81 Shields Avenue Lower

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Avenue LRT8 min walk
• 🚇 Chaplin LRT9 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO6.4 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 3 grocery stores, 24 cafés and restaurants, 9 parks, 3 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Summerhill Market (400 m). Nearest park: Robert Bateman Parkette (650 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Allenby Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 75%4 min walk
• North Preparatory Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 38%8 min walk
• Oriole Park Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 100%, math 100%11 min walk
• John Ross Robertson Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 72%1.3 km

Secondary

• Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 59%, literacy test 89%6 min walk
• Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 60%, literacy test 93%12 min walk
• North Toronto Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 80%, literacy test 95%1.4 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 M5N

Owners / renters

49% / 51%

Median household income

$110,000

Average age

42

Children under 15

17%

Homes

44% detached, 38% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

16,154

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2.6%, Spanish 1.8%, Hebrew 1.1%, Mandarin 1.1%.

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 Lawrence Park South (2025): 44% below the Toronto average, down 24% from the year before.

• Assault74% below average
• Break and enter52% above average
• Auto theft22% below average
• Robbery55% below average
• Theft from vehicles58% 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 2 active

• 456 EGLINTON AVE W · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2023
  Proposal for a 19-storey mixed use building and 7 storey podium with 185 units. Proposed residentail gross floor area is 14,642.9 m2, and retail gross floor…
  Application details
• 507 EGLINTON AVE W · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Proposal for a 7-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 348.84 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 3972.82…
  Application details
• 372 BRIAR HILL AVE · 500 m
  Part Lot Control · Closed · applied 2022
  Part Lot control to create 7 lots. The purpose of the application for Common Elements Condominium is to create the shared access driveway, common…
  Application details
• 372 BRIAR HILL AVE · 500 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2022
  Draft Condominum approval for 7, 3-storey townhouse dwelling units
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 7 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 RD

Residential 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

Trees

82 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