429 Gilbert Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Caledonia LRT6 min walk
• 🚇 Keelesdale LRT16 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO2.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 7 grocery stores, 13 cafés and restaurants, 6 parks, 5 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: FreshCo (450 m). Nearest park: Haverson Park (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Fairbank Memorial Community School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 74%, math 55%9 min walk
• Silverthorn Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 26%11 min walk
• F H Miller Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 62%11 min walk
• St. Nicholas of Bari Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 75%, math 28%13 min walk

Secondary

• George Harvey Collegiate Institute17 min walk
• York Memorial Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 35%, literacy test 65%19 min walk

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 M6E

Owners / renters

55% / 45%

Median household income

$82,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

14%

Homes

35% detached, 10% high-rise

Commute by transit

34%

Population

37,684

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 10.7%, Spanish 5.2%, Italian 3.5%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3.2%.

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 Caledonia-Fairbank (2025): 21% below the Toronto average, up 8% from the year before.

• Assault28% below average
• Break and enter36% below average
• Auto theft25% above average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles25% 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 4 active

• 534 HARVIE AVE · 500 m
  Plan of Condominium · Amend Drft Plan App · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for four units.
  Application details
• 2343 EGLINTON AVE W · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Zoning By-law Amendment for a 43-storeys mixed use building. The building will contain 638 residential units and an overall height of 133.5 metres, including a…
  Application details
• 2421 EGLINTON AVE W · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2019
  INACTIVE Proposal for a 4-storey townhouse building containing 7 residential units. No parking is proposed.
  Application details
• 2421 EGLINTON AVE W · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2019
  INACTIVE Site Plan Control application for proposed four-storey townhouse development comprised of 7 units.
  Application details
• 2212 EGLINTON AVE W · 400 m
  Site Plan · Final Approval Completed · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of a 6-storey municipal shelter building containing a total of 36 sleeping rooms, comprising a mix of 1,…
  Application details
• 2212 EGLINTON AVE W · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2025
  Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a 6-storey residential building to accomodate a municipal shelter with approximately 80 beds.
  Application details

3 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 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Newmarket Subdivision)100 m

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

What can be built RM

Residential Multiple Dwelling (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.

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

53 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