305 Pleasant Avenue

Getting around Walkable

• 🚇 Finch Subway1.8 km
• 🚆 Old Cummer GO5.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 4 grocery stores, 10 cafés and restaurants, 1 park, 4 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Metro (750 m). Nearest park: Lissom Park (650 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Pleasant Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 44%2 min walk
• St. Paschal Baylon Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 52%8 min walk
• R J Lang Elementary and Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 78%, math 34%14 min walk
• Blessed Scalabrini Catholic Elementary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 65%1.3 km

Secondary

• North West Year Round Alternative Centre11 min walk
• Fisherville Senior Public School11 min walk
• Newtonbrook Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 39%, literacy test 98%15 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 M2R

Owners / renters

44% / 56%

Median household income

$78,000

Average age

44

Children under 15

13%

Homes

21% detached, 60% high-rise

Commute by transit

35%

Population

40,581

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Russian 11.9%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 9.4%, Korean 2.6%, Iranian Persian 2.6%.

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 Newtonbrook West (2025): about the Toronto average, down 10% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft96% above average
• Robbery20% above 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 1 active

• 197 GOULDING AVE · 100 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Condominium to permit 5 units in a three-storey building (fourplex) and two-storey ancillary building contaning a garden suite.
  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.

4 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 2 new homes.

Permits filed with the City of Toronto. A permit doesn’t mean the work passed final inspection.

Trees

71 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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