2789 Eglinton Avenue E 407

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Kennedy Subway1.6 km
• 🚇 Ionview LRT2.2 km
• 🚆 Eglinton GO17 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 3 grocery stores, 17 cafés and restaurants, 6 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: No Frills (100 m). Nearest park: 6 Horton Boulevard Park (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Walter Perry Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 77%, math 41%9 min walk
• Glen Ravine Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 50%11 min walk
• John McCrae Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 70%, math 35%14 min walk
• Knob Hill Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 36%15 min walk

Secondary

• École secondaire catholique Père-Philippe-Lamarche French7 min walk
• Robert Service Senior Public School15 min walk
• St. Joan of Arc Catholic Academy Catholic · Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 53%, literacy test 69%16 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 M1J

Owners / renters

46% / 54%

Median household income

$76,500

Average age

39

Children under 15

18%

Homes

23% detached, 58% high-rise

Commute by transit

32%

Population

37,002

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tamil 5.9%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3.7%, Bengali 2.9%, Urdu 2.4%.

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 Eglinton East (2025): about the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter21% below average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles164% above average
• Shootings89% above 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 1 active

• 2823 EGLINTON AVE E · 100 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval for a proposed 13-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 920 square metres, and a residential gross floor…
  Application details
• 2823 EGLINTON AVE E · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2022
  Rezoning for a proposed 14-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 672 square metres, and a residential gross floor 14,559…
  Application details
• 2787 EGLINTON AVE E · 50 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2022
  Draft Plan of Condo Application 182 6 blocks of 4-storey stacked townhouses containing 182 residential units.
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 15 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

No building permits at this address since 2014.

5 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

6 City street trees within 100 m, mostly elms. That’s fewer 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