850 Carlaw Avenue Basement

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Pape Subway4 min walk
• 🚇 Chester Subway7 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO3.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 113 cafés and restaurants, 16 parks, 11 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Laz Bakkal Toronto (250 m). Nearest park: Carlaw Avenue Parkette (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Holy Name Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 69%6 min walk
• Frankland Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 52%7 min walk
• Jackman Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 55%7 min walk
• Chester Elementary School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 81%, math 50%13 min walk

Secondary

• Westwood Middle School11 min walk
• Earl Grey Senior Public School11 min walk
• Subway Academy I Private15 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

• 885 PAPE AVE · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Placeholder Application for the Sammon Emergency Services Building (ESB) and Crossover as part of the Ontario Line Subway
  Application details
• 680 DANFORTH AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for the Pape Station as part of the Ontario Line Subway
  Application details
• 654-656 DANFORTH AVE · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2022
  The proposal is to construct a new 49-storey mixed-use building with three levels of underground parking. The ground level includes a shared residential and…
  Application details
• 654-656 DANFORTH AVE · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  The proposal is to construct a new 49-storey mixed-use building with three levels of underground parking. The ground level includes a shared residential and…
  Application details
• 743 PAPE AVE · 250 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2023
  The Ontario Line will include a station and interface with the existing TTC Pape Station. This Site Plan Review (SPR) package includes the interim…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 5 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Pape TTC300 m
• 🚧 Cosburn 1.0 km
• 🚧 Gerrard 1.5 km

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

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 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

• Interior Alterations · 2026 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations in existing retail store to add an ancillary cafe use.
• Other · 2021 · Inspection
  Proposal to construct a rear framed shed.
• Interior Alterations · 2018 · Refusal Notice
  Proposed interior alterations to convert an existing 6-unit apartment builing with 1 retail unit, into a 7-unti apartment building.

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

Trees

54 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