5 Roncesvalles Avenue 2

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dundas West Subway2.1 km
• 🚇 Bloor UP Express2.1 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO2.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 11 grocery stores, 69 cafés and restaurants, 9 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Benna's Bakery & Deli (500 m). Nearest park: Grafton Avenue Park (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Garden Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 94%8 min walk
• Fern Avenue Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 62%11 min walk
• Parkdale Junior and Senior Public School14 min walk
• St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 63%14 min walk

Secondary

• Parkdale Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 61%, literacy test 86%13 min walk
• City View Alternative Senior School1.3 km
• École secondaire catholique Saint-Frère-André Catholic · French1.4 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 M6R

Owners / renters

51% / 49%

Median household income

$104,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

15%

Homes

16% detached, 11% high-rise

Commute by transit

23%

Population

19,349

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Polish 1.8%, Spanish 0.5%, Portuguese 0.5%, Ukrainian 0.4%.

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 Roncesvalles (2025): about the Toronto average, down 19% from the year before.

• Assault22% above average
• Break and enter33% above average
• Auto theft55% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles29% 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 1 active

• 1605 QUEEN ST W · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Zoning By-law Amendment to convert the existing building into the Phoenix Concert Theatre.
  Application details
• 1501 QUEEN ST W · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2026
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment to develop a 10 and 7 storey mixed use building with 141 affordable rental units, including 54 rental replacement…
  Application details
• 1521 QUEEN ST W · 350 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval application for an 8 storey mixed use building with a residential gross floor area of 6228 SM and a non residential gross floor area of 279…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 5 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 2 sources nearby

• 🛣️ Gardiner Expressway150 m
• 🚆 Rail line (Oakville Subdivision)100 m

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

What can be built CR

Commercial Residential (with a site-specific exception).

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

Heritage Listed

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Listed. The City must get 60 days’ notice before demolition, and it can move to designate the property.

Heritage Register entry

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

32 City street trees within 100 m. That’s about 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