2885 Bayview Avenue 1214

Getting around Walkable

• 🚇 Bayview Subway3 min walk
• 🚇 Bessarion Subway15 min walk
• 🚆 Oriole GO2.0 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 1 grocery store, 11 cafés and restaurants, 10 parks, 5 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Loblaws (100 m). Nearest park: Bayview Parkette (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Gabriel Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 55%3 min walk
• Hollywood Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 94%, math 100%7 min walk
• Elkhorn Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 86%, math 84%11 min walk
• Avondale Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 58%1.4 km

Secondary

• Bayview Middle School14 min walk
• Earl Haig Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 84%, literacy test 95%1.5 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 M2K

Owners / renters

56% / 44%

Median household income

$83,000

Average age

44

Children under 15

10%

Homes

21% detached, 70% high-rise

Commute by transit

23%

Population

25,377

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Iranian Persian 8.7%, Mandarin 8.4%, Yue (Cantonese) 6.2%, Korean 4.6%.

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 Bayview Village (2025): 35% below the Toronto average, down 15% from the year before.

• Assault43% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft38% below average
• Robbery28% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout 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 12 active

• 2901 BAYVIEW AVE · 50 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  The City of Toronto¿s Development Review Division has received an application to permit additional heights to a 52 and 44-storey mixed-use building from a…
  Application details
• 2816 BAYVIEW AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of a 42-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 477 rental residential units,…
  Application details
• 567 SHEPPARD AVE E · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application proposes to develop three buildings that will be three-, 46- and 56-storeys, providing residential and commercial use at grade.…
  Application details
• 461 SHEPPARD AVE E · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Proposed development for a 44 storey mixed-use building with a density of 13.07 times the lot area, generally consistent with the OPA-ZBA approved proposal. It…
  Application details
• 2816 BAYVIEW AVE · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2024
  Proposed 42-storey residential building with 30,601 square metres of GFA and 540 dwelling units. The proposed building would contain 134 parking spaces and 406…
  Application details
• 567 SHEPPARD AVE E · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2024
  Official Plan Amendment and Rezoning Amendment application to permit a proposal consisting of 3 buildings, including two residential towers at 48 and…
  Application details

11 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 14 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.

Building permits

• Balcony/Guard Repairs · 2025 · Permit Issued
  Proposal for repairing work associated with channels for glass guards on 446 residential balconies.
• Balcony/Guard Repairs · 2024 · Cancelled
  Balcony repair work and channels for glass guards.
• Multiple Projects · 2020 · Closed
  Interior alterations to extend UNIT 520 into Unit 521 Not rental
• Multiple Projects · 2020 · Closed
  Interior alterations to create (medical office)spa from bank
• Interior Alterations · 2016 · Closed
  Convert the existing retail bakery to a hair salon in Unit 2 - DBK Salon

25 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, mostly elms. 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