8 Saunders Cres
8 Saunders Cres is in Stonegate-Queensway. There are 3 planning proposals within 250 m.
Data as of Nov 8, 2026 · Every item lists its source
- A public hearing on Dec 25 about a minor variance at 639 Royal York Rd, 165 m away.
- Buses 15 and 76 stop 93 m away; the nearest subway is 2.3 km.
- The nearest elementary school is St Louis Catholic School, 347 m away.
- Nothing is on record for the building itself: no permits, orders or heritage listing.
01What’s planned near 8 Saunders Cres
3 planning proposals within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk): three in progress. That's more than at most Toronto addresses (the typical address has 1).
In progress
- 1Minor variance639 Royal York Rd · 165 m awayCommittee of Adjustment · Minor variance: permission to bend a zoning rule, such as height, size or setbacks
A public hearing is set for Dec 25, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. Neighbours can send comments or speak at the hearing.
File A0235/26EYK · submitted Jul 24, 2026 - 2Garden suite639 Royal York Rd · 165 m awayCommittee of Adjustment · Consent: permission to split a lot or change property lines
A public hearing is set for Dec 25, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. Neighbours can send comments or speak at the hearing.
To obtain consent to sever the lot into two undersized residential lots and to construct a new fourplex and a garden suite in the rear yard on each lot.File B0026/26EYK · submitted Jul 24, 2026 - 3Minor variance639 Royal York Rd · 165 m awayCommittee of Adjustment · Minor variance: permission to bend a zoning rule, such as height, size or setbacks
A public hearing is set for Dec 25, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. Neighbours can send comments or speak at the hearing.
File A0236/26EYK · submitted Jul 24, 2026
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.
02Safety near 8 Saunders Cres
Police recorded 26 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's about typical for Toronto (the typical address has 40). The table compares the neighbourhood's rates with Toronto's.
| Major crime | Near this addressreported within 500 m, last 12 months | Stonegate-Queenswayper 100,000 residents, 2025 | Torontoper 100,000 residents, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assaults | 13 | 466 | 768Stonegate-Queensway is lower |
| Break-ins | 6 | 218 | 190Stonegate-Queensway is about the same |
| Car thefts | 5 | 194 | 225Stonegate-Queensway is about the same |
| Robberies | 1 | 41 | 79Stonegate-Queensway is lower |
| Thefts over $5,000 | 1 | 68 | 61Stonegate-Queensway is about the same |
Thick bar: Stonegate-Queensway. Thin grey bar: Toronto. Source: Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal, Major Crime Indicators (Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026) and Neighbourhood Crime Rates. Reported incidents only; police place each incident at the nearest intersection. Five-year trends for Stonegate-Queensway
03Getting around from 8 Saunders Cres
The nearest subway station is Royal York Station (Line 2), 2.3 km away. Within a 5‑minute walk there are 9 TTC stops served by routes 76, 80 and 15, with about 1,757 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Mimico GO, 1.4 km away, with 74 train stops on a weekday.
Source: TTC · Line 2 · too far to walk
Nearest stop: Royal York Rd at Tenby St, plus 3 more stops for these routes within 250 m.
Nearest stop: The Queensway at Royal York Rd.
Source: GO Transit · 74 train stops on a weekday
TTC and GO Transit schedules for a typical weekday (Nov 11, 2026). Walking times are estimates.
04Schools and child care near 8 Saunders Cres
These are the closest public and Catholic schools by distance. They may not be the schools assigned to this address: school boards set their own attendance areas, so check with the Toronto District School Board or Toronto Catholic District School Board.
Elementary schools
Share of Grade 6 students meeting the provincial standard. Toronto: 87% reading, 54% math.
Secondary schools
Share of students who passed the Grade 10 literacy test on their first try. Toronto: 84%.
The red tick on each bar is the Toronto average. Private schools within 1 km: Behaviour Innovations, Children'S College, Behaviour Innovations, Children'S College. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.
Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): one licensed child care centre, no EarlyON centres, no privately owned public spaces and no shelters or respite sites.
11 Morgan Ave · 73 spaces · kindergarten, school age · in the $10-a-day program · fee subsidies
Source: City of Toronto Licensed Child Care Centres and EarlyON Child and Family Centres.
05The building at 8 Saunders Cres
No building permits, building orders, heritage listing or short-term rental registration are on record for this address. About 9 in 10 Toronto addresses also had none in the last 5 years.
06Around the block
Stays of less than 28 days, like Airbnb. That's about typical for Toronto (the typical address has 2).
Houses that rent individual rooms with shared kitchens or bathrooms. The City licenses them to enforce safety standards.
Pizza Pizza (restaurant or bar).
Source: 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 6, 2026). Confidential shelter locations are not published.
07Risks and environment at 8 Saunders Cres
TRCA's maps show this address is outside the areas that could flood from rivers in a major storm (TRCA plans for a storm like Hurricane Hazel in 1954) and outside lake shoreline hazards. Basement flooding from overloaded sewers can still happen anywhere in the city.
Source: TRCA Regulation mapping 2025
In postal area M8Y, 1 of 153 home tap-water samples (0.7%) tested above Ontario's limit for lead (10 micrograms per litre). Across Toronto, 2.0% of samples did, so M8Y is lower than the city overall. Health Canada recommends a stricter limit of 5 micrograms per litre: 4 samples here (2.6%) were above it. These are voluntary tests, mostly from older homes, so they don't tell you about this house. Lead comes from old pipes and plumbing, not the City's treatment plants. If your home was built before the mid-1950s, you can get a free test kit by calling 311.
Source: Non Regulated Lead Sample · 153 tests, May 21, 2014 to Aug 18, 2026
Air Quality Health Index from Environment and Climate Change Canada's Toronto Downtown station, 10.2 km away, measured 1:00 AM EST Monday 9 November 2026. Forecast high for the next 24 hours: 2 (low risk). The scale runs from 1 to 10+; 1 to 3 is low risk.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · hourly
TRCA mapping is for screening, not site-specific decisions. Lead results are voluntary samples from homes in the postal area, not this address.
08The neighbourhood: Stonegate-Queensway
Stonegate-Queensway had 25,650 residents in 2021. The median household income was $104,000, higher than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 37% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 40% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 19% of workers commuted by transit and 7% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Polish (4.9%), Ukrainian (3.9%) and Russian (2.4%). Source: 2021 Census; the next census was taken in 2026.
In October 2025, the average rent for a two-bedroom in a purpose-built rental building in Etobicoke was $2,031, up 4% from a year earlier. Across Toronto: $2,055. 2.1% of these apartments were vacant. These are averages paid by all tenants, including long-term ones, across a large area; new listings usually cost more.
| Average rent, October 2025 | Etobicoke | Change in a year | Toronto |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,533 | +4% | $1,499 |
| 1 bedroom | $1,700 | +2% | $1,763 |
| 2 bedrooms | $2,031 | +4% | $2,055 |
| 3 bedrooms or more | $2,438 | +14% | $2,361 |
Source: CMHC, Rental Market Survey (October 2025), purpose-built rental apartments, Etobicoke. CMHC doesn’t publish rents for single neighbourhoods. Adapted by My Address in Toronto.
How Stonegate-Queensway compares with Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods →Archive photos from near this address: myaddressintoronto.com/address/8-saunders-cres#sec-history
