56 Oakwood Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Ossington Subway1.7 km
• 🚇 Dufferin Subway1.7 km
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO4.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 6 grocery stores, 90 cafés and restaurants, 17 parks, 13 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Imperial Fruit Market (550 m). Nearest park: Mount Royal Parkette (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• McMurrich Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 75%7 min walk
• Regal Road Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 45%8 min walk
• St. Mary of the Angels Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 59%9 min walk
• St. Clare Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 70%, math 40%10 min walk

Secondary

• Oakwood Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 44%, literacy test 88%5 min walk
• Winona Drive Senior Public School6 min walk
• Loretto College School Catholic11 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 M6H

Owners / renters

48% / 52%

Median household income

$83,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

11% detached, 18% high-rise

Commute by transit

30%

Population

43,730

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 8.5%, Spanish 2.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.8%, Italian 1.4%.

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 Corso Italia-Davenport (2025): about the Toronto average, down 8% from the year before.

• Assault30% above average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles53% 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 1 active

• 916 ST CLAIR AVE W · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2021
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for 173 units.
  Application details
• 863 ST CLAIR AVE W · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Condominium for a 10-storey mixed-use building containing 78 residential condominium units.
  Application details
• 900 ST CLAIR AVE W · 500 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2022
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for a 12 storey mixed-use building with 118 residential units.
  Application details

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.

2 permits 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

88 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