491 Hopewell Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Fairbank LRT6 min walk
• 🚇 Oakwood LRT9 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO3.3 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 9 grocery stores, 46 cafés and restaurants, 5 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: A Grocery Store (350 m). Nearest park: Walter Saunders Memorial Park (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 71%, math 49%8 min walk
• Fairbank Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 60%, math 16%8 min walk
• D'Arcy McGee Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 72%, math 32%14 min walk
• Fairbank Memorial Community School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 74%, math 55%15 min walk

Secondary

• Spectrum Alternative Senior School1.3 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 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 Briar Hill-Belgravia (2025): about the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles31% below average
• Shootings50% above 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 14 active

• 2700 DUFFERIN ST · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  The requested OPA seeks to redesignate the eastern portion of the subject site from General Employment Areas to Mixed Use Areas, while maintaining the general…
  Application details
• 1812 EGLINTON AVE W · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Zoning By Law Amendment Application to permit the proposal for a 35-storey mixed-use building including commercial units fronting onto Eglinton Avenue West and…
  Application details
• 680 NORTHCLIFFE BLVD · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Feb 2025 Submission - Site Plan resubmission for a proposed 124.73 m (39-storey excluding Mech. Penthouse) purpose built rental, mixed-use building with…
  Application details
• 2451 DUFFERIN ST · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval application for a mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 906 square metres, and 43,296 square metres of residential…
  Application details
• 655 NORTHCLIFFE BLVD · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval-15-storey residential building having a residential gross floor area of 11037.1 square metres
  Application details
• 655 NORTHCLIFFE BLVD · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2021
  Nov 2025 Resubmission reflecting the Council-adopted Settlement Offer proposal: for a 42-storey mixed-use building, with a total of 24,052.8 square metres,…
  Application details

16 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 RM

Residential Multiple Dwelling (with a site-specific exception).

• ✅ 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

53 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