263 Silver Birch Ave

01What’s planned near 263 Silver Birch Ave

No planning proposals in progress or recently decided within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk).

Development Applications and Committee of Adjustment Applications, City of Toronto. A proposal that covers several addresses is listed once. Decided: development files submitted in the last 4 years; Committee of Adjustment decisions in the last 2 years.

02Street work near 263 Silver Birch Ave

3 City road or sidewalk projects are planned within 500 m. The closest: road resurfacing on Spruce Hill Rd, Sycamore Pl to Pine Ave, Q2 to Q4 2026.

Utility digs within 250 m

• Toronto Water · Chamber repair at 987 Kingston Rd · 208 m · Jun 18, 2026 to Dec 18, 2026

Source: City of Toronto Road Reconstruction, Road Resurfacing and Sidewalk Construction programs (planned work within 500 m), and Utility Cut Permits. Dates are the City’s plan and can move. “Carried over” means the work was due earlier and is still listed.

03Safety near 263 Silver Birch Ave

Police recorded 52 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's about typical for Toronto (the typical address has 39). The table compares the neighbourhood's rates with Toronto's.

Source: Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal, Major Crime Indicators (Oct 4, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026) and Neighbourhood Crime Rates. Reported incidents only; police place each incident at the nearest intersection. Five-year trends for The Beaches

Traffic safety

2 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 2 involved pedestrians and 1 was fatal. Most were on Kingston Rd and Beech Ave. The Beaches has about as many of these collisions per resident as a typical neighbourhood.

• Kingston Rd at Beech Ave · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Oct 15, 2025 · 327 m
• Kingston Rd at Kindswood Rd · Pedestrian, killed · Oct 9, 2024 · 241 m

Source: Toronto Police Service, collisions in which someone was killed or seriously injured (since 2021, within 500 m); City of Toronto School Safety Zones and Traffic Calming Database.

Other crimes near this address

Toronto Police Service: Shootings and Firearm Discharges, Bicycle Thefts and Theft From Motor Vehicle, June 2025 to June 2026. Police place each incident at the nearest intersection.

04Getting around from 263 Silver Birch Ave

The nearest subway station is Main Street Station (Line 2), about a 25‑minute walk (1.6 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 8 TTC stops served by the 503 streetcar and the 12, 117 and 404 buses, with about 1,934 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Danforth GO, 1.4 km away, with 88 train stops on a weekday.

TTC and GO Transit schedules for a typical weekday (Nov 11, 2026). Walking times are estimates. Bike Share Toronto station data; City of Toronto Cycling Network and Permit Parking Areas.

How reliable are your routes?

TTC Bus and Streetcar Delay Data, September 2025 to September 2026: incidents the TTC logged as delaying service. Per 1,000 trips uses each route’s weekday schedule, so busy routes aren’t penalized for running more vehicles. A typical route: 4.0.

Charging and bike parking

• EV charging: 912 Kingston Road
  City-run (On-Street): 2 Level 2 ports. Next: 2150 Queen Street East, 868 m.247 m

City of Toronto: City-operated EV charging stations (private chargers aren’t included); indoor bike stations, shown within 1.5 km.

05Schools and child care near 263 Silver Birch Ave

The closest public and Catholic schools. They may not be the ones assigned to this address; check with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) or Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB).

The red tick on each bar is the Toronto average. Private schools within 1 km: Beaches Montessori, The Cole Academy, The Claremont School, Avalon Children'S Montessori School. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): three licensed child care centres and no EarlyON centres.

Source: City of Toronto Licensed Child Care Centres, EarlyON Child and Family Centres, and ChildCareSafe (Toronto Public Health inspections).

06Parks, trees and libraries near 263 Silver Birch Ave

There are 2 parks and 1 community centre within 500 m. The nearest pool is Blantyre Park, 719 m away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Neville Park Blvd Ravine · 45 Bracken Ave · 323 m
• Glen Stewart Park · picnic site · 351 Glen Manor Dr · 472 m
• Adam Beck Community Centre · 79 Lawlor Ave · 499 m
• Blantyre Park · ball diamond, picnic site, playground, washroom · 180 Fallingbrook Rd · 719 m
• Blantyre Public School · 290 Blantyre Ave · 756 m

Pools, courts and more

Also nearby

Source: City of Toronto Parks and Recreation Facilities, Registered Programs and Drop-In Programs, Tennis Courts, Outdoor and Indoor Ice Rinks, Washroom Facilities, Off-Leash Areas, Street Tree Data; Toronto Public Health SwimSafe and Beach Water Quality; Toronto Public Library branches.

Park space

Park projects nearby

• Blantyre Park Improvements
  The City is improving Blantyre Park. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 802 m
• Bob Acton Park Improvements
  The City is improving Bob Acton Park and adding a new playground! Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 1.0 km
• New Park at 411 Victoria Park Avenue
  A new park is coming to 411 Victoria Park Ave. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 1.2 km
• Kew Gardens New Skating Trail
  The City is planning a new recreational ice-skating trail at Kew Gardens.In progress · 1.4 km

City of Toronto: Green Spaces (parks, natural areas and conservation land; hydro corridors, golf courses, cemeteries and road verges aren’t counted); Park and Recreation Facility Projects within 1.5 km.

07The building at 263 Silver Birch Ave

There are no building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 263 Silver Birch Ave. Here is what the City does have.

The lot

Front-yard parking

Licensed: front-yard parking pad, 1 space. A City licence lets the owner park here. 73 homes on Silver Birch Ave have one.

City of Toronto Residential Front Yard Parking licences (issued in the old City of Toronto and East York).

Green roof and solar permits

No green roof or solar hot water permits at this address. Within 500 m: 1 with a green roof and 4 with solar hot water.

City of Toronto Building Permits: Green Roofs, and Solar Hot Water Heaters.

08What can be built at 263 Silver Birch Ave

R (Residential) zoning allows houses, townhouses and some low-rise apartment buildings, depending on the lot. The numbers below are the main limits; the full rules depend on the lot.

Not inside a heritage conservation district, major transit station area, secondary plan or area of archaeological potential.

Source: City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 (zone, height and lot coverage overlays), Heritage Conservation Districts, Major Transit Station Areas, Secondary Plans and Archaeological Potential. This is a summary, not a zoning review. Read the by-law and see the City’s map.

09Around the block

Source: Affordable Housing Pipeline, Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion applications, Short Term Rentals Registration, Multi-Tenant (Rooming) House Licences, Business Licences and Permits (storefront types; owners’ personal names are never shown), POPS, and Daily Shelter Occupancy (Nov 9, 2026). Confidential shelter locations are not published.

Traffic on your street

There’s no recent count on this street. The nearest, on a similar street:

City of Toronto Transportation Services: speed, volume and classification counts since 2016.

Parking tickets on this block

69 tickets in 2025 on Silver Birch Ave between numbers 213 and 313: 46 for parking without a permit, 11 for other parking offences.

City of Toronto Parking Tickets, 2025. Placed by the street address the officer recorded.

What neighbours report to 311

In the last 12 months, 6,456 service requests came from postal area M4E, which includes 263 Silver Birch Ave. The most common:

City of Toronto 311 Service Requests, October 2025 to October 2026. 311 publishes only the first three characters of the postal code, so this covers the wider postal area. Counts reflect how often people call as well as how often problems happen.

10Risks and environment at 263 Silver Birch Ave

TRCA mapping is for screening, not site-specific decisions. Lead results are voluntary samples from homes in the postal area, not this address.

11The neighbourhood: The Beaches

The Beaches had 21,510 residents in 2021. The median household income was $116,000, higher than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 37% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 46% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 18% of workers commuted by transit and 17% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Spanish (1.2%) and German (1.0%). Source: 2021 Census; the next census was taken in 2026.

Rents aren't published for single neighbourhoods. Across central Toronto (the old City of Toronto, before the 1998 amalgamation), a two-bedroom in a purpose-built rental building averaged $2,457 a month in October 2025, up 6% from a year earlier. The Toronto average was $2,055. The vacancy rate was 3.2%. These averages include long-term tenants; new listings usually cost more.

Source: CMHC, Rental Market Survey (October 2025), purpose-built rental apartments, central Toronto (the old City of Toronto, before the 1998 amalgamation). CMHC doesn’t publish rents for single neighbourhoods. Adapted by My Address in Toronto.