591 Cummer Avenue

Getting around Somewhat walkable

• 🚆 Old Cummer GO18 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 1 grocery store, 4 cafés and restaurants, 9 parks, 1 pharmacy. Nearest grocery: Loblaws Your Independent Grocer (650 m). Nearest park: Ruddington Park (350 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Lester B Pearson Elementary School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 85%4 min walk
• Pineway Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 50%, math 50%14 min walk
• Steelesview Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 91%, math 83%15 min walk
• Blessed Trinity Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 63%, math 32%15 min walk

Secondary

• St. Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 63%, literacy test 84%12 min walk
• Zion Heights Middle School1.3 km
• Cummer Valley Middle School1.5 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 Woods-Steeles (2025): 43% below the Toronto average, down 21% from the year before.

• Assault63% below average
• Break and enter21% above average
• Auto theft37% below average
• Robbery27% 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 1 active

• 6 FOXDALE CRT · 150 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Under Review · applied 2020
  Draft plan of subdivision application to permit six two-storey detached dwellings on six lots fronting on a new private street. In addition to the new private…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 17 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 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.

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

78 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