61 Edwin Avenue Upper

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Bloor UP Express11 min walk
• 🚇 Dundas West Subway12 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO3.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 6 grocery stores, 71 cafés and restaurants, 13 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Wallace Market (500 m). Nearest park: Perth Square Park (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Perth Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 68%3 min walk
• St. Luigi Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 42%, math 17%4 min walk
• St. Rita Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 36%6 min walk
• Indian Road Crescent Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 79%7 min walk

Secondary

• Lucy McCormick Senior School7 min walk
• Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 41%, literacy test 69%14 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 M6P

Owners / renters

42% / 58%

Median household income

$86,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

14%

Homes

11% detached, 43% high-rise

Commute by transit

33%

Population

39,870

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 2%, Spanish 1.7%, Russian 1.1%, Polish 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 Junction-Wallace Emerson (2025): about the Toronto average, down 9% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter22% above average
• Auto theft52% below average
• Robbery54% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings56% below 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 6 active

• 2475 DUNDAS ST W · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  The application at 2461-2475 Dundas St W proposes a 29-storey mixed use building, comrprised of a 4-storey base building and 19,645 square metres of GFA. The…
  Application details
• 2475 DUNDAS ST W · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2024
  The application at 2461-2475 Dundas St W proposes a 29-storey mixed use building, comprised of a 4-storey base building and 19,629 square metres of GFA. The…
  Application details
• 350 CAMPBELL AVE · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2023
  Further to the rezoning submission it has been determined that, while there are no residential units located within the area designated as Core Employment, an…
  Application details
• 321 SYMINGTON AVE · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  Zoning By-law Amendment Application for two towers of 39- and 36-storeys, including a 6-storey podium with commercial at grade. The proposal will have…
  Application details
• 316 CAMPBELL AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Site plan approval for a 26-storey residential rental apartment building having a gross floor area of 20,534 square metres, and containing 314 residential…
  Application details
• 1650 DUPONT ST · 200 m
  Site Plan · OMB Appeal · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval for a 6-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 575.8 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): 6 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (GO Transit)100 m

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

• Multiple Projects · 2021 · Closed
  Proposal to construct rear second floor addition, new third storey addition, new basement walk out, new porch, new front yard ground floor…

5 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

41 City street trees within 100 m. 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