695 Woodbine Avenue LOWER

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Woodbine Subway13 min walk
• 🚇 Coxwell Subway18 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO17 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 6 grocery stores, 38 cafés and restaurants, 15 parks, 5 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Danforth Bazaar (750 m). Nearest park: Cassels Avenue Playground (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Norway Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 60%7 min walk
• Bowmore Road Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 82%, math 45%8 min walk
• École élémentaire catholique Georges-Étienne-Cartier French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 74%12 min walk
• Gledhill Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 83%, math 67%14 min walk

Secondary

• Monarch Park Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 70%, literacy test 88%16 min walk
• Glen Ames Senior Public School17 min walk
• School of Life Experience17 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 M4E

Owners / renters

64% / 36%

Median household income

$112,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

17%

Homes

28% detached, 8% high-rise

Commute by transit

20%

Population

25,473

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 0.7%, Yue (Cantonese) 0.5%, Mandarin 0.4%, Portuguese 0.2%.

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 East End-Danforth (2025): about the Toronto average, down 11% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft35% below average
• Robbery34% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings51% 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

No planning applications within 500 m in the last five years.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 7 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 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

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

1 permit on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 1 new home.

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

Trees

49 City street trees within 100 m. 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.

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