1 Rowan Ave
1 Rowan Ave is in Caledonia-Fairbank. It's outside TRCA flood hazard areas and there are 20 planning applications nearby (14 under review, two waiting for a hearing date, one under appeal, three others).
Data as of Nov 8, 2026 · Every item lists its source
- Outside TRCA flood hazard areas.
- 20 planning applications within 250 m: 14 under review, two waiting for a hearing date, one under appeal, three others.
- Lead in tap-water samples is higher than average in postal area M6E.
04The building
0 building permits in the last 5 years. Together they added 1 new home. Permits show work the City approved; they don't show work done without a permit.
It isn't listed or designated on the City's Heritage Register.
Permit history: 3 projects from 7 permits
- Garage · completed Mar 16, 2018
Proposal to construct a detached garage at the rear of an existing SFD-detached dwelling. · Permit 16 202879 - Demolition · completed May 10, 2017
Proposed demolition of existing SFD to be replaced by 2 storey SFD with finished basement. · Permit 15 270233 - New Building · completed Jan 18, 2019
Revision to parking - Proposed demolition of existing SFD to be replaced by 2 storey SFD with finished basement. · 5 permits in this project (such as building, plumbing and heating) · Permit 15 270220
05Risks and environment
TRCA's maps show this address is outside the areas that could flood from rivers in a major storm (TRCA plans for a storm like Hurricane Hazel in 1954) and outside lake shoreline hazards. Basement flooding from overloaded sewers can still happen anywhere in the city.
In postal area M6E, 15 of 434 home tap-water samples (3.5%) tested above Ontario's limit for lead (10 micrograms per litre). Across Toronto, 2.0% of samples did, so M6E is higher than the city overall. Health Canada recommends a stricter limit of 5 micrograms per litre: 47 samples here (11%) were above it. These are voluntary tests, mostly from older homes, so they don't tell you about this house. Lead comes from old pipes and plumbing, not the City's treatment plants. If your home was built before the mid-1950s, you can get a free test kit by calling 311.
Air Quality Health Index from Environment and Climate Change Canada's Toronto Downtown station, 4.6 km away, measured 1:00 PM EST Sunday 8 November 2026. Forecast high for the next 24 hours: 2 (low risk). The scale runs from 1 to 10+; 1 to 3 is low risk.
TRCA mapping is for screening, not site-specific decisions. Lead results are voluntary samples from homes in the postal area, not this address.
01What’s changing nearby
20 active planning applications within 250 m (about a 3-minute walk): 14 under review, two waiting for a hearing date, one under appeal, three others. That's more than at almost all Toronto addresses.
- 180 Dynevor Rd · 116 m awayCommittee of Adjustment · Minor variance: permission to bend a zoning rule, such as height, size or setbacks
The hearing was postponed. A new date hasn't been published yet.
To alter the existing rear one-storey detached ancillary building (one-car-garage) by constructing a side (north) two-storey addition, a complete second storey addition (containing one garden suite) which will be partially cantilevered…File A0740/26TEY · submitted Sep 15, 2026 - 26 Kirknewton Rd · 138 m awayCommittee of Adjustment · Minor variance: permission to bend a zoning rule, such as height, size or setbacks
The Committee of Adjustment refused it on Sep 10, 2025. It has been appealed to the Toronto Local Appeal Body (TLAB), which will hold its own hearing and make the final decision.
To construct a new two-storey ancillary building (containing one garden suite) in the rear yard of the lot, approved for a three-storey detached dwelling (fourplex) in Minor Variance Decision A1079/24TEY. There will be a total of five…File A0554/25TEY · submitted Jul 22, 2025 - 3632 Northcliffe Blvd · 150 m awaySite Plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
June 2024 Proposal: a 40-storey (129.4 metres plus mech. penthouse) residential Building containing 442 dwellin units.Proposed development of a new 36-storey (116.35 metres) mixed use building with a 5-storey podiumFile 22 207922 STE 12 SA · submitted Sep 23, 2022 · City record - 418 Preston Rd · 175 m awayCommittee of Adjustment · Minor variance: permission to bend a zoning rule, such as height, size or setbacks
The hearing was postponed. A new date hasn't been published yet.
File A0081/26TEY · submitted Jan 28, 2026 - 5783 Vaughan Rd · 181 m awaySite Plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Feb 2025 Submission - Site Plan resubmission for a proposed 124.73 m (39-storey excluding Mech. Penthouse) purpose built rental, mixed-use building with commercial retail at-grade, 498 residential units (including 14 rental replacement…File 23 138551 STE 12 SA · submitted Apr 27, 2023 · City record - 6777 Vaughan Rd · 186 m awaySite Plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Feb 2025 Submission - Site Plan resubmission for a proposed 124.73 m (39-storey excluding Mech. Penthouse) purpose built rental, mixed-use building with commercial retail at-grade, 498 residential units (including 14 rental replacement…File 23 138551 STE 12 SA · submitted Apr 27, 2023 · City record - 7781 Vaughan Rd · 186 m awaySite Plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Feb 2025 Submission - Site Plan resubmission for a proposed 124.73 m (39-storey excluding Mech. Penthouse) purpose built rental, mixed-use building with commercial retail at-grade, 498 residential units (including 14 rental replacement…File 23 138551 STE 12 SA · submitted Apr 27, 2023 · City record - 8775 Vaughan Rd · 194 m awaySite Plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Feb 2025 Submission - Site Plan resubmission for a proposed 124.73 m (39-storey excluding Mech. Penthouse) purpose built rental, mixed-use building with commercial retail at-grade, 498 residential units (including 14 rental replacement…File 23 138551 STE 12 SA · submitted Apr 27, 2023 · City record - 9670 Northcliffe Blvd · 205 m awaySite Plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Feb 2025 Submission - Site Plan resubmission for a proposed 124.73 m (39-storey excluding Mech. Penthouse) purpose built rental, mixed-use building with commercial retail at-grade, 498 residential units (including 14 rental replacement…File 23 138551 STE 12 SA · submitted Apr 27, 2023 · City record - 102192 Dufferin St · 205 m awayCommittee of Adjustment · Consent (severance): permission to split a lot or change property lines
The Committee of Adjustment approved it on Jul 5, 2018.
To obtain consent to sever a portion of the lot for the purpose of a lot addition.File B0023/18EYK · submitted Feb 2, 2018 - 111807 Eglinton Ave W · 206 m awaySite Plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Site Plan Approval for a 41-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 880 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 31,616 square metres. A total of 485 units are proposed, of which 47 are rental…File 21 203361 STE 12 SA · submitted Aug 24, 2021 · City record - 12672 Northcliffe Blvd · 207 m awaySite Plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Feb 2025 Submission - Site Plan resubmission for a proposed 124.73 m (39-storey excluding Mech. Penthouse) purpose built rental, mixed-use building with commercial retail at-grade, 498 residential units (including 14 rental replacement…File 23 138551 STE 12 SA · submitted Apr 27, 2023 · City record
3 homes within 250 m are registered with the City as short-term rentals (stays of less than 28 days, like Airbnb). That's about typical for Toronto (the typical address has 2).
No licensed rooming houses within 250 m.
No new storefront business licences within 250 m in the last 90 days.
Development Applications; Committee of Adjustment Applications; Short Term Rentals Registration.
06Safety
Police recorded 105 major crimes within 500 m from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026: 56 assaults, 18 car thefts, 17 break-ins, 9 robberies and 5 thefts over $5,000. Per resident, in Caledonia-Fairbank in 2025, assaults, break-ins and thefts over $5,000 were below it. Police place each incident at the nearest intersection, so these figures describe the area, not this address.
| Major crime | Within 500 m, 12 months | Caledonia-Fairbank, per 100,000 (2025) | Toronto |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assaults | 56 | 552 below Toronto | 768 |
| Break-ins | 17 | 122 below Toronto | 190 |
| Car thefts | 18 | 281 close to Toronto | 225 |
| Robberies | 9 | 75 close to Toronto | 79 |
| Thefts over $5,000 | 5 | 19 below Toronto | 61 |
Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal: Major Crime Indicators (Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026) and Neighbourhood Crime Rates. Includes reported incidents only.
03Getting around
The nearest subway station is Cedarvale Station (Line 1), about a 22-minute walk (1.4 km). Within a 5-minute walk there are 4 TTC stops served by route 29, with about 777 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Mount Dennis GO, 3.1 km away, with 66 train stops on a weekday.
TTC and GO Transit schedules for a typical weekday (Nov 11, 2026). Walking times are estimates.
07Schools and community
These are the closest public and Catholic schools by distance. They may not be the schools assigned to this address: school boards set their own attendance areas, so check with the Toronto District School Board or Toronto Catholic District School Board.
- Fairbank Public School · elementary · 277 mTDSB · Public · grades JK-8 · 285 students. Grade 6 provincial tests: 60% met the standard in reading and 16% in math (Toronto schools: 87% and 54%).
- St John Bosco Catholic School · elementary · 370 mTCDSB · Catholic · grades JK-8 · 275 students. Grade 6 provincial tests: 100% met the standard in reading and 57% in math (Toronto schools: 87% and 54%).
- Fairbank Memorial Community School · elementary · 481 mTDSB · Public · grades JK-5 · 225 students
- Oakwood Collegiate Institute · secondary · 1.8 kmTDSB · Public · grades 9-12 · 525 students. 88% passed the Grade 10 literacy test on the first try (Toronto schools: 84%).
- York Memorial Collegiate Institute · secondary · 2.1 kmTDSB · Public · grades 9-12 · 885 students. 65% passed the Grade 10 literacy test on the first try (Toronto schools: 84%).
Private schools within 1 km: Lycee Francais De Toronto, Balanced Education Network B.E.N. School.
Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information and Student Demographics (2026); test results are EQAO results reported by the Ministry.
Within 500 m (about a 6-minute walk): two licensed child care centres, one EarlyON centre, no privately owned public spaces and no shelters or respite sites.
City of Toronto: Licensed Child Care Centres, EarlyON Child and Family Centres, POPS, and Daily Shelter Occupancy (Nov 6, 2026). Confidential shelter locations are not published.
08Your neighbourhood
See the full Caledonia-Fairbank neighbourhood page, with rankings →
Caledonia-Fairbank had 10,015 residents in 2021. The median household income was $87,000, about the same as the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 37% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 39% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 31% of workers commuted by transit and 4% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Portuguese (23.7%), Spanish (6.6%) and Italian (4.3%). Source: 2021 Census; the next census was taken in 2026.
In October 2025, the average rent for a two-bedroom in a purpose-built rental building in York was $2,067, up 2% from a year earlier. Across Toronto: $2,055. 3.3% of these apartments were vacant. These are averages paid by all tenants, including long-term ones, across a large area; new listings usually cost more.
| Average rent, October 2025 | York | Change in a year | City of Toronto |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,381 | 0% | $1,499 |
| 1 bedroom | $1,706 | +2% | $1,763 |
| 2 bedrooms | $2,067 | +2% | $2,055 |
| 3 bedrooms or more | $2,547 | -6% | $2,361 |
Source: CMHC, Rental Market Survey (October 2025), purpose-built rental apartments. Adapted by My Address in Toronto.
02City services
Next: November 13: recycling and green bin. November 20: garbage, green bin and yard waste. Green bin goes out every week; garbage and recycling alternate.
09Quick answers about 1 Rowan Ave
Is 1 Rowan Ave in a flood plain?
No. TRCA maps it outside river flood and lake shoreline hazard areas. Basement flooding from sewers can still happen anywhere. Source: TRCA Regulation mapping 2025.
What is being built near 1 Rowan Ave?
There are 20 active planning applications within 250 metres (14 under review, two waiting for a hearing date, one under appeal, three others). The closest is at 80 Dynevor Rd, 116 m away. Source: Development Applications; Committee of Adjustment Applications.
Has 1 Rowan Ave been renovated?
Yes. The City has 7 building permits on record, 0 in the last 5 years. Source: Building Permits.
Is 1 Rowan Ave a heritage property?
No. It isn't listed or designated on the City's Heritage Register. Source: Heritage Register.
How far is 1 Rowan Ave from the subway?
The nearest station is Cedarvale Station (Line 1), 1.4 km away (about a 22-minute walk). 4 TTC stops are within a 5-minute walk. Source: TTC and GO Transit schedules.
What schools are near 1 Rowan Ave?
The closest are Fairbank Public School, St John Bosco Catholic School and Oakwood Collegiate Institute. These may not be the assigned schools; check with the school board. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education school information.
How much crime is there near 1 Rowan Ave?
Police recorded 105 major crimes within 500 m from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026: 56 assaults, 18 car thefts, 17 break-ins, 9 robberies and 5 thefts over $5,000. Per resident, in Caledonia-Fairbank in 2025, assaults, break-ins and thefts over $5,000 were below it. Police place each incident at the nearest intersection, so these figures describe the area, not this address. Source: Toronto Police Service.
When is garbage day at 1 Rowan Ave?
Collection is on Fridays. Green bin goes out every week; garbage and recycling alternate weeks. The next garbage pickup is Nov 20, 2026. Source: Solid Waste Collection Schedule.
Answers are generated from the data on this page and update when the data changes.
10From the archives
No archive photos have been located within 250 metres yet.
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