264 Ellis Ave

01What’s planned near 264 Ellis Ave

1 planning proposal within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk): one in progress. That's about typical for Toronto (the typical address has 1).

In progress

1. 1
   New house

   16 Palisades · 249 m away

   Committee 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 two-storey detached dwelling by constructing a rear second floor addition and a rear ground floor deck with stairs. The existing rear deck with stairs will be removed.

   File A0743/26TEY · submitted Oct 15, 2026 · look it up on the City’s Application Information Centre

Development Applications and Committee of Adjustment Applications, City of Toronto. A proposal that covers several addresses or City files is listed once. Inactive: the City’s file is still open but marked inactive. Decided: development files submitted in the last 4 years; Committee of Adjustment decisions in the last 2 years.

02Street work near 264 Ellis Ave

1 City road or sidewalk project is planned within 500 m. The closest: road resurfacing on Durie St, Morningside Ave to Deforest Rd, Q2 to Q4 2027.

Utility digs within 250 m

• Toronto Hydro · Pole, anchor & ground rod installation at 22 Morningside Ave · 209 m · May 21, 2026 to Nov 21, 2026
• Enbridge Gas · NEW SERVICE - Gas Service Installation at 14 Palisades · 237 m · May 27, 2026 to Nov 27, 2026
• Toronto Water · Priority Lead Water Replacement (New Service) at 14 Palisades · 237 m · Jun 10, 2026 to Dec 10, 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 264 Ellis Ave

Police recorded 15 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's fewer than at most Toronto addresses (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 High Park-Swansea

Traffic safety

1 collision killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021. Most were on Windermere Ave and St Olave's Rd. High Park-Swansea has about as many of these collisions per resident as a typical neighbourhood.

• Windermere Ave at St Olave's Rd · Driver, seriously injured · Apr 12, 2024 · 409 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 264 Ellis Ave

The nearest subway station is Runnymede Station (Line 2), about a 13‑minute walk (0.8 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 4 TTC stops served by the 77 bus, with about 264 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Bloor GO, 2.2 km away, with 68 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: 265 Armadale Ave
  City-run (Green P): 8 Level 2, 1 fast ports. Next: 115 High Park Avenue, 1.5 km.992 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 264 Ellis 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: Humberside Montessori School, Erudite Elementary School. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): one licensed child care centre 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 264 Ellis Ave

There are 3 parks, 1 playground and 1 community centre within 500 m. The nearest pool is Swansea Community Recreation Centre, 398 m away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Rennie Park · picnic site, playground, tennis court, washroom · 1 Rennie Ter · 264 m
• Swansea Community Recreation Centre · wi-fi · 15 Waller Ave · 398 m
• Coe Hill Drive Parkette · 110 Coe Hill Dr · 437 m
• Windermere Avenue Parkette · 167 Windermere Ave · 476 m
• Ormskirk Park · playground · 33 Ormskirk Crt · 525 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

• High Park Movement Strategy Implementation
  The High Park Movement Strategy will rethink the travel network serving High Park in the context of the city's growing population, changing travel patterns, and the impacts of COVID-19.In progress · 777 m
• High Park Off-Leash Area Improvements
  To help protect High Park's Environmentally Significant Area, improvements are being made to the off-leash area's fencing, gates and signage.In progress · 997 m

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 264 Ellis Ave

There are no building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 264 Ellis Ave. Here is what the City does have.

The lot

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 1 with solar hot water.

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

08What can be built at 264 Ellis Ave

RD (Residential Detached) zoning allows detached houses. The numbers below are the main limits; the full rules depend on the lot.

Special areas

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

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

Parking tickets on this block

27 tickets in 2025 on Ellis Ave between numbers 214 and 314: 23 for parking without a permit, 4 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, 7,527 service requests came from postal area M6S, which includes 264 Ellis 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 264 Ellis 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: High Park-Swansea

High Park-Swansea had 22,665 residents in 2021. The median household income was $101,000, higher than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 40% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 38% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 26% of workers commuted by transit and 14% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Polish (3.2%), Spanish (2.4%) and Russian (1.7%). 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.