38 Elm Street 3200

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Forest Hill LRT9 min walk
• 🚇 Cedarvale Subway13 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO5.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 4 grocery stores, 20 cafés and restaurants, 13 parks, 6 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Nortown Foods (500 m). Nearest park: Nicol MacNicol Parkette (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• West Preparatory Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 57%6 min walk
• North Preparatory Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 38%12 min walk
• Cedarvale Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 69%16 min walk
• Glen Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 73%, math 42%16 min walk

Secondary

• Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 60%, literacy test 93%11 min walk
• Bnos Bais Yaakov High School of Toronto1.3 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 M5G

Owners / renters

30% / 70%

Median household income

$67,500

Average age

34

Children under 15

8%

Homes

0% detached, 99% high-rise

Commute by transit

21%

Population

9,751

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 9.1%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.9%, Arabic 2.8%, Korean 1.6%.

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 Forest Hill North (2025): 47% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault46% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft68% below average
• Robbery91% below average
• Theft from vehicles62% 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 1 active

• 525 CHAPLIN CRES · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2012
  INACTIVE The subject property contains two 8 storey residential apartment buildings that are linked by a below grade garage. The proposal is to construct an…
  Application details
• 2525 BATHURST ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2022
  Site Plan Amendment Application to resolve a technical servicing issue for the previous site plan application (18-196257 NNY 16 SA). The proposal is to…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 8 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

• New Building · 2020 · Closed
  Proposal to construct 5 storey condo + 1 storey mechanical, with 26 residential rental units and ground floor artist studios.
• Partial Permit - Structural Framing · 2018 · Cancelled
  Conditional Permit - Part Permit - Proposal to construct 5-storey condo with 26 residential rental units, ground floor commercial and 1…
• Partial Permit - Shoring · 2018 · Cancelled
  Conditional Permit - Part Permit - Proposal to construct 5-storey condo with 26 residential rental units and ground floor commercial.

2 permits 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

56 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