3 Roblocke Avenue Lower

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Ossington Subway3 min walk
• 🚇 Christie Subway8 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO3.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 11 grocery stores, 139 cafés and restaurants, 14 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Bloor Fresh Market (100 m). Nearest park: Irene Avenue Parkette (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• École élémentaire catholique du Sacré-Coeur-Toronto French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 40%8 min walk
• Essex Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 28%9 min walk
• Hawthorne II Bilingual Alternative Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 67%9 min walk
• Montrose Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 70%11 min walk

Secondary

• The Bickford Centre6 min walk
• West End Alternative Secondary School6 min walk
• Central Toronto Academy Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 47%, literacy test 91%10 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 M6G

Owners / renters

49% / 51%

Median household income

$91,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

12%

Homes

13% detached, 8% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

30,600

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 3.2%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.6%, Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.2%.

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 3 active

• 798 DOVERCOURT RD · 500 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Condominium for four residential units.
  Application details
• 270 BARTON AVE · 300 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2018
  Proposal to construct a new three-storey elementary school for the Toronto District Catholic School Board.
  Application details
• 707 DOVERCOURT RD · 500 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2009
  SITE PLAN CONTROL for construction of new 5 storey residential building containing 77 dwelling units with 2 levels below grade parking with 67 parking spaces…

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 4 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 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

• Second Suite · 2022 · Permit Issued
  Proposed secondary suite in basement of existing dwelling. Work to include interior alterations of basement

3 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

75 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