679 LANSDOWNE Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Lansdowne Subway1 min walk
• 🚇 Dufferin Subway10 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO3.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 15 grocery stores, 84 cafés and restaurants, 13 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Távora Foods (150 m). Nearest park: Susan Tibaldi Parkette (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Sebastian Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 69%7 min walk
• Pauline Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 65%8 min walk
• Brock Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 79%11 min walk
• St. Anthony Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 79%, math 54%13 min walk

Secondary

• Bloor Collegiate Institute ALPHA Alternative School Secondary6 min walk
• La passerelle secondaire French11 min walk
• École secondaire Toronto Ouest French11 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 M6H

Owners / renters

48% / 52%

Median household income

$83,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

11% detached, 18% high-rise

Commute by transit

30%

Population

43,730

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 8.5%, Spanish 2.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.8%, Italian 1.4%.

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 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 18 active

• 90 CROATIA ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Administrative Amendment to 22 129524 STE 09 SA.
• 90 CROATIA ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Administrative Amendment to 22 129491 STE 09 SA.
• 221 STERLING RD · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for three residential towers of 27, 24 and 21 storeys in height. There will be a total gross floor area of 55,236.7 square metres and a…
  Application details
• 1293 BLOOR ST W · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2022
  The Site is proposed to be redeveloped with a new 28-storey (plus mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building. A total gross floor area of 18,392 square metres is…
  Application details
• 1293 BLOOR ST W · 100 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  The Site is proposed to be redeveloped with a new 28-storey (plus mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building. A total gross floor area of 18,392 square metres is…
  Application details
• 90 CROATIA ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval for a 22-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 981.5 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of…
  Application details

24 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 5 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Newmarket Subdivision)250 m

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

What can be built CR

Commercial Residential (with a site-specific exception).

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.

12 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 3 new homes.

Permits filed with the City of Toronto. A permit doesn’t mean the work passed final inspection.

Trees

42 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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.