70 Macpherson Avenue Upper

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Summerhill Subway6 min walk
• 🚇 Rosedale Subway7 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 4 grocery stores, 99 cafés and restaurants, 31 parks, 6 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Harvest Wagon (300 m). Nearest park: Lionel Conacher Park (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Cottingham Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 100%4 min walk
• Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 71%10 min walk
• Rosedale Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 100%15 min walk
• Brown Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 75%15 min walk

Secondary

• De La Salle College "Oaklands" Private9 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 11 active

• 44 PRICE ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval to permit the demolition, renovation and reconfiguration of the existing Toronto Lawn Tennis Club clubhouse and the semi-detached dwelling…
  Application details
• 1091 YONGE ST · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 35-storey mixed-use building, containing 235 dwelling units and 1,645 square metres of…
  Application details
• 55 BELMONT ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Proposed 11-storey addition that will add 168 long-term care beds and 30 assisted living units at the north end of the existing long-term care home for seniors.
  Application details
• 1088 YONGE ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for 12-storey mixed-use building with retail/commercial uses at grade and on the second floor, with a total of 24 dwelling units above.…
  Application details
• 1220 YONGE ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site plan application to construct a 22-storey (74 m excluding mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building containing 185 dwelling units and 600 square metres of…
  Application details
• 1091 YONGE ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval for a 19-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 1569 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of…
  Application details

11 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)150 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 Listed

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Listed. The City must get 60 days’ notice before demolition, and it can move to designate the property.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

6 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 2 new homes.

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

Trees

81 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