505 Parkside Drive

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Keele Subway3 min walk
• 🚇 High Park Subway9 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO3.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 3 grocery stores, 51 cafés and restaurants, 12 parks, 8 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Fresh Picked Fruit Market (500 m). Nearest park: Indian Mound Traffic Island (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Mountview Alternative School Junior
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 83%6 min walk
• Keele Street Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 98%, math 84%6 min walk
• Howard Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 87%11 min walk
• Indian Road Crescent Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 79%16 min walk

Secondary

• Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 41%, literacy test 69%12 min walk
• Lucy McCormick Senior School18 min walk
• Humberside Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 80%, literacy test 96%18 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 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 Regulated area

This address is inside a conservation-authority regulated area (Toronto and Region Conservation Authority): near a valley, stream, shoreline or wetland, where flooding or erosion can occur. New building, additions, pools or grading usually need a permit from the authority.

Screening maps only. Ask the conservation authority for a property inquiry before relying on this.

Safety

Major crime per resident in High Park-Swansea (2025): 35% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault39% below average
• Break and enter21% above average
• Auto theft60% below average
• Robbery41% below average
• Theft from vehicles39% below 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 5 active

• 26 MOUNTVIEW AVE · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment application for two residential tall buildings (41-storey and 39-storey respectively) with a 6-storey podium.…
  Application details
• 1728 BLOOR ST W · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Site Plan Approval for a 19-storey mixed use building with a total of 99 new dwelling units. The building will have a total gross floor area (GFA) of 6860…
  Application details
• 66 OAKMOUNT RD · 450 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Under Review · applied 2021
  Draft Plan of Subdivision for two development blocks.
  Application details
• 66 PACIFIC AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2020
  The proposed development would maintain the existing four rental buildings on the lands, while proposing to demolish two blocks of existing townhouses…
  Application details
• 66 OAKMOUNT RD · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2020
  This is a site plan application that proposes one block of 5 3-storey townhouse, one 32 storey building, one 25 storey building, to be developed and added to…
  Application details
• 1730 BLOOR ST W · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2025
  Zoning By-law Amendment for a 25-storey mixed-use building and a total of 200 residential units with retail and office at grade.
  Application details

3 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 6 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 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

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

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

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

Trees

37 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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