511 Carlaw Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Pape Subway17 min walk
• 🚇 Chester Subway18 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO3.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 9 grocery stores, 84 cafés and restaurants, 17 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Food Basics (350 m). Nearest park: Erica Stark Parkette (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Pape Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 98%, math 71%2 min walk
• Blake Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 92%, math 40%8 min walk
• Withrow Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 62%10 min walk
• École élémentaire catholique du Bon-Berger French11 min walk

Secondary

• East Alternative School of Toronto8 min walk
• Eastdale Collegiate Institute10 min walk
• Quest Alternative Senior School10 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 M4K

Owners / renters

45% / 55%

Median household income

$84,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

14%

Homes

16% detached, 35% high-rise

Commute by transit

31%

Population

30,913

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Greek 3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.8%, Spanish 1%, Serbian 0.9%.

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 North Riverdale (2025): about the Toronto average, up 18% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter55% above average
• Auto theft53% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles28% above 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 2 active

• 425 CARLAW AVE · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Control Placeholder for Gerrard Station, one of the stations included in the Ontario Line Elevated Guideway and Stations contract.
  Application details
• 354-358 PAPE AVE · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2014
  Combine application for rezoning and site plan approval to permit a proposed mixed use development. The proposed building will be 8 storeys (24.6 metres in…
• 1012 GERRARD ST E · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 14-storey mixed use building containing 112 residential units and 7,899 square metres of gross floor area…
  Application details
• 485 LOGAN AVE · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2022
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for 41 dwelling units.
  Application details

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

• 🚧 Gerrard 350 m
• 🚧 Pape 1.1 km
• 🚧 Leslieville Ontario Line1.2 km · opening early 2030s

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

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Kingston Subdivision)250 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

42 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