41 Gowan Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Chester Subway16 min walk
• 🚇 Pape Subway17 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO4.3 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 3 grocery stores, 15 cafés and restaurants, 7 parks, 1 pharmacy. Nearest grocery: Sobeys (300 m). Nearest park: Westwood Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Chester Elementary School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 81%, math 50%3 min walk
• William Burgess Elementary School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 60%, math 52%12 min walk
• Jackman Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 55%12 min walk
• Holy Cross Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 46%18 min walk

Secondary

• Westwood Middle School4 min walk
• CALC Secondary School1.5 km
• Earl Grey Senior Public School1.6 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 M4K

Owners / renters

45% / 55%

Median household income

$84,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

14%

Homes

16% detached, 35% high-rise

Commute by transit

31%

Population

30,913

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Greek 3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.8%, Spanish 1%, Serbian 0.9%.

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 Broadview North (2025): 31% below the Toronto average, down 16% from the year before.

• Assault24% below average
• Break and enter49% below average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery90% below average
• Theft from vehicles50% 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 6 active

• 1099 BROADVIEW AVE · 200 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
  Site Plan Approval for a 14-storey and 16-storey mixed-use building with 332 residential dwelling units and commercial at-grade.
• 1030 PAPE AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for the Cosburn Station as part of the Ontario Line Subway
  Application details
• 5 COSBURN AVE · 100 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Application for a 24-storey resdidential building inclusive of a four-storey podium, consisting of 424 residential units. The proposal also consists of 186…
  Application details
• 16 COSBURN AVE · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Applicaton for a 25-storey residential building inclusive of a 6-storey podium having a gross floor area of 19,263 square metres (FSI 8.94). The application…
  Application details
• 4 MORTIMER AVE · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  The site plan approval application proposes to construct a 7 storey mixed use building having a gross floor area of approximately 5,720 square metres,…
  Application details
• 1132 BROADVIEW AVE · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2017
  This application is for an Official Plan Amendment ONLY, not a rezoning or site plan application. The proposal is to amend the Official Plan through a site…
  Application details

2 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 5 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Cosburn 450 m
• 🚧 Pape TTC1.1 km

Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.

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 6 homes on the lot (multiplex): a sixplex ward
• ✅ 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.

Permits filed with the City of Toronto. A permit doesn’t mean the work passed final inspection.

Trees

63 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