8 Harris Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Woodbine Subway7 min walk
• 🚇 Main Street Subway8 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO9 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 49 cafés and restaurants, 15 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Vincenzo Supermarket (150 m). Nearest park: Stephenson Park (350 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Gledhill Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 83%, math 67%3 min walk
• Secord Elementary School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 69%, math 58%11 min walk
• William J McCordic School12 min walk
• St. Brigid Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 55%12 min walk

Secondary

• D A Morrison Middle School13 min walk
• Malvern Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 78%, literacy test 96%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 M4C

Owners / renters

53% / 47%

Median household income

$83,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

17%

Homes

27% detached, 38% high-rise

Commute by transit

37%

Population

46,440

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Bengali 4.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.1%, Urdu 1.4%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 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 East End-Danforth (2025): about the Toronto average, down 11% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft35% below average
• Robbery34% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings51% 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 3 active

• 294 MAIN ST · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for 5 retail condominium units.
  Application details
• 12 COLERIDGE AVE · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for 2 residential units.
  Application details
• 2112 DANFORTH AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Control application to permit a 10- and 35-storey mixed-use building connected by a 1-storey podium, containing 601 rental dwelling units and 4,474.3…
  Application details
• 294 MAIN ST · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2026
  for ground floor office space units
  Application details
• 2451 DANFORTH AVE · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a 13 and 29-storey mixed-use building connected by a 2- and 8-storey podium, containing 620 dwelling units,…
  Application details
• 72 AMROTH AVE · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  City-initiated Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment to permit the construction of a missing middle development at 72 Amroth Avenue. The project will…
  Application details

4 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 8 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 (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.

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

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