5 Donnybrook Lane

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Islington Subway13 min walk
• 🚇 Royal York Subway18 min walk
• 🚆 Kipling GO2.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 3 grocery stores, 23 cafés and restaurants, 11 parks, 5 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Rabba (400 m). Nearest park: Donnybrook Park (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Kingsway College School Private9 min walk
• Filipok Russian Junior School9 min walk
• Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 75%10 min walk
• Islington Junior Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 41%11 min walk

Secondary

• Etobicoke Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 73%, literacy test 90%5 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 M9A

Owners / renters

51% / 49%

Median household income

$93,000

Average age

44

Children under 15

13%

Homes

32% detached, 58% high-rise

Commute by transit

24%

Population

36,642

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 2.3%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Portuguese 1.7%, Korean 1.5%.

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 Kingsway South (2025): 25% below the Toronto average, down 20% from the year before.

• Assault33% below average
• Break and enter43% above average
• Auto theft44% below average
• Robbery63% below average
• Theft from vehicles77% 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 5 active

• 4670 DUNDAS ST W · 200 m
  Site Plan · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  The proposal includes the redevelopment of the subject site with a 6-storey purpose builtrental building.
  Application details
• 4875 DUNDAS ST W · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2024
  Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 45-storey mixed use building with a 4-storey podium. The proposal includes a total…
  Application details
• 4884 DUNDAS ST W · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Application reflecting Settlement Proposal to permit a 25-storey residential tower with at-grade retail use for OZ/OPA File No. 22 139836 WET 03 OZ.
  Application details
• 4884 DUNDAS ST W · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment for a 25-storey mixed-use building that includes 398 dwelling units and 4,817 square metres of institutional space…
  Application details
• 4872 DUNDAS ST W · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2016
  To construct a four-storey mixed-use building containing second floor office space and five residential units on the third and fourth floors.
  Application details
• 4690 DUNDAS ST W · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  The proposed plan consists of a 10-unit condominium townhouse development with associated underground parking. Six units are proposed to front Dundas Street…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 12 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 RD

Residential Detached (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

• Multiple Projects · 2018 · Closed
  Proposal to construct basement underpinning, interior alterations, new secondary unit in basement, basement walk out, and new covered porch.
• Demolition · 2015 · Cancelled
  Permit to demolish existing dwelling & construct new 2-storey dwelling with attached garage, basement walkout, rear yard deck, 2nd Floor…
• New Building · 2015 · Cancelled
  Permit to demolish existing dwelling & construct new 2-storey dwelling with attached garage, basement walkout, rear yard deck, 2nd Floor…

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

Trees

80 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