285 Midwest Road Option 2

Getting around Walkable

• 🚆 Kennedy GO3.0 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 1 grocery store, 13 cafés and restaurants, 4 parks, 1 pharmacy. Nearest grocery: FreshCo (900 m). Nearest park: West Birkdale Park (750 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Donwood Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 54%, math 32%10 min walk
• Edgewood Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 44%, math 6%14 min walk
• Dorset Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 68%1.2 km
• St. Lawrence Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 54%1.3 km

Secondary

• David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 32%, literacy test 72%11 min walk
• Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 22%, literacy test 65%1.5 km
• St. Andrews Public School Catholic1.5 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 M1P

Owners / renters

59% / 41%

Median household income

$76,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

15%

Homes

25% detached, 51% high-rise

Commute by transit

29%

Population

45,170

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tamil 5.6%, Yue (Cantonese) 4.3%, Mandarin 3.9%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3.5%.

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 Dorset Park (2025): about the Toronto average, down 11% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft58% above average
• Robbery44% above average
• Theft from vehicles58% above average
• Shootings123% 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

• 1710 MIDLAND AVE · 100 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2019
  Draft Plan of Condominium to create 17 condominium units within existing 1 storey industrial building.
  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 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Uxbridge Subdivision)250 m

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

What can be built E

Employment Industrial (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

• Underpinning · 2020 · Cancelled
  Proposed underpinning for the remediation of brownfield site.

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

Trees

5 City street trees within 100 m. 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.