70 Melbourne Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dufferin Subway2.3 km
• 🚇 Lansdowne Subway2.3 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO18 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 11 grocery stores, 101 cafés and restaurants, 24 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Queen Fresh Market (200 m). Nearest park: Masaryk Park (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Holy Family Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 42%4 min walk
• Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 74%, math 40%7 min walk
• Parkdale Junior and Senior Public School9 min walk
• The Grove Community School11 min walk

Secondary

• Parkdale Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 61%, literacy test 86%4 min walk
• City View Alternative Senior School16 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 M6K

Owners / renters

31% / 69%

Median household income

$72,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

8%

Homes

2% detached, 67% high-rise

Commute by transit

35%

Population

42,110

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tibetan 3.3%, Portuguese 2.5%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.2%.

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

• Assault48% above average
• Break and enter27% above average
• Auto theft68% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootingsabout 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 12 active

• 1325 QUEEN ST W · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Approval for a 16-storey mixed-use building containing 175 rental residential units and approximately 2,482 sq.m of community-serving space.
  Application details
• 1339 KING ST W · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control application for a new 10-storey infill residential building with 92 affordable rental units. The existing apartment building ('Phoenix…
  Application details
• 145 COWAN AVE · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  This proposal was appealed to the OLT and subsequently settled with Council adoption in April 2025. The proposal is for an 18-storey (57m excluding mechanical…
  Application details
• 1437 QUEEN ST W · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2023
  The application proposes to demolish the existing buildings and construct a new 12-storey mixed use building containing 249 dwelling units. The proposed…
  Application details
• 1437 QUEEN ST W · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  The application proposes to demolish the existing buildings and construct a new 12-storey mixed use building containing 249 dwelling units. The proposed…
  Application details
• 1266 QUEEN ST W · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2023
  The proposed development replaces the existing two-storey commercial building on the site, with a new 27-storey, 26,235 square metre, mixed use building with…
  Application details

15 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

Coming transit

• 🚧 Exhibition 1.1 km · opening 2031

Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.

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 · 2018 · Cancelled
  REVISION - to add an office in the basement by reducing the size of one of the units (B1)Proposal for interior alterations to maintain 16…
• Fire Alarm · 2017 · Closed
  Proposal for the replacement of the fire alarm system.

2 permits 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

89 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.