469 Danforth Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Chester Subway3 min walk
• 🚇 Pape Subway7 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO4.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 11 grocery stores, 107 cafés and restaurants, 13 parks, 10 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Fruitland Market (50 m). Nearest park: Alexander The Great Parkette (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Frankland Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 52%2 min walk
• Holy Name Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 91%, math 69%4 min walk
• Jackman Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 55%7 min walk
• Withrow Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 62%13 min walk

Secondary

• Earl Grey Senior Public School12 min walk
• Quest Alternative Senior School13 min walk
• CALC Secondary School14 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 North Riverdale (2025): about the Toronto average, up 18% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter55% above average
• Auto theft53% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles28% 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 3 active

• 680 DANFORTH AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for the Pape Station as part of the Ontario Line Subway
  Application details
• 654 DANFORTH AVE · 400 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 · 400 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
• 60 BOWDEN ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2023
  Site Plan Approval for proposed eight-storey mass timber mixed use building, which will retain elements of the existing building. The proposal will consist a…
  Application details
• 743 PAPE AVE · 450 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): 4 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Pape 500 m
• 🚧 Cosburn 1.3 km
• 🚧 Gerrard 1.3 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 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

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

4 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

61 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.