560 Jones Avenue 3

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Donlands Subway5 min walk
• 🚇 Pape Subway7 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO3.3 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 9 grocery stores, 102 cafés and restaurants, 13 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Masellis Supermarket (200 m). Nearest park: 24 Dewhurst Blvd Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Kapapamahchakwew - Wandering Spirit School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 64%, math 9%4 min walk
• Wilkinson Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 61%8 min walk
• Holy Name Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 69%9 min walk
• École élémentaire catholique du Bon-Berger French11 min walk

Secondary

• Earl Grey Senior Public School2 min walk
• Subway Academy I Private4 min walk
• Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 55%, literacy test 78%11 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 M4J

Owners / renters

62% / 38%

Median household income

$93,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

17%

Homes

29% detached, 16% high-rise

Commute by transit

30%

Population

35,128

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Greek 3.2%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.5%, Mandarin 0.9%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0.7%.

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 Blake-Jones (2025): 24% below the Toronto average, down 17% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter48% below average
• Auto theft35% below average
• Robbery38% below average
• Theft from vehicles83% below average
• Shootings50% above 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 8 active

• 680 DANFORTH AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for the Pape Station as part of the Ontario Line Subway
  Application details
• 184 CHATHAM AVE · 500 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for a 4-storey residential building with a height of 12.3 meters (excluding stair and elevator overruns) and 42 condominium dwelling units,…
  Application details
• 658-668 DANFORTH AVE · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2022
  The proposal is to construct a new 49-storey mixed-use building with three levels of underground parking. The ground level includes a shared residential and…
  Application details
• 658-668 DANFORTH AVE · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  The proposal is to construct a new 49-storey mixed-use building with three levels of underground parking. The ground level includes a shared residential and…
  Application details
• 975 DANFORTH AVE · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval for proposed 10-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 3,985.89 square metres, and a residential gross floor…
  Application details
• 975 DANFORTH AVE · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  Rezoning for proposed 10-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 423.63 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of…
  Application details

6 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 5 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Pape 400 m
• 🚧 Gerrard 1.2 km
• 🚧 Cosburn 1.4 km

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

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.

• ✅ 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.

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

Trees

35 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