27 Hillsboro Avenue Unit 2

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Rosedale Subway6 min walk
• 🚇 Bay Subway9 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 156 cafés and restaurants, 33 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Whole Foods Market (400 m). Nearest park: Belmont Parkette (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 71%4 min walk
• Cottingham Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 100%9 min walk
• Huron Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 79%, math 59%14 min walk
• Rosedale Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 100%15 min walk

Secondary

• De La Salle College "Oaklands" Private14 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 M5R

Owners / renters

39% / 61%

Median household income

$86,000

Average age

46

Children under 15

8%

Homes

5% detached, 54% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

26,197

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 1.3%, Spanish 1%, Yue (Cantonese) 0.7%, Iranian Persian 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 Annex (2025): 35% above the Toronto average, down 12% from the year before.

• Assault41% above average
• Break and enter104% above average
• Auto theft48% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings36% 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 14 active

• 55 BELMONT ST · 150 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Proposed 11-storey addition that will add 168 long-term care beds and 30 assisted living units at the north end of the existing long-term care home for seniors.
  Application details
• 1080 YONGE ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for 12-storey mixed-use building with retail/commercial uses at grade and on the second floor, with a total of 24 dwelling units above.…
  Application details
• 11 SCOLLARD ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2024
  Site Plan Amendment to the previously approved 16 173156 STE 11 SA
  Application details
• 36 YORKVILLE AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2023
  Site Plan Amendment application to further amend the previously approved Site Plan Amendment application for the site (File No. 18 203283 STE 27 SA) to permit…
  Application details
• 128 AVENUE RD · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2023
  Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit an 11-storey mixed-use building, containing 60 dwelling units (of which 11 are replacement rental units) and 169…
  Application details
• 116 AVENUE RD · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  The proposal is for a 9-storey (38 metres plus mechanical) mixed-use building with a total of 55 residential dwelling units. The gross floor area is 5,056…
  Application details

17 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 3 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.

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

89 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