8 Medford Avenue Room # 4

Getting around Walkable

• 🚇 Victoria Park Subway1.3 km
• 🚇 Warden Subway1.8 km
• 🚆 Danforth GO2.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: no grocery stores, 24 cafés and restaurants, 12 parks, 3 pharmacies. Nearest park: Scotia Parkette (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Birch Cliff Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 33%10 min walk
• Taylor Creek Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 71%, math 21%11 min walk
• Oakridge Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 73%, math 50%12 min walk
• Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 64%12 min walk

Secondary

• Samuel Hearne Public School14 min walk
• Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 35%, literacy test 72%16 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 M1L

Owners / renters

51% / 49%

Median household income

$78,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

17%

Homes

27% detached, 34% high-rise

Commute by transit

35%

Population

35,833

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Bengali 8%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2.6%, Urdu 2.1%, Yue (Cantonese) 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 Oakridge (2025): 34% above the Toronto average, down 19% from the year before.

• Assault66% above average
• Break and enter22% above average
• Auto theft29% below average
• Robbery26% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings57% 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 1 active

• 3610 DANFORTH AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval for redevelopment of the former Eli Lily site into a state of the art data centre comprised of 42,883 square meters of redesigned and new…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 10 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Kingston Subdivision)100 m

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

What can be built RS

Residential Semi-Detached (with a site-specific exception).

• ✅ Up to 4 homes on the lot (multiplex)
• ✅ 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

31 City street trees within 100 m. That’s fewer 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