68 Kendal Avenue 6

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dupont Subway5 min walk
• 🚇 Spadina Subway8 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 113 cafés and restaurants, 31 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Creeds (400 m). Nearest park: Jean Sibelius Square (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Huron Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 79%, math 59%8 min walk
• Palmerston Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 73%11 min walk
• Hillcrest Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 61%15 min walk

Secondary

• Monsignor Fraser College - Annex Campus Catholic11 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 M5R

Owners / renters

39% / 61%

Median household income

$86,000

Average age

46

Children under 15

8%

Homes

5% detached, 54% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

26,197

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 1.3%, Spanish 1%, Yue (Cantonese) 0.7%, Iranian Persian 0.6%.

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 Annex (2025): 35% above the Toronto average, down 12% from the year before.

• Assault41% above average
• Break and enter104% above average
• Auto theft48% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings36% 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 9 active

• 171 LOWTHER AVE · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Lift the hold ('H') application for By-law 410-2024.
  Application details
• 171 LOWTHER AVE · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 11-storey residential building with 64 dwelling units, including the retention of part of the heritage building at 171 Lowther Avenue.
  Application details
• 40 WALMER RD · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 25-storey building with a mix of rental replacement units (33 units) and condominium ownership units, totalling 253 units.
  Application details
• 266 ST GEORGE ST · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Appealed on April 24, 2026.Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for an 18-storey building containing 121 dwelling units, and the adaptive re-use of…
  Application details
• 38 WALMER RD · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan application to permit a 25-storey mixed use building containing 211 dwelling units and 1,950 square metres of non-residential GFA, including retail,…
  Application details
• 500 MACPHERSON AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site plan approval application for an 8-storey residential building having a gross floor area of 11572 square metres, and containing 135 residential dwelling…
  Application details

10 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 4 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (North Toronto Subdivision)300 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

Heritage Protected

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Designated (Part IV) (2022). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Fire Alarm · 2026 · Permit Issued
  Fire Panel Upgrade. All zoning and field devices to remain unchanged
• Fire Alarm · 2026 · Cancelled
  Fire Panel Upgrade. All zoning and field devices to remain unchanged
• Balcony/Guard Repairs · 2021 · Closed
  Proposal to repair/replace, where appropriate, pieces and sections of existing guardrails and columns. Cleaning and painting of existing…

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

Trees

70 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