43 Mackay Ave

01What’s planned near 43 Mackay 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
   Minor variance

   1233 St Clair Ave W · 92 m away

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

   The Committee of Adjustment approved it on Mar 31, 2016. It has been appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal (formerly the OMB), which will make the final decision.

   To construct a 3-storey, mixed-use building containing retail and office uses.

   File A173/16EYK · submitted Mar 1, 2016 · 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 is listed once. Decided: development files submitted in the last 4 years; Committee of Adjustment decisions in the last 2 years.

02Street work near 43 Mackay Ave

7 City road or sidewalk projects are planned within 500 m. The closest: laneway rebuild on Auburn Ave, near Via Italia, Q3 2027 to Q4 2028.

Utility digs within 250 m

• Toronto Water · Chamber repair at 1615 Dufferin St · 192 m · Jul 8, 2026 to Jan 8, 2027

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 43 Mackay Ave

Police recorded 103 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 3, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026) and Neighbourhood Crime Rates. Reported incidents only; police place each incident at the nearest intersection. Five-year trends for Corso Italia-Davenport

Traffic safety

8 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 3 involved pedestrians, 1 involved cyclists and 1 was fatal. Most were on Dufferin St and St Clair Ave W. Corso Italia-Davenport ranks 32nd in Toronto for these collisions per resident.

• 1460 Davenport Rd at 1460 Davenport Rd · Cyclist, seriously injured · Jul 6, 2026 · 464 m
• Goodwood Ave at Boon Ave · E-scooter or e-bike rider, seriously injured · Jun 30, 2026 · 476 m
• St Clair Ave W at Dufferin St · Motorcyclist, killed · Aug 3, 2024 · 210 m
• Dufferin St at Norton Ave · E-scooter or e-bike rider, seriously injured · Mar 24, 2023 · 269 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 43 Mackay Ave

The nearest subway station is Lansdowne Station (Line 2), about a 30‑minute walk (1.9 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 8 TTC stops served by the 512 streetcar and the 29 and 929 buses, with about 1,962 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: 91 Via Italia
  City-run (Green P): 12 Level 2 ports. Next: 580 Christie St, 1.6 km.61 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 43 Mackay 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: Hudson College. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): three licensed child care centres and one EarlyON centre.

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

06Parks, trees and libraries near 43 Mackay Ave

There is 1 park within 500 m. The nearest pool is Joseph J. Piccininni Community Recreation Centre, 563 m away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Santa Chiara Parkette-Anne Marie D'amico Square · 1114 St Clair Ave W · 364 m
• Joseph J. Piccininni Community Recreation Centre · wi-fi · 1369 St Clair Ave W · 563 m
• Primrose Avenue Parkette · playground · 120 Primrose Ave · 579 m
• Beaver-Lightbourn Parkette · 94 Lightbourn Ave · 609 m
• Chandos Park North · outdoor dry pad · 75 Lightbourn Ave · 629 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

• Oakwood-St. Clair Parks Plan
  The Oakwood-St. Clair Parks Plan will guide short and long-term improvements to the park system in the Oakwood Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West neighbourhood.Complete · 740 m
• New Park at 31 Innes Avenue
  A new park is coming to 31 Innes Ave. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved. This project was previously called New Park at 177 Caledonia Road.In progress · 1.1 km
• Prescott Parkette Improvements
  The City is improving Prescott Parkette with new features that will be compatible with the active hydro corridor.In progress · 1.1 km
• Wallace Emerson Park, Community Centre & Child Care Centre
  The City is building a new park and community recreation centre as part of the Reimagine Galleria Master Plan. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 1.1 km
• The Green Line
  Approximately five kilometres in length, the Green Line is a proposed new linear park system in an active hydro-electric corridor that will connect neighbourhoods and expand the broader open space network in midtown and west Toronto.In progress · 1.3 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 43 Mackay Ave

There are no building orders, heritage listing or short-term rental registration on record for 43 Mackay 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. 25 homes on Mackay 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: 2 with a green roof and 2 with solar hot water.

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

08What can be built at 43 Mackay 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 8, 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

830 tickets in 2025 on Mackay Ave between numbers 0 and 93: 548 for parking at prohibited times, 220 for standing where it’s not allowed.

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

Main street business area

Corso Italia 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, 11,042 service requests came from postal area M6H, which includes 43 Mackay 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 43 Mackay 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: Corso Italia-Davenport

Corso Italia-Davenport had 13,200 residents in 2021. The median household income was $94,000, higher than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 37% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 40% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 28% of workers commuted by transit and 11% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Portuguese (15.4%), Italian (8.3%) and Spanish (5.9%). 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.