72 Elinor Ave

01What’s planned near 72 Elinor 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 is listed once. Decided: development files submitted in the last 4 years; Committee of Adjustment decisions in the last 2 years.

02Street work near 72 Elinor Ave

3 City road or sidewalk projects are planned within 500 m. The closest: sidewalk work on Elinor Ave, Lawrence Ave E to Murray Glen Dr, Q3 2027 to Q3 2028.

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 72 Elinor Ave

Police recorded 25 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 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 Wexford/Maryvale

Traffic safety

1 collision killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 1 was fatal. Most were on Tower Dr and Brian Ave. Wexford/Maryvale ranks 18th in Toronto for these collisions per resident.

• Tower Dr at Brian Ave · Driver, killed · Dec 3, 2021 · 308 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 72 Elinor Ave

The nearest subway station is Kennedy Station (Line 2), 3.6 km away. Within a 5‑minute walk there are 3 TTC stops served by the 67 bus, with about 314 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Kennedy GO, 3.7 km away, with 34 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.

05Schools and child care near 72 Elinor 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): one licensed child care centre 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 72 Elinor Ave

There is 1 park and 1 playground within 500 m. The nearest pool is Wexford Collegiate Institute, 449 m away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Wexford Collegiate Institute · 1176 Pharmacy Ave · 449 m
• Deanvar Parkette · playground · 45 Deanvar Ave · 469 m
• Maryvale Park · ball diamond, playground, tennis court, washroom · 5 Trestleside Grv · 540 m
• Manhattan Park · ball diamond, playground, sports field · 100 Manhattan Dr · 845 m
• Rowena Park · playground · 75 Rowena Dr · 1017 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

• Rowena Park Playground Improvements & New Basketball Court
  The City is improving the playground and adding a new basketball court at Rowena Park.In progress · 1.1 km
• Curlew Park
  A new park is coming to 77 Curlew Dr. as a result of a new residential development project near Lawrence Avenue East and Victoria Park Avenue.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.

07The building at 72 Elinor Ave

No building permits, building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registration on record for 72 Elinor Ave.

The lot

08What can be built at 72 Elinor Ave

RD (Residential Detached) zoning allows detached houses. 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

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

Parking tickets on this block

14 tickets in 2025 on Elinor Ave between numbers 22 and 122: 13 for other parking offences, 1 for not parking parallel to the curb.

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

Main street business area

Wexford Heights BIA, about 400 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, 5,048 service requests came from postal area M1R, which includes 72 Elinor 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 72 Elinor 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: Wexford/Maryvale

Wexford/Maryvale had 28,345 residents in 2021. The median household income was $82,000, about the same as the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 41% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 42% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 25% of workers commuted by transit and 5% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Pilipino, Filipino (6.1%), Arabic (4.4%) and Greek (3.8%). 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.