689 St Clair Avenue W

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Clair West Subway15 min walk
• 🚇 Dupont Subway1.7 km
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO5.0 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 6 grocery stores, 69 cafés and restaurants, 13 parks, 8 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Moberly Natural Foods (0 m). Nearest park: Humewood Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Alphonsus Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 50%8 min walk
• McMurrich Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 75%9 min walk
• Humewood Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 60%9 min walk
• Hillcrest Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 61%13 min walk

Secondary

• Winona Drive Senior Public School9 min walk
• Oakwood Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 44%, literacy test 88%15 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 M6C

Owners / renters

50% / 50%

Median household income

$91,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

16%

Homes

35% detached, 23% high-rise

Commute by transit

33%

Population

23,997

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 2%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2%, Portuguese 1.7%, Italian 1.3%.

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 Wychwood (2025): about the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter24% above average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery67% below average
• Theft from vehicles39% below average
• Shootingsnone reported

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 8 active

• 148 VAUGHAN RD · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Control application to allow a 57.25-metre (17 storeys) mixed-use apartment building containing 110 residential units (including 6 affordable rental…
  Application details
• 133 VAUGHAN RD · 500 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 153 dwelling units.
  Application details
• 544-546 ST CLAIR AVE W · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control application to permit a 3 storey addition with a roof top outdoor playground associated with the proposed childcare space at 542 St. Clair…
  Application details
• 538 ST CLAIR AVE W · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan application for a 35-storey mixed use building comprised of 152 square metres of retail space on the ground floor, and 380 residential units.
  Application details
• 14 RAGLAN AVE · 500 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Dec 2023 revised submission: proposes a 34-storey mixed use with a more slender podium, with no revision to the approved site specific GFA, requiring a Minor…
  Application details
• 573 CHRISTIE ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval for twelve 3-storey back to back townhouse units.
  Application details

7 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 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

• Interior Alterations · 2022 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to expand existing dental office.Convenience address is 691 St Clair Ave W
• Interior Alterations · 2018 · Closed
  Proposed interior alterations converting an existing Retail Store | Pharmacy to an Take-Out Eating Establishment, new Bakery
• Interior Alterations · 2015 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to existing vacant basement and ground floor unit for new dental office. Convenience address is 691 St…
• Multiple Projects · 2015 · Closed
  Proposed interior alteration and exterior reclading, refinishing, window replacement and new skylights on existing building.

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

53 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.