85 Emmett Avenue 2409

Getting around Walkable

• 🚇 Weston UP Express1.5 km
• 🚇 Mount Dennis LRT1.7 km
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO1.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 5 cafés and restaurants, 8 parks, 2 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Jola African Food Market (700 m). Nearest park: Eglinton Flats (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Bala Avenue Community School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 50%, math 62%10 min walk
• Portage Trail Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 67%, math 11%11 min walk
• Roselands Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 65%, math 17%13 min walk
• Westmount Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 65%, math 45%16 min walk

Secondary

• York Humber High School2 min walk
• C R Marchant Middle School1.7 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 M6M

Owners / renters

46% / 54%

Median household income

$71,500

Average age

41

Children under 15

16%

Homes

28% detached, 39% high-rise

Commute by transit

30%

Population

42,148

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 7.9%, Spanish 4.8%, Vietnamese 2.8%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2.4%.

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 Mount Dennis (2025): 29% below the Toronto average, down 40% from the year before.

• Assault27% below average
• Break and enter34% below average
• Auto theft32% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings70% 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 3 active

• 82 BUTTONWOOD AVE · 300 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control application to permit an interim condition where the new hospital and old hospital buildings will co-exist on the site for a temporary period…
  Application details
• 330 SIDNEY BELSEY CRES · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposed development of 4 residential apartment buildings.
  Application details
• 170 EMMETT AVE · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2016
  Proposed amendments to the City's Official Plan and By-law 1001-2010 to permit redevelopment project (Blocks A, B and C) to accommodate hospital uses, and…
  Application details
• 330 SIDNEY BELSEY CRES · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2025
  City initiated Zoning By-law Amendment to apply the new parking standards to to 1400 Weston Road and 300 to 330 Sidney Belsey Crescent.
  Application details
• 82 BUTTONWOOD AVE · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  Proposal to have the main building (RCC) that was to have been demolished as part of the works under the current SPA remain and be used to house patients for a…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 11 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 RAC

Residential Apartment Commercial (with a site-specific exception).

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

• Garage Repair/Reconstruction · 2025 · Permit Issued
  Proposal for garage repairs
• Balcony/Guard Repairs · 2022 · Closed
  Balcony Restoration and Roof concrete RepairsTotal number of Balcony Units: 276Total Lin.m of railings need to be replaced: 925 Lin.m.
• Garage Repair/Reconstruction · 2020 · Permit Issued
  Proposed localized conrete repair and waterproofing to the mechanical penthouse for the existing apartment building.
• Other · 2017 · Inspection
  Proposed construction of a detached accessory garbage enclosure(46.8m2) for existing residential condominium.
• Garage Repair/Reconstruction · 2015 · Closed
  Proposal for parking garage repairs.

3 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

16 City street trees within 100 m, mostly honeys. 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