505 Oakwood Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Oakwood LRT8 min walk
• 🚇 Cedarvale Subway12 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO3.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 7 grocery stores, 51 cafés and restaurants, 10 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Best Choice (100 m). Nearest park: Laughlin Park (350 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• D'Arcy McGee Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 72%, math 32%3 min walk
• J R Wilcox Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 66%6 min walk
• Davisville Junior Public School7 min walk
• St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 71%, math 49%8 min walk

Secondary

• Spectrum Alternative Senior School6 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 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 Oakwood Village (2025): 26% below the Toronto average, down 10% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter44% below average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery84% below average
• Theft from vehicles34% below average
• Shootings48% below 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 4 active

• 505 OAKWOOD AVE · 0 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment for a 13-storey mixed-use building, containing 161 residential dwelling units, 84 vehicle parking spaces,…
  Application details
• 464 OAKWOOD AVE · 350 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2022
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium to permit 4 residential units and 1 parking space unit.
  Application details
• 601 OAKWOOD AVE · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2017
  Proposed 5 storey mixed use building with 30 residential apartment units and ground floor retail. 12 stacked parking spaces would be located at the rear of the…
  Application details
• 601 OAKWOOD AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2017
  INACTIVE Proposed 4 storey mixed use building with 30 residential apartment units and ground floor retail. 12 stacked parking spaces would be located at the…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 7 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 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

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

7 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 3 new homes.

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

Trees

51 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.