5 Marina Avenue

Getting around Walkable

• 🚆 Long Branch GO18 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 1 grocery store, 24 cafés and restaurants, 13 parks, 4 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: No Frills (650 m). Nearest park: Syd Cole Park (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• James S. Bell Junior Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 92%, math 55%1 min walk
• École élémentaire Micheline-Saint-Cyr Catholic · French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 81%, math 62%16 min walk
• Twentieth Street Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 69%, math 69%16 min walk
• The Holy Trinity Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 69%18 min walk

Secondary

• Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 75%, literacy test 94%18 min walk
• Lakeshore Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 42%, literacy test 75%1.3 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 M8W

Owners / renters

65% / 35%

Median household income

$95,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

15%

Homes

44% detached, 17% high-rise

Commute by transit

17%

Population

22,381

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Polish 2.6%, Spanish 1.3%, Ukrainian 1.1%, Portuguese 1.1%.

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 Long Branch (2025): 25% below the Toronto average, down 7% from the year before.

• Assault25% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft29% below average
• Robbery42% below average
• Theft from vehicles39% 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

• 21 PARK BLVD · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  The proposed Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, Draft Plan of Subdivision and Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion applications would…
  Application details
• 21 PARK BLVD · 350 m
  Plan of Subdivision · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  Draft Plan of Subdivision, 2 lots.
  Application details
• 105 THIRTY FIRST ST · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposal to construct an 8-unit, 4-storey stacked-townhouse building with all units having independent access from the frontage along 31st Street.
  Application details
• 3471 LAKE SHORE BLVD W · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposed 6 storey apartment building fronting on Lake Shore Blvd W featuring a total of 19 residential condo units with 1,377.8 m2 of residential space, 194m2…
  Application details
• 3359 LAKE SHORE BLVD W · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2020
  The development consists of a 6-storey (approximately 19.9 metres, excluding mechanical penthouse) residential building with small-scale retail at-grade. The…
  Application details
• 3526 LAKE SHORE BLVD W · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2016
  Site Plan Control application to permit the construction of 509 residential units in a series of standard and stacked townhouse blocks and to permit retail…
  Application details

1 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 13 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

• New Building · 2023 · Inspection
  Proposal to demolish existing dwelling and sever lot into two parcels to construct new 2 unit semi-detached dwellings with rear deck and…
• Demolition · 2023 · Closed
  Proposal to demolish existing dwelling and sever lot to construct new semi-detached dwellings with finished basement apartments
• New Building · 2023 · Closed
  Proposal to demolish existing dwelling and sever lot to construct new 2 unit semi-detached dwellings with rear deck and integral garage

1 permit 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

74 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