math 68%15 min walk
• John Ross Robertson Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 72%15 min walk

Secondary

• North Toronto Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 80%, literacy test 95%8 min walk
• Northern Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 72%, literacy test 91%13 min walk
• Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 59%, literacy test 89%15 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 M4P

Owners / renters

26% / 74%

Median household income

$74,500

Average age

40

Children under 15

10%

Homes

7% detached, 78% high-rise

Commute by transit

38%

Population

25,057

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 3%, Iranian Persian 2.4%, Spanish 2.3%, Korean 1.6%.

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 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 14 active

• 241 REDPATH AVE · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Amendment Application in response to the additional 5-storeys approved at the North York Committee of Adjustment on June 12, 2025, approving…
  Application details
• 487 DUPLEX AVE · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of a 40-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 524 residential units, being a…
  Application details
• 2674 YONGE ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of a 13-storey residential retirement building. The building will provide a total of 208 residential…
  Application details
• 2490-2504 YONGE ST · 150 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Condominium to create 161 residential units within a 15-storey mixed-use building. There will be 3 levels of below grade parking.
  Application details
• 14 BROADWAY AVE · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control contemplates a 5 storey Catholic Elementary School with 88 pupil place childcare and a 45 space underground parking to replace existing…
  Application details
• 2674 YONGE ST · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2025
  OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of a 13-storey seniors residence providing residential suites, assisted living suites and memory care…
  Application details

13 more within 500 m.

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 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

• Interior Alterations · 2025 · Inspection
  Interior renovation - NEW "SPIN STUDIO"
• Addition · 2024 · Closed
  Proposed rear 1 storey slab on grade addition to existing 2 storey residential/ commercial building.

9 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

60 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