896 Avenue Road

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Avenue LRT8 min walk
• 🚇 Davisville Subway12 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO6.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 67 cafés and restaurants, 9 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Summerhill Market (650 m). Nearest park: Forest Hill Road Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Oriole Park Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 100%, math 100%5 min walk
• Forest Hill Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 90%13 min walk
• Upper Canada College Private13 min walk
• Davisville Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 92%, math 92%15 min walk

Secondary

• Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 59%, literacy test 89%14 min walk
• Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 60%, literacy test 93%1.2 km
• North Toronto Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 80%, literacy test 95%1.3 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 M5P

Owners / renters

39% / 61%

Median household income

$99,000

Average age

44

Children under 15

12%

Homes

25% detached, 41% high-rise

Commute by transit

26%

Population

19,791

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 1.5%, Mandarin 1.2%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1%, Iranian Persian 0.7%.

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 Yonge-Eglinton (2025): about the Toronto average, down 37% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter28% below average
• Auto theft49% below average
• Robbery21% above average
• Theft from vehicles74% 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

• 861 AVENUE RD · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2025
  Zoning By-law Amendment for 9 townhouse dwelling units in two blocks.
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 6 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 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

No building permits at this address since 2014.

1 permit on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 1 new home.

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

Trees

59 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