473 Windermere Ave

01What’s planned near 473 Windermere Ave

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

In progress

1. 1
   New house

   72 Ostend Ave · 203 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 side (north) covered ground floor deck with stairs and a side (north) one-storey detached ancillary building (a one-car garage) with a front (west) driveway abutting…

   File A0719/26TEY · submitted Oct 13, 2026 · look it up on the City’s Application Information Centre

Decided recently

1. 2
   Split the lot

   2271 Bloor St W · 177 m away

   Committee of Adjustment · Consent: permission to split a lot or change property lines

   The Committee of Adjustment approved it on Aug 20, 2025.

   To obtain consent to sever the property into two lots and to create various easements/rights-of-way.

   File B0021/25TEY · submitted Apr 8, 2025 · 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 473 Windermere Ave

5 City road or sidewalk projects are planned within 500 m. The closest: road resurfacing on Durie St, Ostend Ave to Bloor St W, Q2 to Q4 2027.

Utility digs within 250 m

• Toronto Water · Chamber repair at 356 Windermere Ave · 247 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 473 Windermere Ave

Police recorded 60 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 Runnymede-Bloor West Village

Traffic safety

2 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 1 involved pedestrians. Most were on Bloor St W and Durie St. Runnymede-Bloor West Village has fewer of these collisions per resident than most neighbourhoods.

• Bloor St W at Durie St · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Oct 25, 2022 · 129 m
• Bloor St W at Jane St · Motorcyclist, seriously injured · May 20, 2021 · 377 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 473 Windermere Ave

The nearest subway station is Jane Station (Line 2), about a 5‑minute walk (0.3 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 8 TTC stops served by the 27, 79, 935, 71 and 77 buses, with about 1,466 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Bloor GO, 2.5 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: 535 Runnymeade Rd, 1.1 km.145 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 473 Windermere 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: Erudite Elementary School, Humberside Montessori School, Blyth Academy School - Etobicoke, Summit Micro School. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): seven 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 473 Windermere Ave

There are 3 parks and 2 playgrounds within 500 m. The nearest pool is Swansea Community Recreation Centre, 827 m away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• George Chater Parkette · 465 Windermere Ave · 44 m
• Neil McLellan Park · playground · 263 Beresford Ave · 269 m
• Willard Gardens Parkette · playground · 55 Mayfield Ave · 364 m
• Kennedy-Margdon Parkette · outdoor fitness equipment, playground · 24 Kennedy Park Rd · 589 m
• Beresford Park · dog off-leash area, playground · 400 Beresford Ave · 594 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 · 1.5 km
• 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 · 1.5 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 473 Windermere Ave

There are no building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 473 Windermere 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. 115 homes on Windermere 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 1 with solar hot water.

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

08What can be built at 473 Windermere 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.

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

79 tickets in 2025 on Windermere Ave between numbers 423 and 523: 42 for parking at prohibited times, 17 for other parking offences.

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

Main street business area

Bloor West Village BIA, about 10 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, 7,527 service requests came from postal area M6S, which includes 473 Windermere 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 473 Windermere 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: Runnymede-Bloor West Village

Runnymede-Bloor West Village had 10,120 residents in 2021. The median household income was $138,000, higher than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 22% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 41% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 23% 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 Ukrainian (2.4%), Portuguese (1.7%) and Polish (1.5%). 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.