8 Thorncliffe Avenue 6

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Broadview Subway7 min walk
• 🚇 Chester Subway10 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO4.3 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 6 grocery stores, 66 cafés and restaurants, 11 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Farmer Fruit Market (450 m). Nearest park: Broadview Subway Station Parkette (400 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Jackman Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 55%8 min walk
• Frankland Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 52%13 min walk
• Chester Elementary School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 81%, math 50%15 min walk
• Holy Name Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 69%17 min walk

Secondary

• CALC Secondary School11 min walk
• Rosedale Heights School of the Arts
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 66%, literacy test 95%14 min walk
• Westwood Middle School15 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 M4K

Owners / renters

45% / 55%

Median household income

$84,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

14%

Homes

16% detached, 35% high-rise

Commute by transit

31%

Population

30,913

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Greek 3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.8%, Spanish 1%, Serbian 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 Playter Estates-Danforth (2025): 50% above the Toronto average, down 9% from the year before.

• Assault82% above average
• Break and enter25% above average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery24% below average
• Theft from vehicles237% above average
• Shootings46% 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 4 active

• 882 BROADVIEW AVE · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  The Application proposes the redevelopment of the site by demolishing the existing rental apartment building on the subject site, which contains six rental…
  Application details
• 844 BROADVIEW AVE · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval for a 9-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 541.83 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of…
  Application details
• 72 CHESTER HILL RD · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Site Plan approval application to permit the construction of a 26 storey mixed use building with a 4 storey component extending to the rear of the property.…
  Application details
• 995 BROADVIEW AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  The site plan approval application proposes to construct a 7 storey mixed use building having a gross floor area of approximately 5,720 square metres,…
  Application details
• 72 CHESTER HILL RD · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2025
  Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a 26-storey mixed-use building. The proposal will include 309 residential units, retail at grade and restore the…
  Application details
• 802 BROADVIEW AVE · 350 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for a 6-storey mixed use building with a retail ground floor, 33 residential units and 2 levels of underground parking.
  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

• 🚧 Pape TTC1.2 km
• 🚧 Cosburn 1.3 km

Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Don Valley Parkway200 m

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, including 1 new home.

Permits filed with the City of Toronto. A permit doesn’t mean the work passed final inspection.

Trees

57 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