280 Westmount Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Fairbank LRT1.5 km
• 🚇 Oakwood LRT1.6 km
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO3.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 7 grocery stores, 76 cafés and restaurants, 7 parks, 12 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Sun Sun Fruit Market (550 m). Nearest park: Charles Brereton Park (550 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Rawlinson Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 82%, math 39%6 min walk
• Stella Maris Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 60%7 min walk
• St. Clare Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 70%, math 40%7 min walk
• St. John Bosco Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 57%12 min walk

Secondary

• Oakwood Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 44%, literacy test 88%12 min walk
• Loretto College School Catholic13 min walk
• Spectrum Alternative Senior School16 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 M6E

Owners / renters

55% / 45%

Median household income

$82,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

14%

Homes

35% detached, 10% high-rise

Commute by transit

34%

Population

37,684

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 10.7%, Spanish 5.2%, Italian 3.5%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3.2%.

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 Corso Italia-Davenport (2025): about the Toronto average, down 8% from the year before.

• Assault30% above average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles53% above average
• Shootingsabout 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

No planning applications within 500 m in the last five years.

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.

5 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 3 new homes.

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

Trees

59 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