53 Aldridge Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Woodbine Subway7 min walk
• 🚇 Coxwell Subway8 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO1.4 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 9 grocery stores, 47 cafés and restaurants, 11 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Prince of Wales Garden & Market (100 m). Nearest park: East Lynn Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Brigid Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 55%5 min walk
• Earl Beatty Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 86%6 min walk
• Earl Haig Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 74%, math 40%8 min walk
• Gledhill Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 83%, math 67%11 min walk

Secondary

• School of Life Experience12 min walk
• Monarch Park Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 70%, literacy test 88%13 min walk
• St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 66%, literacy test 85%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 M4C

Owners / renters

53% / 47%

Median household income

$83,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

17%

Homes

27% detached, 38% high-rise

Commute by transit

37%

Population

46,440

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Bengali 4.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.1%, Urdu 1.4%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 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 Woodbine Corridor (2025): 26% below the Toronto average, down 13% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter35% below average
• Auto theft71% below average
• Robbery72% below average
• Theft from vehicles38% 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 6 active

• 12 COLERIDGE AVE · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for 2 residential units.
  Application details
• 2078 DANFORTH AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Control application to permit a 10- and 35-storey mixed-use building connected by a 1-storey podium, containing 601 rental dwelling units and 4,474.3…
  Application details
• 1821 DANFORTH AVE · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2024
  Official Plan Amendment to permit a 10-storey mixed-use building, containing 60 rental dwelling units and 127 square metres of non-residential gross floor…
  Application details
• 1821 DANFORTH AVE · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Control application to permit a 10-storey mixed-use building, containing 60 rental dwelling units and 127 square metres of non-residential gross…
  Application details
• 1821 DANFORTH AVE · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2019
  INACTIVE Zoning By- Law Amendment Application to permit to permit a 10-storey mixed-use building, containing 60 rental dwelling units and 127 square metres of…
  Application details
• 1793 DANFORTH AVE · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2018
  INACTIVE Site Plan Control Application to permit a 7-storey (22.5 metre, including mechanical penthouse) residential building with a gross floor area of…
  Application details

1 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 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.

1 permit on this block of the street in the last 2 years.

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

Trees

61 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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