653A Warden Avenue 53

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Warden Subway16 min walk
• 🚇 Victoria Park Subway1.3 km
• 🚆 Scarborough GO2.4 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 16 cafés and restaurants, 10 parks, 3 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Iqbal Foods (800 m). Nearest park: Cataraqui Park (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Taylor Creek Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 71%, math 21%3 min walk
• Danforth Gardens Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 69%, math 40%13 min walk
• Oakridge Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 73%, math 50%14 min walk
• J G Workman Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 44%, math 19%16 min walk

Secondary

• Samuel Hearne Public School15 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 M1L

Owners / renters

51% / 49%

Median household income

$78,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

17%

Homes

27% detached, 34% high-rise

Commute by transit

35%

Population

35,833

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Bengali 8%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2.6%, Urdu 2.1%, Yue (Cantonese) 2%.

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 Clairlea-Birchmount (2025): 45% above the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault70% above average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft28% above average
• Robbery38% below average
• Theft from vehicles37% above average
• Shootings20% 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 4 active

• 673 WARDEN AVE · 400 m
  Site Plan · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  The development would consist of a 27-storey building with 353 square metres of ground floor retail spaces and 314 residential dwelling units (158 1-bedrooms,…
  Application details
• 300 DANFORTH RD · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2018
  INACTIVE The application proposes an amendment to the Former City of Scarborough Warden Woods Community Zoning By-law No. 950-2005, to permit 4 blocks of…
  Application details
• 250 DANFORTH RD · 250 m
  Site Plan · OMB Appeal · applied 2015
  Proposed nine-storey building with retail uses at grade and residential uses above along Danforth Road and 89 three-storey stacked townhouses and 18…
• 250 DANFORTH RD · 250 m
  Plan of Subdivision · OMB Appeal · applied 2015
  Draft Plan of Subdivision application to create two new development blocks and a new 16.5-metre public street connecting Bamblett and Dairy Drives. Block 1…
  Application details
• 673 WARDEN AVE · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Approved · applied 2022
  The development would consist of a 27-storey building with 353 square metres of ground floor retail spaces and 314 residential dwelling units (158 1-bedrooms,…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 10 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.

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

4 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

5 City street trees within 100 m. That’s fewer 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