344 Highfield Road Lower

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Greenwood Subway15 min walk
• 🚇 Coxwell Subway18 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO2.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 7 grocery stores, 49 cafés and restaurants, 12 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: BJ Supermarket (450 m). Nearest park: Monarch Park (400 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Equinox Holistic Alternative School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 81%, math 44%4 min walk
• Roden Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 44%4 min walk
• École élémentaire catholique Georges-Étienne-Cartier French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 74%10 min walk
• École élémentaire catholique du Bon-Berger French13 min walk

Secondary

• St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 66%, literacy test 85%7 min walk
• Monarch Park Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 70%, literacy test 88%8 min walk
• School of Life Experience9 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 M4L

Owners / renters

61% / 39%

Median household income

$101,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

18%

Homes

19% detached, 7% high-rise

Commute by transit

22%

Population

32,218

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Yue (Cantonese) 3%, Mandarin 0.7%, Spanish 0.7%, Urdu 0.6%.

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 Greenwood-Coxwell (2025): 21% below the Toronto average, down 30% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter28% below average
• Auto theft34% below average
• Robbery26% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings21% 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 4 active

• 355 COXWELL AVE · 500 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 33 residential units.
  Application details
• 1291 GERRARD ST E · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Proposal for a 12-storey mixed-use building comprised of 289 residential units and 1271 square metres of retail GFA.
  Application details
• 1311 GERRARD ST E · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2023
  This application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 12-storey residential building containing 282 residential units, 1271 square metres of GFA of…
  Application details
• 1400 GERRARD ST E · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Application to construct a 7 storey (27.2 metres including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with 19 rental dwelling units and two commercial…
  Application details
• 355 COXWELL AVE · 500 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2026
  To modify the mixed-used development approved by Site Specific Zoning By-laws 1227-2017 and 1228-2017 in order to construct a new six-storey affordable housing…
• 32 WALPOLE AVE · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2023
  An Official Plan Amendment application submitted by Toronto Community Housing to facilitate the severance of the Site in order to implement the City's Tenants…
  Application details

1 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 5 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Gerrard 1.5 km
• 🚧 Pape 1.6 km

Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Kingston Subdivision)200 m

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

What can be built R

Residential (with a site-specific exception).

• ✅ 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

• Addition · 2024 · Inspection
  Proposal for a second storey addition, rear and front two-storey additions and to convert the dwelling into a triplex

7 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

54 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