256 Doris Avenue 811

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 North York Centre Subway6 min walk
• 🚇 Finch Subway17 min walk
• 🚆 Oriole GO3.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 7 grocery stores, 135 cafés and restaurants, 20 parks, 6 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: H Mart (250 m). Nearest park: Mckenzie Parkette (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• McKee Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 91%, math 84%3 min walk
• St. Cyril Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 94%11 min walk
• Claude Watson School for the Arts
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 89%12 min walk
• Churchill Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 81%, math 88%19 min walk

Secondary

• Earl Haig Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 84%, literacy test 95%8 min walk
• Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts Catholic · Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 87%, literacy test 97%14 min walk
• FutureSkills High School Private16 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 M2N

Owners / renters

59% / 41%

Median household income

$82,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

17% detached, 70% high-rise

Commute by transit

29%

Population

75,100

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 11.7%, Iranian Persian 7.2%, Korean 6.7%, Yue (Cantonese) 5.1%.

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 East Willowdale (2025): 41% below the Toronto average, down 40% from the year before.

• Assault62% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery28% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings30% 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 11 active

• 5220 YONGE ST · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Zoning By-law Amendment Application proposes a Senior's Residential Accommodation including Seniors Independent Living, Assisted Living and Long-Term Care Home…
  Application details
• 5400 YONGE ST · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of a 45-storey mixed-use building providing residential and commercial at grade. The building will provide…
  Application details
• 5100 YONGE ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Application to re-purpose the existing Toys R Us building into a supermarket with an approximate gross floor area of 3,814.50 square metres for the…
  Application details
• 5250 YONGE ST · 200 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2023
  Office component of an approved mixed use development including a retail and residential component. Associated with Condominium Applications No. 23 196812 NNY…
  Application details
• 5220 YONGE ST · 200 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2023
  Retail component of an approved mixed use development including a residential, and commericial/office component. Associated with Condominium Applications No.…
  Application details
• 5318 YONGE ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  Proposal for a 36 storey mixed use building with 2 to 7 storey podium along the Yonge Street frontage with a 12 storey building component located along…
  Application details

10 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 14 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.

Building permits

• Other · 2024 · Closed
  Localized Podium Deck Repairs
• Sprinklers · 2021 · Closed
  Proposal for the installation of a new sprinkler system in the lobby.
• Other · 2021 · Closed
  Installation of bonded concrete topping within elevator pit. Alternate scope of work; installation injected 'curtain wall' waterproofing at…
• Garage Repair/Reconstruction · 2019 · Closed
  Proposal for localized concrete repairs and waterproofing to transformer vault located on P1 level of existing apartment building (5m2).
• Garage Repair/Reconstruction · 2016 · Closed
  Localized replacement of surface waterproofing at suspended parking garage slabs, also localized parking garage concrete repairs to an…

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

109 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