256 Woodbine Avenue Lower

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Woodbine Subway1.9 km
• 🚇 Coxwell Subway2.0 km
• 🚆 Danforth GO1.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 4 grocery stores, 33 cafés and restaurants, 13 parks, 3 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Bruno’s Fine Foods (150 m). Nearest park: Jeff Sloan Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Kew Beach Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 85%5 min walk
• Boardwalk Montessori School Private8 min walk
• Norway Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 60%11 min walk
• Avalon Children's Montessori School Private13 min walk

Secondary

• Glen Ames Senior Public School13 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 M4L

Owners / renters

61% / 39%

Median household income

$101,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

18%

Homes

19% detached, 7% high-rise

Commute by transit

22%

Population

32,218

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Yue (Cantonese) 3%, Mandarin 0.7%, Spanish 0.7%, Urdu 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 The Beaches (2025): 31% below the Toronto average, down 11% from the year before.

• Assault32% below average
• Break and enter20% below average
• Auto theft27% below average
• Robbery68% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout 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 2 active

• 421 WOODBINE AVE · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a 11-storey mixed use building with 123 residential units including 11 rental replacement units are…
  Application details
• 83 WOODBINE AVE · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval application for a 6-storey residential building having a gross floor area of 5,751 square metres, and containing 86 residential dwelling…
  Application details
• 83 WOODBINE AVE · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2023
  Offical Plan Amendment application to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 6-storey (23.4 metres inlcuding the mechanical penthouse) residential…
  Application details
• 264 KENILWORTH AVE · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2023
  An Official Plan Amendment application submitted by Toronto Community Housing to facilitate the severance of the Site in order to implement the City's Tenants…
  Application details
• 83 WOODBINE AVE · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2022
  Zoning By-law & Official Plan Amendment application to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 6-storey (19.9 metres plus 3.5 metre mechanical…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 7 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 6 homes on the lot (multiplex): a sixplex ward
• ✅ 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

No building permits at this address since 2014.

8 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 1 new home.

Permits filed with the City of Toronto. A permit doesn’t mean the work passed final inspection.

Trees

49 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