408 Browns Line 509

Getting around Walkable

• 🚆 Long Branch GO17 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 3 grocery stores, 13 cafés and restaurants, 5 parks, 5 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: No Frills (950 m). Nearest park: Sir Adam Beck Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Sir Adam Beck Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 100%, math 67%4 min walk
• St. Ambrose Catholic School Catholic13 min walk
• Lanor Junior Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 51%14 min walk
• École élémentaire Micheline-Saint-Cyr Catholic · French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 81%, math 62%1.2 km

Secondary

• Lakeshore Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 42%, literacy test 75%2.1 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 M8W

Owners / renters

65% / 35%

Median household income

$95,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

15%

Homes

44% detached, 17% high-rise

Commute by transit

17%

Population

22,381

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Polish 2.6%, Spanish 1.3%, Ukrainian 1.1%, Portuguese 1.1%.

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 Alderwood (2025): about the Toronto average, up 10% from the year before.

• Assault34% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles37% below average
• Shootingsabout 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 2 active

• 208 BROWNS LINE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  The proposed development, which consists of a 5-Storey building, comprising of four 2-story apartments with retail space on the ground level, is the second…
  Application details
• 314-316 BROWNS LINE · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Proposal to construct a 5-storey mixed use building, with 13 units and a commercial unit proposed at grade. Parking would be provided on-site and facilitated…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 14 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 CR

Commercial Residential (with a site-specific exception).

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

• Interior Alterations · 2023 · Permit Issued
  Interior alterations to convert existing retail store (food) to retail store (optical store).
• Interior Alterations · 2022 · Closed
  Proposal for inteiror alteration for a medical office.
• New Building · 2021 · Inspection
  Part Permit - Proposal to construct a 6 storey, 81-unit residential condominium with ground floor commercial and an two levels of…
• Partial Permit - Structural Framing · 2019 · Closed
  Part Permit - Proposal to construct a 6 storey, 81-unit residential condominium with ground floor commercial and an two levels of…
• Conditional Permit · 2019 · Closed
  Conditional Permit - Proposal to construct a 6 storey, 81-unit residential condominium with ground floor commercial and an underground…

3 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

26 City street trees within 100 m, mostly oaks. That’s fewer 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