286 Main Street 811

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Main Street Subway3 min walk
• 🚇 Woodbine Subway13 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO3 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 45 cafés and restaurants, 15 parks, 11 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Janny Fruit Mart (50 m). Nearest park: Gene Domagala Park (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• William J McCordic School6 min walk
• Secord Elementary School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 69%, math 58%8 min walk
• Kimberley Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 67%9 min walk
• Beaches Alternative Junior School9 min walk

Secondary

• Malvern Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 78%, literacy test 96%14 min walk
• Notre Dame Catholic High School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 67%, literacy test 97%16 min walk
• D A Morrison Middle School18 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 M4C

Owners / renters

53% / 47%

Median household income

$83,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

17%

Homes

27% detached, 38% high-rise

Commute by transit

37%

Population

46,440

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Bengali 4.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.1%, Urdu 1.4%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0.9%.

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 East End-Danforth (2025): about the Toronto average, down 11% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft35% below average
• Robbery34% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings51% below 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 13 active

• 286 MAIN ST · 0 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for 5 retail condominium units.
  Application details
• 2720 DANFORTH AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Proposed mass timber building with an 8-storey portion located at the rear of the site, adjacent the laneway, connected with a 4-storey portion on the Danforth…
  Application details
• 2681 DANFORTH AVE · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  Rezoning and Official Plan Amendment applications for a 33 storey residential tower (Tower A) and a 48 storey residential tower (Tower B) connected by a 2-8…
  Application details
• 8 DAWES RD · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan application for a 52 residential building with retail at grade containing 579 units, inlcuding 12 units of affordable housing , The development…
  Application details
• 8 DAWES RD · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  Rezoning application for a 52 residential building with retail at grade containing 579 units, inlcuding 12 units of affordable housing , The development…
  Application details
• 2575 DANFORTH AVE · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  Rezoning application to redevelop certain portions of this large 3.18-hectare property with five new buildings (Buildings E to I) ranging in height from 15 to…
  Application details

15 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 8 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Kingston Subdivision)150 m

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

• Interior Alterations · 2024 · Inspection
  Proposed interior alterations for a Medical office in an existing unfinished unit.
• Demolition · 2020 · Closed
  Demolition of one storey commercial retail building

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

46 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