68 Chelwood Road

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Birchmount LRT8 min walk
• 🚇 Ionview LRT8 min walk
• 🚆 Kennedy GO17 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 4 grocery stores, 19 cafés and restaurants, 4 parks, 4 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Al Baaqi (550 m). Nearest park: Eglinton Ravine Park (350 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Maria Goretti Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 68%, math 27%11 min walk
• General Brock Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 27%14 min walk
• Corvette Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 71%, math 34%14 min walk
• Ionview Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 33%1.3 km

Secondary

• South East Year Round Alternative Centre1.2 km
• Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies1.3 km
• W. A. Porter Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 61%, literacy test 89%1.6 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 M1K

Owners / renters

50% / 50%

Median household income

$72,500

Average age

41

Children under 15

16%

Homes

29% detached, 45% high-rise

Commute by transit

36%

Population

48,175

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tamil 5%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4.3%, Bengali 4.1%, Yue (Cantonese) 2%.

Flood and conservation Flood plain

This address falls inside a mapped flood plain (Toronto and Region Conservation Authority). Building, additions and grading need a permit from the conservation authority, and flood insurance can cost more or be harder to get.

Screening maps only. Ask the conservation authority for a property inquiry before relying on this.

Safety

Major crime per resident in Ionview (2025): about the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter52% below average
• Auto theft38% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootingsabout 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 1 active

• 708 KENNEDY RD · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Application for 12-storey mid-rise building framing the edge of Kennedy Road and a 29-storey building to the rear, connected by a two-storey podium.
  Application details
• 708 KENNEDY RD · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Approved · applied 2022
  Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 21 storey residential building along Kennedy Road and a 42 storey residential building to the rear. A total of…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 13 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 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

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

61 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