28 Fern Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Lansdowne Subway1.5 km
• 🚇 Bloor UP Express1.5 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO2.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 16 grocery stores, 130 cafés and restaurants, 14 parks, 8 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: No Frills (400 m). Nearest park: Charles G. Williams Park (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Fern Avenue Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 62%6 min walk
• Parkdale Junior and Senior Public School7 min walk
• Shirley Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 61%8 min walk
• St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 63%8 min walk

Secondary

• City View Alternative Senior School8 min walk
• École secondaire catholique Saint-Frère-André Catholic · French9 min walk
• École secondaire Toronto Ouest French11 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 M9N

Owners / renters

42% / 58%

Median household income

$69,500

Average age

40

Children under 15

16%

Homes

26% detached, 53% high-rise

Commute by transit

27%

Population

26,059

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 4.4%, Somali 3.3%, Portuguese 3%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1.6%.

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 Roncesvalles (2025): about the Toronto average, down 19% from the year before.

• Assault22% above average
• Break and enter33% above average
• Auto theft55% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles29% below 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

• 40 WABASH AVE · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  City-initiated site plan application proposes a Community Recreation Centre adjacent to Sorauren Park. The community centre will be a 4 storey (26 metre)…
  Application details
• 41 WABASH AVE · 200 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2020
  Proposal to convert the existing 3-storey building to residential uses, construct a 1 storey addition above, and to construct 4-storey residential townhouse…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 5 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Galt Subdivision)250 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

• Multiple Projects · 2026 · Inspection
  INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO BASEMENT AND MAIN FLOOR INCLUDING UNDERPINNING
• Party Wall Admin Permits · 2025 · Permit Issued
  Party wall admin permit for 26 Fern Ave 24-215895 BLD rev 01

13 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

73 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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