257 Franklin Avenue Lower

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Bloor UP Express16 min walk
• 🚇 Dundas West Subway17 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO3.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 5 grocery stores, 70 cafés and restaurants, 17 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Food Basics (650 m). Nearest park: Carlton Park (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• École élémentaire Charles-Sauriol French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 98%, math 88%2 min walk
• St. Rita Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 36%3 min walk
• St. Luigi Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 42%, math 17%7 min walk
• Perth Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 68%7 min walk

Secondary

• Lucy McCormick Senior School8 min walk
• Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 41%, literacy test 69%1.2 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 M6P

Owners / renters

42% / 58%

Median household income

$86,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

14%

Homes

11% detached, 43% high-rise

Commute by transit

33%

Population

39,870

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 2%, Spanish 1.7%, Russian 1.1%, Polish 0.9%.

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 Junction-Wallace Emerson (2025): about the Toronto average, down 9% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter22% above average
• Auto theft52% below average
• Robbery54% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings56% 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 5 active

• 350 CAMPBELL AVE · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2023
  Further to the rezoning submission it has been determined that, while there are no residential units located within the area designated as Core Employment, an…
  Application details
• 355 SYMINGTON AVE · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  Zoning By-law Amendment Application for two towers of 39- and 36-storeys, including a 6-storey podium with commercial at grade. The proposal will have…
  Application details
• 336 CAMPBELL AVE · 300 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Site plan approval for a 26-storey residential rental apartment building having a gross floor area of 20,534 square metres, and containing 314 residential…
  Application details
• 1650 DUPONT ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · OMB Appeal · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval for a 6-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 575.8 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of…
  Application details
• 1921 DAVENPORT RD · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2020
  Proposal to construct a 6 storey mixed-use building with 36 residential dwelling units (2,134.47 m² of residential gross floor area) and commercial space on…
  Application details
• 1648 DUPONT ST · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2025
  Zoning By-law Amendment for an 11-storey mixed-use building. The proposal is comprised of approximately 10,776.3 square metres of gross floor area ("GFA"),…
  Application details

4 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 6 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (North Toronto Subdivision)50 m

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.

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

Trees

52 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