290 Newton Drive

Getting around Somewhat walkable

• 🚇 Finch Subway2.5 km
• 🚆 Old Cummer GO2.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 1 grocery store, 1 cafés and restaurants, 10 parks. Nearest grocery: Loblaws Your Independent Grocer (1000 m). Nearest park: Newton Parkette (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Agnes Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 75%7 min walk
• Steelesview Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 91%, math 83%15 min walk
• Lester B Pearson Elementary School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 85%16 min walk
• Lillian Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 71%, math 60%17 min walk

Secondary

• Brebeuf College School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 80%, literacy test 79%7 min walk
• St. Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 63%, literacy test 84%11 min walk
• Cummer Valley Middle School1.3 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 M2M

Owners / renters

58% / 42%

Median household income

$81,000

Average age

45

Children under 15

10%

Homes

36% detached, 48% high-rise

Commute by transit

31%

Population

31,915

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 8.8%, Iranian Persian 8.3%, Korean 7.5%, Yue (Cantonese) 5.1%.

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 Newtonbrook East (2025): about the Toronto average, down 17% from the year before.

• Assault28% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery23% 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 6 active

• 3377 BAYVIEW AVE · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Control Application for redevelopment of the subject site with four (4) 6-8 storey purpose built rental buildings, inclusive of an interim surface…
  Application details
• 3398 BAYVIEW AVE · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Control Application for six blocks of four-storey townhouses. The blocks will consist a total of 50 three-bedroom townhouses. A paved access from…
  Application details
• 3398 BAYVIEW AVE · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2024
  Rezoning Application proposes to demolish the existing single detached buildings on site and replace with fifty (50) 4-storey townhomes on a private…
  Application details
• 3377 BAYVIEW AVE · 400 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2021
  This application, along with a concurrent application for Zoning By Law Amendment (21 169802 NNY 17 OZ), proposes 15 residential and mixed use buildings, most…
  Application details
• 298 NEWTON DR · 100 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2019
  A zoning by-law amendment application proposing six 3-storey townhouse units facing Bayview Avenue with vechicular access from Newton Drive. There would be a…
  Application details
• 21 CLEARCREST AVE · 100 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2017
  Seven 3-storey townhouses with two-car integral garaga at the rear accessed by a mutal driveway from Clearcrest Ave.
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 17 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 RD

Residential Detached (with a site-specific exception).

• ✅ Up to 4 homes on the lot (multiplex)
• ✅ 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.

1 permit 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

69 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