500 Rosedale Valley Rd

01What’s planned near 500 Rosedale Valley Rd

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.

Noise permits nearby

• 591 Sherbourne · 591 Sherbourne St
  Continuous concrete pour · 591 Sherbourne StreetAug 5, 2026 to Feb 5, 2027
  275 m away
• Charles Transformer Station · 83 Charles St E
  Construction · Hydro One NetworksNov 12 to Dec 3 · midnight to midnight
  577 m away

City of Toronto Noise Exemption Permits: permits that let a site go past the noise bylaw’s limits for a set time (amplified sound for an event, construction outside normal hours, a concrete pour). Upcoming and current permits within 600 m. Events run by individuals show their name only for street parties, festivals and markets.

02Street work near 500 Rosedale Valley Rd

9 City road or sidewalk projects are planned within 500 m. The closest: road resurfacing on Ancroft Pl, near Sherbourne St N, Q3 2025 to Q3 2027.

Utility digs within 250 m

• Toronto Water · Chamber repair at 425 Rosedale Valley Rd · 154 m · Jun 16, 2026 to Dec 16, 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 500 Rosedale Valley Rd

Police recorded 175 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's more than at 96% of Toronto addresses. 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 Rosedale-Moore Park

Traffic safety

3 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 1 involved pedestrians, 2 involved cyclists and 1 was fatal. Most were on Bloor St E and Mount Pleasant Bloor Ramp. Rosedale-Moore Park has fewer of these collisions per resident than most neighbourhoods.

• Mount Pleasant Bloor Ramp at Mount Pleasant Rd · Pedestrian, killed · Jun 6, 2023 · 266 m
• Bloor St E at Sherbourne St · Cyclist, seriously injured · May 29, 2023 · 125 m
• Bloor St E at Sherbourne St N · Cyclist, seriously injured · Jan 31, 2023 · 181 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 500 Rosedale Valley Rd

The nearest subway station is Sherbourne Station (Line 2), about a 2‑minute walk (0.1 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 10 TTC stops served by the 75 bus, with about 1,239 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Union Station GO, 3.1 km away, with 354 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.

Charging and bike parking

• EV charging: 20 Charles St E
  City-run (Green P): 22 Level 2, 1 fast ports. Next: 188 Carlton St, 1.2 km.849 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 500 Rosedale Valley Rd

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: Branksome Hall Girls School, The Abelard Centre For Education, National Ballet School - Maison Staines House & Salle Currie Hall, National Ballet School - The Shoe Room. 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 500 Rosedale Valley Rd

There are 2 parks and 2 playgrounds within 500 m. The nearest pool is Wellesley Community Centre, 646 m away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• St. James Town West Park · playground · 589 Sherbourne St · 301 m
• Dr. Gordon Chong Park · playground · 60 Howard St · 347 m
• Rekai Family Parkette · 625 Bloor St E · 556 m
• Charles Street Parkette · 83 Charles St E · 560 m
• Milner Parkette · 675 Church St · 582 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

• St. James Town West Park Redesign
  The City is improving St. James Town West Park. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 285 m
• St. James Town Open Space Redesign
  A new park is coming to St. James Town. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 618 m
• Barbara Hall Park Off-Leash Area Improvements
  The City is improving the off-leash area in Barbara Hall Park. The new off-leash area will replace the existing one at the southwest corner of the park and will be similar in size.In progress · 804 m
• Barbara Hall Park Improvements
  The City is collaborating with the local Church-Wellesley Village community to develop a new vision and Master Plan for Barbara Hall Park.In progress · 835 m
• New Park at 15 Wellesley Street East
  A new park is coming to 15 Wellesley St. E., directly across from the Wellesley subway station.In progress · 1.1 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 500 Rosedale Valley Rd

No building permits, building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 500 Rosedale Valley Rd.

The lot

Green roof and solar permits

No green roof or solar hot water permits at this address. Within 500 m: 10 with a green roof.

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

08What can be built at 500 Rosedale Valley Rd

ON (Open Space Natural) zoning allows natural areas such as ravines and valleys. 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 10, 2026). Confidential shelter locations are not published.

Traffic on your street

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

What neighbours report to 311

In the last 12 months, 3,015 service requests came from postal area M4W, which includes 500 Rosedale Valley Rd. 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 500 Rosedale Valley Rd

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: Rosedale-Moore Park

Rosedale-Moore Park had 20,080 residents in 2021. The median household income was $122,000, higher than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 42% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 48% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 26% of workers commuted by transit and 20% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Mandarin (2.2%), Spanish (2.1%) and German (1.2%). 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.