589 Sheppard Avenue E

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Bayview Subway4 min walk
• 🚇 Bessarion Subway11 min walk
• 🚆 Oriole GO1.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 10 cafés and restaurants, 9 parks, 5 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Loblaws (300 m). Nearest park: Kenaston Gardens Parkette (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Gabriel Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 55%8 min walk
• Elkhorn Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 86%, math 84%9 min walk
• Hollywood Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 94%, math 100%12 min walk
• Harrison Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 82%, math 82%1.2 km

Secondary

• Bayview Middle School16 min walk
• Windfields Junior High School1.7 km
• Earl Haig Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 84%, literacy test 95%1.8 km

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 M2K

Owners / renters

56% / 44%

Median household income

$83,000

Average age

44

Children under 15

10%

Homes

21% detached, 70% high-rise

Commute by transit

23%

Population

25,377

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Iranian Persian 8.7%, Mandarin 8.4%, Yue (Cantonese) 6.2%, Korean 4.6%.

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 Bayview Village (2025): 35% below the Toronto average, down 15% from the year before.

• Assault43% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft38% below average
• Robbery28% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout 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 21 active

• 680 SHEPPARD AVE E · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of two towers at 37 and 28 storeys on a shared six-storey podium with a total of 789 residential units,…
  Application details
• 630 SHEPPARD AVE E · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  The City of Toronto¿s Development Review Division has received an application to permit additional heights to a 52 and 44-storey mixed-use building from a…
  Application details
• 1 GREENBRIAR RD · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 30-storey building with residential and commercial uses. The building proposes 351…
  Application details
• 2816 BAYVIEW AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of a 42-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 477 rental residential units,…
  Application details
• 567 SHEPPARD AVE E · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application proposes to develop three buildings that will be three-, 46- and 56-storeys, providing residential and commercial use at grade.…
  Application details
• 461 SHEPPARD AVE E · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Proposed development for a 44 storey mixed-use building with a density of 13.07 times the lot area, generally consistent with the OPA-ZBA approved proposal. It…
  Application details

26 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 14 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Highway 401350 m

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

What can be built RD

Residential Detached (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.

6 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

56 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