961A Eglinton Avenue Rear

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Forest Hill LRT5 min walk
• 🚇 Cedarvale Subway9 min walk
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO4.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 23 cafés and restaurants, 12 parks, 6 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Nortown Foods (200 m). Nearest park: Wembley Parkette (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• West Preparatory Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 57%7 min walk
• Cedarvale Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 69%8 min walk
• J R Wilcox Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 66%13 min walk
• North Preparatory Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 38%15 min walk

Secondary

• Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 60%, literacy test 93%11 min walk
• Spectrum Alternative Senior School1.2 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 M6C

Owners / renters

50% / 50%

Median household income

$91,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

16%

Homes

35% detached, 23% high-rise

Commute by transit

33%

Population

23,997

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Spanish 2%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2%, Portuguese 1.7%, Italian 1.3%.

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 Humewood-Cedarvale (2025): 34% below the Toronto average, up 19% from the year before.

• Assault39% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft41% below average
• Robbery46% below average
• Theft from vehicles49% below average
• Shootings48% 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

• 2008 BATHURST ST · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  Jan 2026 Resubmission: to include 7 rental replacement units. No built form or massing changes made to the proposal. The number of dwelling units have…
  Application details
• 2010-2012 BATHURST ST · 250 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Condominium for a nine storey residential building with 25 dwelling units.
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 7 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Allen Road500 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

66 City street trees within 100 m. 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