72 Symington Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Bloor UP Express4 min walk
• 🚇 Dundas West Subway7 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO3.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 9 grocery stores, 91 cafés and restaurants, 14 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Kibo Market (250 m). Nearest park: Perth Avenue Parkette (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Luigi Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 42%, math 17%8 min walk
• Perth Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 68%8 min walk
• St. Sebastian Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 69%13 min walk
• Pauline Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 65%13 min walk

Secondary

• Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 41%, literacy test 69%6 min walk
• Bloor Collegiate Institute ALPHA Alternative School Secondary13 min walk
• La passerelle secondaire French14 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 M6P

Owners / renters

42% / 58%

Median household income

$86,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

14%

Homes

11% detached, 43% high-rise

Commute by transit

33%

Population

39,870

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 2%, Spanish 1.7%, Russian 1.1%, Polish 0.9%.

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 Junction-Wallace Emerson (2025): about the Toronto average, down 9% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter22% above average
• Auto theft52% below average
• Robbery54% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings56% 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 17 active

• 258 WALLACE AVE · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Standalone Official Plan Amendment application to redesignate the subject site from Core Employment Areas to Mixed Use Areas.
  Application details
• 2400 DUNDAS ST W · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control application for Phase 2 of 2400-2440 Dundas Street West, which consists of two towers at 25 and 42 storeys on a 2-storey shared podium with…
  Application details
• 2400 DUNDAS ST W · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control application for Phase 1 of 2400-2440 Dundas Street West, which consists of a 37-storey tower on a 3 storey podium (Tower A) and will include…
  Application details
• 221 STERLING RD · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for three residential towers of 27, 24 and 21 storeys in height. There will be a total gross floor area of 55,236.7 square metres and a…
  Application details
• 2461 DUNDAS ST W · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  The application at 2461-2475 Dundas St W proposes a 29-storey mixed use building, comrprised of a 4-storey base building and 19,645 square metres of GFA. The…
  Application details
• 2461 DUNDAS ST W · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2024
  The application at 2461-2475 Dundas St W proposes a 29-storey mixed use building, comprised of a 4-storey base building and 19,629 square metres of GFA. 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): 6 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (GO Transit)200 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

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

101 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