740-748 Sheppard Avenue W

Getting around Walkable

• 🚇 Sheppard West Subway1.3 km
• 🚇 Wilson Subway2.2 km
• 🚆 Downsview Park GO2.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 1 grocery store, 14 cafés and restaurants, 2 parks, 5 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Metro (600 m). Nearest park: Honey & Barry Community Park (850 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Robert Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 92%, math 52%8 min walk
• Dublin Heights Elementary and Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 63%8 min walk
• Faywood Arts-Based Curriculum School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 78%, math 25%1.5 km
• Wilmington Elementary School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 71%, math 69%2.0 km

Secondary

• William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 73%, literacy test 96%18 min walk
• Charles H Best Middle School1.7 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 M3H

Owners / renters

54% / 46%

Median household income

$92,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

16%

Homes

36% detached, 38% high-rise

Commute by transit

28%

Population

38,416

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6.1%, Russian 3.7%, Spanish 2.1%, Mandarin 1.5%.

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 Bathurst Manor (2025): 32% below the Toronto average, down 32% from the year before.

• Assault34% below average
• Break and enter40% below average
• Auto theft37% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles28% below average
• Shootings39% above 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 6 active

• 671 SHEPPARD AVE W · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Application proposes the development of an 11-storey mixed-use building providing residential, home occupation uses and commercial use at grade. The…
  Application details
• 740 SHEPPARD AVE W · 0 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Control application to permit a 9-storey mixed-use building contain 70 dwelling units, residential gross floor area of 5,366 square metres and a…
  Application details
• 813 SHEPPARD AVE W · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposal for an 11 storey rental apartment building which includes 71 units with a gross floor area of 5889 square metres.
  Application details
• 177 COCKSFIELD AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Site plan application to permit the proposal for a 14-storey mixed use building with 19,483 square metres of GFA, including 462 squrae metres of commercial…
  Application details
• 671 SHEPPARD AVE W · 300 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2017
  The application proposes 5-storey apartment building with 56 units, one 3-storey duplex (2 units) and 7 3-storey standard townhouses (for a total of 65 units)…
  Application details
• 719 SHEPPARD AVE W · 150 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2013
  This is a technical submission for engineering review to determine whether there is a way to satisfy the City in terms of an acceptable solution to the…
  Application details

5 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 13 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 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

Trees

34 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. That’s about 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.