73 Hocken Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Clair West Subway11 min walk
• 🚇 Dupont Subway1.4 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO5.0 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 7 grocery stores, 59 cafés and restaurants, 17 parks, 8 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: St. Clair Fruits Market (200 m). Nearest park: Wychwood Parkette (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Hillcrest Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 61%7 min walk
• Holy Rosary Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 55%11 min walk
• McMurrich Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 75%12 min walk
• Humewood Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 60%13 min walk

Secondary

• Winona Drive Senior Public School13 min walk
• Oakwood Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 44%, literacy test 88%1.3 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 M6G

Owners / renters

49% / 51%

Median household income

$91,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

12%

Homes

13% detached, 8% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

30,600

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 3.2%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.6%, Italian 1.6%, Greek 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 Wychwood (2025): about the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter24% above average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery67% below average
• Theft from vehicles39% 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 16 active

• 146 VAUGHAN RD · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Control application to allow a 57.25-metre (17 storeys) mixed-use apartment building containing 110 residential units (including 6 affordable rental…
  Application details
• 129 VAUGHAN RD · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 153 dwelling units.
  Application details
• 544-546 ST CLAIR AVE W · 200 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control application to permit a 3 storey addition with a roof top outdoor playground associated with the proposed childcare space at 542 St. Clair…
  Application details
• 40 RAGLAN AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Current proposal since Nov 2025: is for a 37-storey (including Mechanical Penthouse level with indoor and outdoor amenity space), mixed use building with a 174…
  Application details
• 538 ST CLAIR AVE W · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan application for a 35-storey mixed use building comprised of 152 square metres of retail space on the ground floor, and 380 residential units.
  Application details
• 10 RAGLAN AVE · 300 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Dec 2023 revised submission: proposes a 34-storey mixed use with a more slender podium, with no revision to the approved site specific GFA, requiring a Minor…
  Application details

15 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 5 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.

• ✅ 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

• New Building · 2025 · Permit Issued
  Proposal to demolish existing 2 storey SFD, construct new 3 storey 3-units Detached. Shoring included.
• Demolition · 2025 · Permit Issued
  Proposal to demolish existing 2 storey SFD, construct new 3 storey 3-units Detached. Shoring included.
• Demolition · 2024 · Inspection
  Proposal to demolish the existing dwelling to construct a new 3 storey single family dwelling.
• New Building · 2021 · Permit Issued
  Proposal to construct a new 3 storey single family dwelling with a finished basement and a new detached garage at the rear of the property.

1 permit 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

106 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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