79 Lewis Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Broadview Subway2.2 km
• 🚇 Chester Subway2.2 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.0 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 11 grocery stores, 79 cafés and restaurants, 25 parks, 6 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Riverside Market (100 m). Nearest park: Saulter Street Parkette (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Dundas Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 66%, math 53%7 min walk
• Morse Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 71%10 min walk
• Nelson Mandela Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 17%16 min walk
• St. Paul Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 50%18 min walk

Secondary

• Queen Alexandra Middle School6 min walk
• SEED Alternative School7 min walk
• Eastdale Collegiate Institute13 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 M4M

Owners / renters

56% / 44%

Median household income

$99,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

14%

Homes

6% detached, 25% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

25,052

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Yue (Cantonese) 6.3%, Mandarin 3.5%, Vietnamese 1.5%, Spanish 0.6%.

Flood and conservation Flood plain

This address falls inside a mapped flood plain (Toronto and Region Conservation Authority). Building, additions and grading need a permit from the conservation authority, and flood insurance can cost more or be harder to get.

Screening maps only. Ask the conservation authority for a property inquiry before relying on this.

Safety

Major crime per resident in South Riverdale (2025): about the Toronto average, down 17% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter40% above average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles65% above average
• Shootings61% 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 13 active

• 797 QUEEN ST E · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Control Placeholder for Leslieville Station, one of the stations included in the Ontario Line Elevated Guideway and Stations contract.
  Application details
• 462 EASTERN AVE · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 1 storey retail condominium, consisting of 5 retail condominium units and 10 parking units.
  Application details
• 786-788 QUEEN ST E · 150 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2023
  Site Plan application to permit a 6 storey mixed use building, containing 15 residential units and 69.64 square metres of ground floor commercial GFA.
  Application details
• 1 SUNLIGHT PARK RD · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  East Harbour Transit Hub
  Application details
• 653 QUEEN ST E · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposed to retain the existing heritage buildings and construct a nine storey residential building. The building will contain 85 new residential dwelling…
  Application details
• 641 QUEEN ST E · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposed to retain the existing heritage buildings and construct a nine storey residential building. The building will contain 85 new residential dwelling…
  Application details

11 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 3 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Leslieville Ontario Line250 m · opening early 2030s
• 🚧 East Harbour Ontario Line350 m · opening early 2030s
• 🚧 Gerrard 1.1 km

Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.

Noise 2 sources nearby

• 🛣️ Don Valley Parkway400 m
• 🚆 Rail line (Kingston Subdivision)200 m

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

• Multiple Projects · 2021 · Closed
  Revision 02 - Basement structural modifications and main floor level joist replacement. to include partial basement underpinning 15 linear…
• Party Wall Admin Permits · 2021 · Closed
  PARTY WALL ADMIN PERMIT FOR SHARED WALL WITH 77 LEWIS
• Party Wall Admin Permits · 2020 · Closed
  Party Wall permit related to 19-206019

1 permit 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

49 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