987 Saint Clarens Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Lansdowne Subway1.6 km
• 🚇 Bloor UP Express1.7 km
• 🚆 Mount Dennis GO3.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 9 grocery stores, 70 cafés and restaurants, 19 parks, 14 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Diana Grocery (350 m). Nearest park: Primrose Avenue Parkette (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Regal Road Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 45%10 min walk
• St. Mary of the Angels Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 59%10 min walk
• Stella Maris Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 60%11 min walk
• St. Paul VI Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 38%12 min walk

Secondary

• Loretto College School Catholic7 min walk
• Oakwood Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 44%, literacy test 88%17 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 M6H

Owners / renters

48% / 52%

Median household income

$83,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

11% detached, 18% high-rise

Commute by transit

30%

Population

43,730

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 8.5%, Spanish 2.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.8%, Italian 1.4%.

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 Corso Italia-Davenport (2025): about the Toronto average, down 8% from the year before.

• Assault30% above average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles53% above 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

• 1237 ST CLAIR AVE W · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2014
  Proposal to permit the construction of a 3-storey, mixed-use building containing a Shoppers Drugmart (ground floor) and office uses (second and third floors).…

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.

3 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 2 new homes.

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