685 Warden Ave

01What’s planned near 685 Warden Ave

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

In progress

1. 1
   17-storey building

   685 Warden Ave · 222 m away

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

   City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.

   Site Plan Approval for the easterly block, known as Block 3, contains an L-shaped building with a 6-storey north-south element that connects to a 17-storey residential building. The proposal is comprised of 19,896 square metres of gross…

   File 25 148973 ESC 20 SA · submitted Apr 24, 2025 · City record and how to comment
2. 2
   49-storey building with shops

   685 Warden Ave · 222 m away

   Subdivision: a request to divide land into new lots and streets

   2,100 homes

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

   The application proposes a mixed residential/retail development of five buildings, ranging in height from 17-storeys (with a six-storey mid-rise component) to 49-storeys, with approximately 2,100 dwelling units including a unit mix of 15%…

   File 21 181162 ESC 20 SB · submitted Jul 7, 2021 · City record and how to comment

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 685 Warden Ave

Police recorded 56 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 Clairlea-Birchmount

Traffic safety

2 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 1 was fatal. Most were on Warden Ave and Bell Estate Rd. Clairlea-Birchmount has about as many of these collisions per resident as a typical neighbourhood.

• Warden Ave at Bell Estate Rd · Driver, seriously injured · Mar 29, 2023 · 230 m
• 701 Warden Ave · Driver, killed; passenger and driver, seriously injured · Jul 3, 2022 · 429 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 685 Warden Ave

The nearest subway station is Warden Station (Line 2), about a 8‑minute walk (0.5 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 5 TTC stops served by the 16, 69, 135, 17 and 68 buses, with about 1,278 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Scarborough GO, 2.1 km away, with 88 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: 2231 Gerrard Street East
  City-run (On-Street): 1 Level 2 port. Next: 2219 Gerrard Street East, 3.1 km.3.0 km

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 685 Warden 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. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): no 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).

05Parks, trees and libraries near 685 Warden Ave

There are 3 parks and 2 playgrounds within 500 m. The nearest pool is Birchmount Community Centre, 1.8 km away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Firvalley Woods · 656 Warden Ave · 283 m
• Oates Park · playground, sports field · 10 Oates Dr · 403 m
• Moreau Trail Park · playground · 35 Herron Ave · 495 m
• Warden Woods Park · dog off-leash area · 125 Pharmacy Ave · 503 m
• Danforth Gardens Park · playground, sports field · 498 Birchmount Rd · 648 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

• Clairlea Park Tennis & Sports Court Improvements
  The City is improving the tennis court area at Clairlea Park.In progress · 1.2 km
• Prairie Drive Park Playground Improvements
  The City is improving the playground in Prairie Drive Park as part of an ongoing program to enhance playgrounds and play spaces across the city.In progress · 1.2 km
• Review of City Golf Course Operations
  The City conducted an operational review of our five City-operated golf course locations to better understand how to maximize golf and non-golf experiences.In progress · 1.4 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 685 Warden Ave

There are no building permits, building orders, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 685 Warden Ave. Here is what the City does have.

The lot

07What can be built at 685 Warden Ave

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.

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.

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

810 tickets in 2025 on Warden Ave between numbers 635 and 735: 710 for other parking offences, 100 for parking on a boulevard or private property.

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

What neighbours report to 311

In the last 12 months, 5,736 service requests came from postal area M1L, which includes 685 Warden 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 685 Warden 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: Clairlea-Birchmount

Clairlea-Birchmount had 26,840 residents in 2021. The median household income was $90,000, about the same as the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 36% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 39% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 33% 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 Bengali (8.9%), Pilipino, Filipino (4.7%) and Urdu (3.5%). Source: 2021 Census; the next census was taken in 2026.

Rents aren't published for single neighbourhoods. Across Scarborough (the former City of Scarborough), a two-bedroom in a purpose-built rental building averaged $1,832 a month in October 2025, up 4% from a year earlier. The Toronto average was $2,055. The vacancy rate was 2.4%. These averages include long-term tenants; new listings usually cost more.

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