79 Badgerow Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Pape Subway1.6 km
• 🚇 Donlands Subway1.6 km
• 🚆 Danforth GO3.7 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 8 grocery stores, 75 cafés and restaurants, 17 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Philippine Oriental Food Market (300 m). Nearest park: Hideaway Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Leslieville Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 74%, math 33%7 min walk
• St. Joseph Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 92%, math 58%7 min walk
• Pape Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 98%, math 71%9 min walk
• Blake Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 92%, math 40%9 min walk

Secondary

• Riverdale Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 77%, literacy test 95%8 min walk
• East Alternative School of Toronto10 min walk
• Eastdale Collegiate Institute14 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 M4M

Owners / renters

56% / 44%

Median household income

$99,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

14%

Homes

6% detached, 25% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

25,052

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Yue (Cantonese) 6.3%, Mandarin 3.5%, Vietnamese 1.5%, Spanish 0.6%.

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 Riverdale (2025): about the Toronto average, down 17% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter40% above average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles65% above average
• Shootings61% 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 2 active

• 425 CARLAW AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Control Placeholder for Gerrard Station, one of the stations included in the Ontario Line Elevated Guideway and Stations contract.
  Application details
• 354-358 PAPE AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2014
  Combine application for rezoning and site plan approval to permit a proposed mixed use development. The proposed building will be 8 storeys (24.6 metres in…
• 1134 QUEEN ST E · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2025
  Zoning By-Law Amendment - Lifting of the H Symbol for a 6-storey mixed use building of 29 dwelling units. The building will contain approximately 1,996 square…
  Application details
• 1012 GERRARD ST E · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 14-storey mixed use building containing 112 residential units and 7,899 square metres of gross floor area…
  Application details
• 1134 QUEEN ST E · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2023
  Proposed 6-storey mixed use building of 29 dwelling units. The building will contain approximately 1,996 square metres of gross floor area including 274 square…
  Application details

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

• 🚧 Gerrard 400 m
• 🚧 Leslieville Ontario Line1000 m · opening early 2030s
• 🚧 East Harbour Ontario Line1.5 km · opening early 2030s

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

• Accessory Building · 2024 · Permit Issued
  Demolish the existing detached garage and maintain a car parking space
• Garage · 2024 · Cancelled
  Proposal to demolish existing garage.

8 permits 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

61 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