36 Chesapeake Avenue

Getting around Walkable

• 🚇 Warden Subway6 min walk
• 🚇 Victoria Park Subway2.1 km
• 🚆 Scarborough GO1.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 8 cafés and restaurants, 9 parks, 1 pharmacy. Nearest grocery: Iqbal Foods (500 m). Nearest park: St. Clair Ravine (450 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Joachim Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 71%, math 25%4 min walk
• Danforth Gardens Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 69%, math 40%6 min walk
• J G Workman Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 44%, math 19%12 min walk
• General Brock Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 27%14 min walk

Secondary

• W. A. Porter Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 61%, literacy test 89%1.2 km
• Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 35%, literacy test 72%1.8 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 M1L

Owners / renters

51% / 49%

Median household income

$78,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

17%

Homes

27% detached, 34% high-rise

Commute by transit

35%

Population

35,833

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Bengali 8%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2.6%, Urdu 2.1%, Yue (Cantonese) 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 Clairlea-Birchmount (2025): 45% above the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault70% above average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft28% above average
• Robbery38% below average
• Theft from vehicles37% above average
• Shootings20% above 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 7 active

• 685 WARDEN AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for the easterly block, known as Block 3, contains an L-shaped building with a 6-storey north-south element that connects to a 17-storey…
  Application details
• 3449 ST CLAIR AVE E · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  The application proposes a 16-storey mixed-use building on the subject lands, with residential, retail and amenity uses at grade. The remaining residential…
  Application details
• 3449 ST CLAIR AVE E · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2022
  Filed in conjunction with rezoning application 21 165800 ESC 20 OZ and 22 206341 ESC 20 SA for 3431-3449 St. Clair Ave. E. Proposes redsignation of 67 Elfreda…
  Application details
• 570 BIRCHMOUNT RD · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  The proposed SPA application is for an infill development of a 4-storey purposebuilt rental building, comprised of 28 stacked back-to-back townhouse units, in…
  Application details
• 3431 ST CLAIR AVE E · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2021
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  Application details
• 685 WARDEN AVE · 450 m
  Plan of Subdivision · OMB Appeal · applied 2021
  The application proposes a mixed residential/retail development of five buildings, ranging in height from 17-storeys (with a six-storey mid-rise component) to…
  Application details

1 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 11 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 RS

Residential Semi-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, including 1 new home.

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