49 Fortrose Crescent

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Don Mills Subway1.8 km
• 🚆 Oriole GO3.0 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 24 cafés and restaurants, 9 parks, 2 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Food Basics (700 m). Nearest park: Fenside Park (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Fenside Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 79%, math 64%4 min walk
• Roywood Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 68%, math 84%7 min walk
• École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Madeleine Catholic · French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 61%9 min walk
• St. Isaac Jogues Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 55%9 min walk

Secondary

• Donview Middle School8 min walk
• George S. Henry Academy Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 25%, literacy test 70%17 min walk
• Parkview Alternative School18 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 M3A

Owners / renters

39% / 61%

Median household income

$85,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

15%

Homes

19% detached, 51% high-rise

Commute by transit

23%

Population

34,361

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 2.6%, Arabic 2%, Spanish 2%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 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 Fenside-Parkwoods (2025): 24% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault28% below average
• Break and enter38% below average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery57% below average
• Theft from vehicles34% 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 1 active

• 243-255 CONSUMERS RD · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Official Plan Amendment seeks to re-designate the Subject Lands from General Employment Areas to Mixed Use Areas.
  Application details
• 280 CONSUMERS RD · 500 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2022
  Draft Condominium to create 33 units
  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 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Highway 401150 m

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

What can be built RM

Residential Multiple Dwelling.

• ✅ 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

No building permits at this address since 2014.

2 permits 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

71 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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