2788 Keele St

01What’s planned near 2788 Keele St

4 planning proposals within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk): three in progress and one inactive. A proposal that covers several addresses or City files is listed once. That's more than at most Toronto addresses (the typical address has 1).

In progress

1. 1
   11-storey building · 156 homes and shops

   2801 Keele St and 1 more address · 105 m away

   2 City files for one project: Rezoning · Site plan

   186 homes14,925 m² of floor space

   It has been appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal (formerly the OMB), which will make the final decision.

   Application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a 11-storey building containing 156 dwelling units and 388.82 square metres of at-grade commercial uses.

   All 2 addresses

   2801 Keele St · 6 Paxtonia Blvd

   File 23 129052 NNY 06 OZ (rezoning) · submitted Mar 30, 2023 · City record and how to commentFile 23 129057 NNY 06 SA (site plan) · submitted Mar 30, 2023 · City record and how to comment
2. 2
   13-storey building · 337 homes

   2808 Keele St · 141 m away

   Site plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building

   337 homes

   City planners have been reviewing it since 2022. Residents can comment before a decision is made.

   April 13, 2022 - Proposal for a 13-storey residential building fronting Keele Street with a total residential gross floor area of 24,387 square metres, a total of 337 dwelling units, and a density of 3.66 times the lot area. April 18,…

   File 22 129777 NNY 06 SA · submitted Apr 1, 2022 · City record and how to comment
3. 3
   Second suite

   18 Pleasant Home Blvd · 161 m away

   Committee of Adjustment · Minor variance: permission to bend a zoning rule, such as height, size or setbacks

   The Committee of Adjustment refused it on Mar 22, 2017. It has been appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal (formerly the OMB), which will make the final decision.

   To legalize and maintain a secondary suite within an existing dwelling. Also proposed are interior renovations.

   File A0005/17NY · submitted Jan 6, 2017 · look it up on the City’s Application Information Centre

Inactive

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 2788 Keele St

No new City road or sidewalk work is planned within 500 m.

Utility digs within 250 m

• Toronto Water · Box and Rod repair at 95 Hallsport Cres · 164 m · Jun 1, 2026 to Dec 1, 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 2788 Keele St

Police recorded 71 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's more 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 5, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026) and Neighbourhood Crime Rates. Reported incidents only; police place each incident at the nearest intersection. Five-year trends for Downsview

Traffic safety

6 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 2 involved pedestrians, 2 involved cyclists and 1 was fatal. Most were on Wilson Ave and Keele St. Downsview has more of these collisions per resident than most neighbourhoods.

• Sir William Hearst Ave at Keele St · Cyclist, seriously injured · Oct 29, 2024 · 449 m
• Wilson Ave at Cornelius Pkwy · Motorcyclist, seriously injured · Oct 5, 2024 · 459 m
• Keele St at Wilson Ave · Passenger, seriously injured · Sep 13, 2023 · 194 m
• Dubray Ave at Wilson Ave · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Feb 3, 2023 · 408 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 2788 Keele St

The nearest subway station is Wilson Station (Line 1), 2.7 km away. Within a 5‑minute walk there are 11 TTC stops served by the 41, 165, 96, 120 and 996 buses, with about 3,089 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Downsview Park GO, 2.8 km away, with 31 train stops on a weekday.

TTC and GO Transit schedules for a typical weekday (Nov 18, 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.

05Schools and child care near 2788 Keele St

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. 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 2788 Keele St

There are 2 parks within 500 m. The nearest pool is Roding Community Centre, 806 m away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Downsview Memorial Parkette · 1092 Wilson Ave · 170 m
• Dubray Parkette · 28 Dubray Ave · 401 m
• Roding Community Centre · wi-fi · 600 Roding St · 806 m
• Stanley Greene Park · basketball court, firepit, outdoor fitness equipment, pickleball court · 55 Stanley Greene Blvd · 816 m
• Roding Park · ball diamond, outdoor fitness equipment, playground · 600 Roding St · 842 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

• North Park Improvements
  The improvements will be focused near the existing tennis courts and may include a new playground, outdoor fitness equipment, a gathering area with seating, new lighting, wayfinding signs, line painting for games on the parking pad, tennis court resurfacing, water bottle filler and new tree plantings.In progress · 1.2 km
• Giovanni Caboto Park Playground Improvements
  The City is improving the playground in Giovanni Caboto Park as part of an ongoing program to enhance playgrounds and play spaces across the city.In progress · 1.2 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 2788 Keele St

There are no building permits, building orders, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 2788 Keele St. 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.

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

08What can be built at 2788 Keele St

This lot isn’t covered by the citywide zoning by-law (569-2013). It is still under a former municipal by-law from before amalgamation, which the City’s map shows in grey.

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 10, 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

120 tickets in 2025 on Keele St between numbers 2738 and 2838: 120 for parking on a boulevard or private property.

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

Main street business area

Wilson Village BIA, about 20 m away. Business Improvement Areas are local business associations that run street events and improvements.

City of Toronto Business Improvement Areas, within 400 m.

What neighbours report to 311

In the last 12 months, 3,036 service requests came from postal area M3M, which includes 2788 Keele St. 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 2788 Keele St

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: Downsview

Downsview had 17,970 residents in 2021. The median household income was $82,000, about the same as the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 47% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 36% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 28% 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 Pilipino, Filipino (10.4%), Italian (10.0%) and Spanish (6.1%). Source: 2021 Census; the next census was taken in 2026.

Rents aren't published for single neighbourhoods. Across North York (the former City of North York), a two-bedroom in a purpose-built rental building averaged $1,915 a month in October 2025, up 1% from a year earlier. The Toronto average was $2,055. The vacancy rate was 2.6%. These averages include long-term tenants; new listings usually cost more.

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