699 Eglinton Avenue W 104

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Chaplin LRT4 min walk
• 🚇 Forest Hill LRT7 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO5.7 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 5 grocery stores, 38 cafés and restaurants, 12 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Fresh Harvest (450 m). Nearest park: Memorial Park - North York (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• North Preparatory Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 38%7 min walk
• Forest Hill Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 90%14 min walk
• Oriole Park Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 100%, math 100%14 min walk
• West Preparatory Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 57%16 min walk

Secondary

• Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 60%, literacy test 93%2 min walk
• Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 59%, literacy test 89%17 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 M5N

Owners / renters

49% / 51%

Median household income

$110,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

17%

Homes

44% detached, 38% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

16,154

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2.6%, Spanish 1.8%, Hebrew 1.1%, Mandarin 1.1%.

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 Forest Hill South (2025): 41% below the Toronto average, down 29% from the year before.

• Assault74% below average
• Break and enter73% above average
• Auto theft53% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles38% 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 1 active

• 515 CHAPLIN CRES · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2012
  INACTIVE The subject property contains two 8 storey residential apartment buildings that are linked by a below grade garage. The proposal is to construct an…
  Application details
• 2008 BATHURST ST · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  Jan 2026 Resubmission: to include 7 rental replacement units. No built form or massing changes made to the proposal. The number of dwelling units have…
  Application details
• 2016 BATHURST ST · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Condominium for a nine storey residential building with 25 dwelling units.
  Application details

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

• Interior Alterations · 2022 · Permit Issued
  INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO UNIT 407
• Interior Alterations · 2022 · Cancelled
  Proposed interior alteration to existing apartment unit

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

45 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