40 Divadale Drive

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Leaside LRT7 min walk
• 🚇 Laird LRT11 min walk
• 🚆 Oriole GO5.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 6 grocery stores, 37 cafés and restaurants, 6 parks, 5 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Metro (550 m). Nearest park: Bessborough Parkette (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Northlea Elementary and Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 82%5 min walk
• Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 80%13 min walk
• St. Anselm Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 75%15 min walk
• Maurice Cody Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 94%, math 87%16 min walk

Secondary

• Leaside High School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 79%, literacy test 95%5 min walk
• Northern Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 72%, literacy test 91%1.4 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 M4G

Owners / renters

68% / 32%

Median household income

$130,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

16%

Homes

42% detached, 23% high-rise

Commute by transit

13%

Population

19,598

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 0.9%, Spanish 0.8%, Iranian Persian 0.7%, Portuguese 0.7%.

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 Leaside-Bennington (2025): 43% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault72% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft32% above average
• Robbery86% below 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 11 active

• 278 BESSBOROUGH DR · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of a 44-storey mixed-use building providing residential and commercial use at grade. The building will…
  Application details
• 278 BESSBOROUGH DR · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2024
  Rezoning Application to permit a transit supportive mixed-use development featuring three towers of 32, 37 and 43 storeys, A total of 1,201 dwelling units and…
  Application details
• 27 GLENAVY AVE · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Application details
• 1802 BAYVIEW AVE · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  Proposal for a 46-storey (156 metres to top of mechanical) mixed use building. The building will have approximately 384 square metres of retail uses at grade…
  Application details
• 1802 BAYVIEW AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Application details
• 1787 BAYVIEW AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposal for 35-storey mixed use building containing a total of 373 dwelling units and 541 square metres of retail space. The development would have a total…
  Application details

10 more within 500 m.

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.

• ✅ 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 · 2016 · Closed
  Two storey dwelling with attached garage at grade
• Demolition · 2016 · Closed
  Demolish the existing two storey dwelling
• Other · 2014 · Closed
  To remove an existing rear two storey frame addition and to maintaine an original brick building structure in place. Partial underpinning…

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

50 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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