285 Salem Avenue Apt 1

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dufferin Subway13 min walk
• 🚇 Ossington Subway14 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO3.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 9 grocery stores, 61 cafés and restaurants, 18 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Olympia Supermarket (350 m). Nearest park: Dovercourt Park (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Dovercourt Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 73%, math 32%2 min walk
• St. Anthony Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 79%, math 54%7 min walk
• St. Mary of the Angels Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 59%10 min walk
• Pauline Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 65%11 min walk

Secondary

• St. Mary Catholic Academy Catholic · Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 45%, literacy test 86%17 min walk
• Bloor Collegiate Institute ALPHA Alternative School Secondary17 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 M6H

Owners / renters

48% / 52%

Median household income

$83,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

11% detached, 18% high-rise

Commute by transit

30%

Population

43,730

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 8.5%, Spanish 2.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.8%, Italian 1.4%.

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 Dovercourt Village (2025): about the Toronto average, down 14% from the year before.

• Assault27% above average
• Break and enter25% above average
• Auto theft43% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles32% 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 4 active

• 157 HALLAM ST · 200 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 4 residential units.
  Application details
• 1260 DUFFERIN ST · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment to increase the approved height and density onsite to accomodate additional purpose built and affordable rental…
  Application details
• 1260 DUFFERIN ST · 400 m
  Part Lot Control · Under Review · applied 2021
  Part Lot Control application
  Application details
• 1260 DUFFERIN ST · 400 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Under Review · applied 2018
  Draft Plan of Subdivision to support the implementation of the OPA/ZBA applications for the site:a total of ±2,846 residential units in a mix of housing forms…
  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 (North Toronto Subdivision)200 m

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

What can be built R

Residential.

• ✅ 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.

2 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

45 City street trees within 100 m. That’s about 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