892 Palmerston Avenue Bxmt

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dupont Subway13 min walk
• 🚇 Bathurst Subway13 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO4.0 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 11 grocery stores, 105 cafés and restaurants, 23 parks, 5 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Loblaws (300 m). Nearest park: Vermont Square Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Palmerston Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 73%7 min walk
• Hawthorne II Bilingual Alternative Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 67%9 min walk
• Essex Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 28%10 min walk
• École élémentaire catholique du Sacré-Coeur-Toronto French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 40%11 min walk

Secondary

• Monsignor Fraser College - Annex Campus Catholic10 min walk
• Apollo High 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 M6G

Owners / renters

49% / 51%

Median household income

$91,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

12%

Homes

13% detached, 8% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

30,600

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 3.2%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.6%, Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.2%.

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 Annex (2025): 35% above the Toronto average, down 12% from the year before.

• Assault41% above average
• Break and enter104% above average
• Auto theft48% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings36% below 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

• 289 CHRISTIE ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval application to faciliate the development of a 9-storey mixed-use building with a total of 65 residential dwelling units and 14 parking…
  Application details
• 500 DUPONT ST · 150 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2021
  Draft Plan of Condominium to create 155 residential units in a mixed-use building with 2 commercial units at grade and 73 vehicle parking spaces.
  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

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (North Toronto Subdivision)100 m

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

What can be built R

Residential.

• ✅ 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

• Garage · 2015 · Closed
  Replace existing frame garage.
• Multiple Projects · 2015 · Closed
  Proposal for lowering basement floor (underpinning) and interior alterations on all floors.

6 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

42 City street trees within 100 m. That’s about 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