699 Sheppard Avenue E 226

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Bessarion Subway2 min walk
• 🚇 Bayview Subway12 min walk
• 🚆 Oriole GO18 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 12 cafés and restaurants, 14 parks, 6 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Kourosh Supermarket (250 m). Nearest park: Bessarion Parkette (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Elkhorn Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 86%, math 84%6 min walk
• Dunlace Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 64%, math 69%14 min walk
• St. Gabriel Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 55%16 min walk
• Harrison Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 82%, math 82%19 min walk

Secondary

• Bayview Middle School16 min walk
• Windfields Junior High School1.5 km
• York Mills Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 81%, literacy test 96%1.8 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 M2K

Owners / renters

56% / 44%

Median household income

$83,000

Average age

44

Children under 15

10%

Homes

21% detached, 70% high-rise

Commute by transit

23%

Population

25,377

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Iranian Persian 8.7%, Mandarin 8.4%, Yue (Cantonese) 6.2%, Korean 4.6%.

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 Bayview Village (2025): 35% below the Toronto average, down 15% from the year before.

• Assault43% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft38% below average
• Robbery28% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout 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 17 active

• 688 SHEPPARD AVE E · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of two towers at 37 and 28 storeys on a shared six-storey podium with a total of 789 residential units,…
  Application details
• 41 TALARA DR · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2026
  OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of a 43-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 369 residential units, being a…
  Application details
• 630 SHEPPARD AVE E · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  The City of Toronto¿s Development Review Division has received an application to permit additional heights to a 52 and 44-storey mixed-use building from a…
  Application details
• 635 SHEPPARD AVE E · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 30-storey building with residential and commercial uses. The building proposes 351…
  Application details
• 1001 SHEPPARD AVE E · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium application for 19-storey and 31-storey buildings with a total of 990 residential units, 1080 parking spaces. This is known…
  Application details
• 89 WOODSY PARK LANE · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to permit a 44- and 39-storey mixed use development at 1001 Sheppard Avenue East. The…
  Application details

20 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 14 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Highway 401300 m

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

What can be built CR

Commercial Residential (with a site-specific exception).

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

• New Building · 2024 · Closed
  12 storey residential apartment building containing 174 dwelling units and two levels of underground parking
• Alternative Solution · 2023 · Approved
  ASP - waive the requirement of smoke dampers from branch make-up air ducts from MUA.1 serving the public corridors. MUA.1 serves the…
• Partial Permit - Structural Framing · 2023 · Closed
  Structural Framing Part Permit - 12 storey residential apartment building containing 174 dwelling units and two levels of underground…
• Partial Permit - Foundation · 2023 · Closed
  Conditional Foundation Part Permit - 12 storey residential apartment building containing 174 dwelling units and two levels of underground…
• Partial Permit - Shoring · 2023 · Closed
  Conditional Permit - Part Permit - 12 storey residential apartment building containing 174 dwelling units and two levels of underground…

5 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

57 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