5 Sparkhall Ave

01What’s planned near 5 Sparkhall 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 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.

02Safety near 5 Sparkhall Ave

Police recorded 19 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 North Riverdale

Traffic safety

4 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 1 involved pedestrians and 2 involved cyclists. Most were on 515 Broadview Ave and Bain Ave. North Riverdale has more of these collisions per resident than most neighbourhoods.

• 515 Broadview Ave at Bain Ave · Cyclist, seriously injured · Nov 6, 2024 · 74 m
• Broadview Ave at Hogarth Ave · Cyclist, seriously injured · Jun 25, 2024 · 366 m
• 569 Broadview Ave at Millbrook Cres · Driver, seriously injured · Apr 13, 2023 · 123 m
• 24 Grandview Ave · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Nov 24, 2021 · 392 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.

03Getting around from 5 Sparkhall Ave

The nearest subway station is Broadview Station (Line 2), about a 11‑minute walk (0.7 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 3 TTC stops served by the 505 and 504 streetcars, with about 1,935 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Union Station GO, 3.6 km away, with 354 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: 35 Erindale Ave
  City-run (Green P): 4 Level 2, 6 fast ports. Next: 14 Arundel Ave, 821 m.746 m

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

04Schools and child care near 5 Sparkhall 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: Montcrest Elementary 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).

05Parks, trees and libraries near 5 Sparkhall Ave

There is 1 park and 1 playground within 500 m. The nearest pool is Riverdale Park East, 212 m away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Riverdale Park East · ball diamond, dog off-leash area, outdoor dry pad, outdoor fitness equipment · 550 Broadview Ave · 212 m
• Hubbard Park · 550 Gerrard St E · 641 m
• Withrow Park · ball diamond, basketball court, dog off-leash area, firepit · 725 Logan Ave · 649 m
• Erica Stark Parkette · playground · 208 Bain Ave · 662 m
• Wellesley Park · outdoor dry pad, pickleball court, playground · 500 Wellesley St E · 707 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

• Riverdale Park East Top of Bank Improvements
  The City is engaging the community to establish a lookout point with seating at the top of the hill adjacent to Broadview Avenue.In progress · 117 m
• Lower Don River Trail Improvements
  The City is improving the Lower Don River Trail. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 1.1 km
• Oak Street Park Playground Improvements
  The City is improving the playground in Oak Street Park as part of an ongoing program to enhance playgrounds and play spaces across the city.In progress · 1.1 km
• Matty Eckler Playground Improvements
  The City is improving the playground at Matty Eckler Park. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 1.2 km
• New Park at 1 Defries Street
  A new park is coming to 1 Defries Street. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.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.

06The building at 5 Sparkhall Ave

No building permits, building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 5 Sparkhall Ave.

The lot

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 8 with solar hot water.

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

07What can be built at 5 Sparkhall 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.

08Around 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

48 tickets in 2025 on Sparkhall Ave between numbers 0 and 55: 33 for parking without a permit, 14 for parking at prohibited times.

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

What neighbours report to 311

In the last 12 months, 6,909 service requests came from postal area M4K, which includes 5 Sparkhall 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.

09Risks and environment at 5 Sparkhall Ave

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

10The neighbourhood: North Riverdale

North Riverdale had 11,290 residents in 2021. The median household income was $108,000, higher than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 42% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 44% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 24% of workers commuted by transit and 28% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Cantonese (4.8%), Greek (2.4%) and Mandarin (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.