2255 Birchmount Rd
2255 Birchmount Rd is in Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan. It's outside TRCA flood hazard areas and there are 10 planning applications nearby (all under review).
Data as of Nov 8, 2026 · Every item lists its source
- Outside TRCA flood hazard areas.
- 10 planning applications within 250 m: all under review.
- Lead in tap-water samples is higher than average in postal area M1T.
04The building
1 building permit in the last 5 years. For comparison, about 1 in 10 Toronto addresses had any permit in that time. 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: 2 projects from 2 permits
- Demolition · completed Oct 23, 2026
Demolish Existing Detached House and Shed. Remove rubble and debris, fence site, fill excavation, lay and maintain sod. · Permit 23 193141 - Demolition · completed Aug 2, 2022
Demolish exsiting dwelling (no future plan of development) · Permit 22 146514
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 M1T, 2 of 32 home tap-water samples (6.2%) tested above Ontario's limit for lead (10 micrograms per litre). Across Toronto, 2.0% of samples did, so M1T is higher than the city overall. Health Canada recommends a stricter limit of 5 micrograms per litre: 2 samples here (6.2%) 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 East station, 6.0 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
10 active planning applications within 250 m (about a 3-minute walk): all under review. That's more than at 9 in 10 Toronto addresses.
- 13725 Sheppard Ave E · 162 m awayOfficial Plan / Rezoning: a request to change the Official Plan or zoning so something new can be built
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Proposal to construct a new 21-storey mixed-use building, containing 264 new dwelling units and a total 1425 sq. m of non-residential GFA, resulting in a Floor Space Index (FSI) of approximately 5.5.File 25 215644 ESC 22 OZ · submitted Aug 25, 2025 · City record - 23725 Sheppard Ave E · 162 m awayOfficial Plan / Rezoning: a request to change the Official Plan or zoning so something new can be built
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Proposal to construct a new 21-storey mixed-use building, containing 264 new dwelling units and a total 1425 sq. m of non-residential GFA, resulting in a Floor Space Index (FSI) of approximately 5.5.File 26 131938 ESC 22 OZ · submitted Mar 19, 2026 · City record - 33723 Sheppard Ave E · 164 m awayOfficial Plan / Rezoning: a request to change the Official Plan or zoning so something new can be built
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Proposal to construct a new 21-storey mixed-use building, containing 264 new dwelling units and a total 1425 sq. m of non-residential GFA, resulting in a Floor Space Index (FSI) of approximately 5.5.File 26 131938 ESC 22 OZ · submitted Mar 19, 2026 · City record - 43723 Sheppard Ave E · 164 m awayOfficial Plan / Rezoning: a request to change the Official Plan or zoning so something new can be built
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Proposal to construct a new 21-storey mixed-use building, containing 264 new dwelling units and a total 1425 sq. m of non-residential GFA, resulting in a Floor Space Index (FSI) of approximately 5.5.File 25 215644 ESC 22 OZ · submitted Aug 25, 2025 · City record - 53721 Sheppard Ave E · 170 m awayOfficial Plan / Rezoning: a request to change the Official Plan or zoning so something new can be built
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Proposal to construct a new 21-storey mixed-use building, containing 264 new dwelling units and a total 1425 sq. m of non-residential GFA, resulting in a Floor Space Index (FSI) of approximately 5.5.File 26 131938 ESC 22 OZ · submitted Mar 19, 2026 · City record - 63721 Sheppard Ave E · 170 m awayOfficial Plan / Rezoning: a request to change the Official Plan or zoning so something new can be built
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Proposal to construct a new 21-storey mixed-use building, containing 264 new dwelling units and a total 1425 sq. m of non-residential GFA, resulting in a Floor Space Index (FSI) of approximately 5.5.File 25 215644 ESC 22 OZ · submitted Aug 25, 2025 · City record - 73719 Sheppard Ave E · 176 m awayOfficial Plan / Rezoning: a request to change the Official Plan or zoning so something new can be built
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Proposal to construct a new 21-storey mixed-use building, containing 264 new dwelling units and a total 1425 sq. m of non-residential GFA, resulting in a Floor Space Index (FSI) of approximately 5.5.File 25 215644 ESC 22 OZ · submitted Aug 25, 2025 · City record - 83719 Sheppard Ave E · 176 m awayOfficial Plan / Rezoning: a request to change the Official Plan or zoning so something new can be built
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Proposal to construct a new 21-storey mixed-use building, containing 264 new dwelling units and a total 1425 sq. m of non-residential GFA, resulting in a Floor Space Index (FSI) of approximately 5.5.File 26 131938 ESC 22 OZ · submitted Mar 19, 2026 · City record - 92255 Birchmount Rd · 222 m awayOfficial Plan / Rezoning: a request to change the Official Plan or zoning so something new can be built
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Proposal to construct a new 21-storey mixed-use building, containing 264 new dwelling units and a total 1425 sq. m of non-residential GFA, resulting in a Floor Space Index (FSI) of approximately 5.5.File 26 131938 ESC 22 OZ · submitted Mar 19, 2026 · City record - 102255 Birchmount Rd · 222 m awayOfficial Plan / Rezoning: a request to change the Official Plan or zoning so something new can be built
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Proposal to construct a new 21-storey mixed-use building, containing 264 new dwelling units and a total 1425 sq. m of non-residential GFA, resulting in a Floor Space Index (FSI) of approximately 5.5.File 25 215644 ESC 22 OZ · submitted Aug 25, 2025 · City record
1 home within 250 m is 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 76 major crimes within 500 m from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026: 34 assaults, 29 car thefts, 6 break-ins, 5 robberies and 2 thefts over $5,000. Per resident, in Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan 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 | Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan, per 100,000 (2025) | Toronto |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assaults | 34 | 447 below Toronto | 768 |
| Break-ins | 6 | 125 below Toronto | 190 |
| Car thefts | 29 | 209 close to Toronto | 225 |
| Robberies | 5 | 97 close to Toronto | 79 |
| Thefts over $5,000 | 2 | 34 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 Don Mills Station (Line 4), 4.0 km away. Within a 5-minute walk there are 8 TTC stops served by routes 85, 17, 904 and 985, with about 1,935 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Agincourt GO, 1.2 km away, with 34 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.
- Holy Spirit Catholic School · elementary · 365 mTCDSB · Catholic · grades JK-8 · 450 students. Grade 6 provincial tests: 86% met the standard in reading and 51% in math (Toronto schools: 87% and 54%).
- Inglewood Heights Junior Public School · elementary · 424 mTDSB · Public · grades JK-6 · 335 students. Grade 6 provincial tests: 91% met the standard in reading and 53% in math (Toronto schools: 87% and 54%).
- Lynngate Junior Public School · elementary · 498 mTDSB · Public · grades JK-6 · 155 students. Grade 6 provincial tests: 81% met the standard in reading and 56% in math (Toronto schools: 87% and 54%).
- Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute · secondary · 637 mTDSB · Public · grades 9-12 · 575 students. 70% passed the Grade 10 literacy test on the first try (Toronto schools: 84%).
- Agincourt Collegiate Institute · secondary · 1.8 kmTDSB · Public · grades 9-12 · 1,460 students. 90% passed the Grade 10 literacy test on the first try (Toronto schools: 84%).
Private schools within 1 km: Canada International College School, Maple Leaf Collegiate 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): five 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 Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan neighbourhood page, with rankings →
Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan had 27,205 residents in 2021. The median household income was $76,500, about the same as the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 44% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 34% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 24% 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 Mandarin (12.0%), Cantonese (11.8%) and Pilipino, Filipino (4.9%). 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 Scarborough was $1,832, up 4% from a year earlier. Across Toronto: $2,055. 2.4% 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 | Scarborough | Change in a year | City of Toronto |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,465 | +3% | $1,499 |
| 1 bedroom | $1,617 | +2% | $1,763 |
| 2 bedrooms | $1,832 | +4% | $2,055 |
| 3 bedrooms or more | $1,978 | +6% | $2,361 |
Source: CMHC, Rental Market Survey (October 2025), purpose-built rental apartments. Adapted by My Address in Toronto.
02City services
Next: November 12: garbage, green bin and yard waste. November 19: recycling and green bin. Green bin goes out every week; garbage and recycling alternate.
09Quick answers about 2255 Birchmount Rd
Is 2255 Birchmount Rd 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 2255 Birchmount Rd?
There are 10 active planning applications within 250 metres (all under review). The closest is at 3725 Sheppard Ave E, 162 m away. Source: Development Applications; Committee of Adjustment Applications.
Has 2255 Birchmount Rd been renovated?
Yes. The City has 2 building permits on record, 1 in the last 5 years. Source: Building Permits.
Is 2255 Birchmount Rd a heritage property?
No. It isn't listed or designated on the City's Heritage Register. Source: Heritage Register.
How far is 2255 Birchmount Rd from the subway?
The nearest station is Don Mills Station (Line 4), 4.0 km away. 8 TTC stops are within a 5-minute walk. Source: TTC and GO Transit schedules.
What schools are near 2255 Birchmount Rd?
The closest are Holy Spirit Catholic School, Inglewood Heights Junior Public School and Stephen Leacock 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 2255 Birchmount Rd?
Police recorded 76 major crimes within 500 m from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026: 34 assaults, 29 car thefts, 6 break-ins, 5 robberies and 2 thefts over $5,000. Per resident, in Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan 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 2255 Birchmount Rd?
Collection is on Thursdays. Green bin goes out every week; garbage and recycling alternate weeks. The next garbage pickup is Nov 12, 2026. Source: Solid Waste Collection Schedule.
Answers are generated from the data on this page and update when the data changes.
10From the archives
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