521 Hillsdale Avenue E

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Mount Pleasant LRT10 min walk
• 🚇 Leaside LRT11 min walk
• 🚆 Oriole GO6.7 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 13 grocery stores, 72 cafés and restaurants, 15 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Season Fruit House (500 m). Nearest park: Cudmore Creek Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Maurice Cody Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 94%, math 87%6 min walk
• Eglinton Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 76%, math 68%10 min walk
• Sunnybrook School Private13 min walk
• St. Anselm Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 75%14 min walk

Secondary

• Hodgson Middle School9 min walk
• Northern Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 72%, literacy test 91%12 min walk
• Leaside High School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 79%, literacy test 95%15 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 M4S

Owners / renters

39% / 61%

Median household income

$88,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

13%

Homes

12% detached, 68% high-rise

Commute by transit

39%

Population

30,754

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 2.1%, Iranian Persian 1.9%, Portuguese 1.7%, Korean 1.5%.

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 Mount Pleasant East (2025): 38% below the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault56% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery87% below average
• Theft from vehicles49% 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 4 active

• 525 EGLINTON AVE E · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Proposed 45-storey mixed-use building containing 526 total dwelling units. The proposal contains a total gross floor area (GFA) of 34,991 m², comprised of…
  Application details
• 544 EGLINTON AVE E · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of an 25-storey mixed-use building providing commercial use at grade. The building will provide a total of…
  Application details
• 59 HOYLE AVE · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Control Application to permit a 25-storey, mixed use building with 300 dwelling units, 20,974.8 square metres of residential gross floor area, 710…
  Application details
• 386 EGLINTON AVE E · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2019
  INACTIVE Site Plan Control Application to construct an 11-storey addition on the east side of the existing 13-storey, 148 unit rental apartment building. The…
  Application details
• 59 HOYLE AVE · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2025
  Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment Application proposes the development of a 35-storey mixed-use building. The building will provide a total…
  Application details
• 383 CLEVELAND ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2022
  Proposed development is comprised of a 15-storey mixed-use building ((plus an amenity penthouse level), with 217 dwelling units and 30 underground parking…
  Application details

2 more within 500 m.

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 R

Residential (with a site-specific exception).

• ✅ Up to 4 homes on the lot (multiplex)
• ✅ 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.

5 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

76 City street trees within 100 m. 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