62 Porchester Drive

Getting around Walkable

• 🚆 Eglinton GO10 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 3 grocery stores, 12 cafés and restaurants, 7 parks, 4 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Walmart Supercentre (300 m). Nearest park: Bakerton Parkette (450 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Scarborough Village Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 39%7 min walk
• Cedarbrook Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 39%7 min walk
• Mason Road Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 52%, math 34%8 min walk
• St. Nicholas Catholic School Catholic9 min walk

Secondary

• École secondaire catholique Père-Philippe-Lamarche French1.2 km
• Bliss Carman Senior Public School1.3 km
• Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 39%, literacy test 72%1.4 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 M1J

Owners / renters

46% / 54%

Median household income

$76,500

Average age

39

Children under 15

18%

Homes

23% detached, 58% high-rise

Commute by transit

32%

Population

37,002

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tamil 5.9%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3.7%, Bengali 2.9%, Urdu 2.4%.

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 Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn (2025): about the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter53% below average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery26% above average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings22% 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 6 active

• 3122 EGLINTON AVE E · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  The proposal involves a 1,988.02 square meters warehouse addition with loading docks to the existing 1,446.64 square meters building for a total of 3,434.66…
  Application details
• 126 BELLAMY RD N · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  The application proposes to permit the development of an 8 storey residential building containing a total of 184 residential units including, 12,247 square…
  Application details
• 3095 EGLINTON AVE E · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposal to redevelop site with a 12-storey mixed-use building, including 171 residential units and 342 square metres of commercial floor area at grade, and…
  Application details
• 3150 EGLINTON AVE E · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2020
  INACTIVE November 2022 Revised Submission - Official Plan Amendment (OPA), Rezoning and Site Plan applications to facilitate redevelopment of the subject lands…
  Application details
• 3150 EGLINTON AVE E · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2020
  INACTIVE Redevelopment of lands for a 12 storey mixed use building with commercial uses on the ground floor and 132 residential units above with below grade…
  Application details
• 3060 EGLINTON AVE E · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2018
  REVISED PROPOSAL:4 storey stacked townhouses with 80 new residential units totalling 10,040 square metres of new g.fa on a proposed private street. BLOCK 1 :…
  Application details

2 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 17 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Kingston Subdivision)100 m

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

What can be built RS

Residential Semi-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

Trees

58 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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