5 Thornburn Avenue 203

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚆 Exhibition GO10 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 11 grocery stores, 88 cafés and restaurants, 18 parks, 8 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Longo's (550 m). Nearest park: Centennial Park (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 74%, math 40%11 min walk
• Holy Family Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 42%12 min walk
• The Grove Community School19 min walk
• Alexander Muir/Gladstone Avenue Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 42%1.3 km

Secondary

• Parkdale Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 61%, literacy test 86%14 min walk
• City View Alternative Senior School1.7 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 M6K

Owners / renters

31% / 69%

Median household income

$72,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

8%

Homes

2% detached, 67% high-rise

Commute by transit

35%

Population

42,110

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tibetan 3.3%, Portuguese 2.5%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.2%.

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 South Parkdale (2025): about the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault48% above average
• Break and enter27% above average
• Auto theft68% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout 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 7 active

• 1187 KING ST W · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  The proposed development consists of a 37-storey mixed-use building containing hotel and residential uses. Office and commercial uses will be maintained on…
  Application details
• 54 FRASER AVE · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Rezoning for a 55-storey mixed-use building that will incorporate the existing building facade. The proposal consists of a total of…
  Application details
• 1 JEFFERSON AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Ontario Line Exhibition Station
  Application details
• 41 FRASER AVE · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Site Plan Application to permit a new office building at 39-49 Fraser Avenue on the western portion of the property facing Fraser Avenue. The proposal includes…
  Application details
• 41 FRASER AVE · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Site Plan Application to permit Phase 2 of development for a new office building at 53 Fraser Avenue and 8-42 Pardee Avenue on the eastern portion of the…
  Application details
• 2 TEMPLE AVE · 150 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2021
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 275 units.
  Application details

3 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 4 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Exhibition 550 m · opening 2031

Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.

Noise 2 sources nearby

• 🛣️ Gardiner Expressway200 m
• 🚆 Rail line (Oakville Subdivision)150 m

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

What can be built R

Residential (with a site-specific exception).

• ✅ Up to 6 homes on the lot (multiplex): a sixplex ward
• ✅ 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

Trees

56 City street trees within 100 m, mostly lindens. 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