78 Mimico Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚆 Mimico GO8 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 3 grocery stores, 21 cafés and restaurants, 17 parks, 4 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Your Independent Grocer (400 m). Nearest park: Stanley Avenue Parkette (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• John English Junior Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 60%3 min walk
• St. Leo Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 73%5 min walk
• David Hornell Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 76%, math 60%12 min walk
• George R Gauld Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 82%, math 63%15 min walk

Secondary

• Mimico Adult Centre4 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 M8V

Owners / renters

49% / 51%

Median household income

$79,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

11%

Homes

15% detached, 57% high-rise

Commute by transit

21%

Population

44,144

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 1.9%, Polish 1.9%, Russian 1.7%, Tibetan 1.4%.

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 Mimico-Queensway (2025): 254% above the Toronto average, up 9% from the year before.

• Assault448% above average
• Break and enter30% below average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery47% below average
• Theft from vehicles53% 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 9 active

• 286 ROYAL YORK RD · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  The proposed development includes one 40-storey building which will deliver approximately 467 new residential units with 39,654.5 square metres of residential…
  Application details
• 266 ROYAL YORK RD · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2022
  The proposed development consists of a mixed-use building with 36 storey and 29 storey towers (respectively 116.2 m and 98.7 m in height excl. mechanical…
  Application details
• 2491 LAKE SHORE BLVD W · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposal to demolish the existing commercial/residential building on the subject lands and redevelop the site with a stepped 9-storey mixed-use building,…
  Application details
• 266 ROYAL YORK RD · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Revised Site Plan Control application to permit a mixed-use development consisting of a mixed-use building with 37 storey and 23 storey towers (respectively…
  Application details
• 266 ROYAL YORK RD · 450 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Under Review · applied 2021
  Revised Draft Plan of Subdivision application to create six blocks for a mixed-use development: a residential development block, future development block,…
  Application details
• 2409-2411 LAKE SHORE BLVD W · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2021
  The proposed amendments to the City¿s Official Plan and Zoning By-laws would permit a development comprising approximately 35,200 square metres of residential…
  Application details

5 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 10 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.

Heritage Protected

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Designated (Part IV) (2024). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2025 · Inspection
  Proposal for interior renovation of existing building
• Demolition · 2023 · Cancelled
  Demolition of the current building on the subject property.

5 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

47 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.