38 Cliffside Drive Basement

Getting around Walkable

• 🚇 Warden Subway2.4 km
• 🚆 Scarborough GO1.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 6 cafés and restaurants, 4 parks, 3 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Bulk Barn (550 m). Nearest park: Scarborough Heights Park (500 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Cliffside Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 55%, math 9%2 min walk
• Birch Cliff Heights Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 74%, math 52%12 min walk
• Chine Drive Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 82%16 min walk
• John A Leslie Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 38%1.2 km

Secondary

• Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 35%, literacy test 72%15 min walk
• St. John Henry Newman Catholic High School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 45%, literacy test 81%1.5 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 M1N

Owners / renters

65% / 35%

Median household income

$90,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

15%

Homes

51% detached, 14% high-rise

Commute by transit

19%

Population

22,976

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Bengali 2.7%, Yue (Cantonese) 1%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1%, Mandarin 0.5%.

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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside (2025): about the Toronto average, up 6% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles31% above 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

• 2257 KINGSTON RD · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2024
  To permit the redevelopment of the subject site with a 13-storey " U " shaped mid-rise mixed-use building, with at grade retail uses fronting on Kingston Road…
  Application details
• 2151 KINGSTON RD · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Control application for a 10-storey residential building.
  Application details
• 2328 KINGSTON RD · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Mixed-use, 10-storey condominium with a gross floor area of 15,386 square metres along Kinston Road. The proposal consists of 223 new dwelling units, including…
  Application details
• 2257 KINGSTON RD · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2022
  Zoning By-law Amendment for a 13-storey mixed use building with a total of 321 dwelling units. The proposed development would have a total gross floor area…
  Application details
• 2201 KINGSTON RD · 200 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2022
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 190 residential units. 12 storey residential mixed use condo with 190 units and 3 levels of underground parking.
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 12 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

• Finishing Basements · 2023 · Closed
  INTERIOR RENO TO CONVERT BASEMENT INTO A DWELLING UNIT
• Multiple Projects · 2019 · Closed
  Proposed rear walkout and interior alterations to basement in existing detached dwelling.

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

40 City street trees within 100 m. That’s about 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