85 George Appleton Way 2025

Getting around Walkable

• 🚆 Downsview Park GO3.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 3 grocery stores, 11 cafés and restaurants, 4 parks, 4 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Btrust Supermarket (350 m). Nearest park: Downsview Memorial Parkette (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Downsview Public School11 min walk
• École élémentaire Mathieu-da-Costa French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 75%13 min walk
• St. Raphael Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 44%14 min walk
• St. Fidelis Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 58%15 min walk

Secondary

• Madonna Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 39%, literacy test 82%8 min walk
• Downsview Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 26%, literacy test 59%10 min walk
• Pierre Laporte Middle School17 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 M3M

Owners / renters

43% / 57%

Median household income

$74,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

15%

Homes

27% detached, 29% high-rise

Commute by transit

30%

Population

24,906

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 6%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6%, Italian 4.5%, Vietnamese 3.4%.

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 Downsview (2025): about the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft48% above average
• Robbery60% above average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootingsabout 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

• 2701 KEELE ST · 200 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  An application for site plan control approval for a 30-storey mixed-use condominium building, which will comprise 418 dwelling units and 314 square metres of…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 12 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Highway 401150 m

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

What can be built CR

Commercial Residential (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

Trees

15 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