85 Mayfield Ave

01What’s planned near 85 Mayfield Ave

4 planning proposals within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk): one in progress and three decided recently. Some cover several addresses; each proposal is listed once. That's more than at most Toronto addresses (the typical address has 1).

In progress

1. 1
   New house

   72 Ostend Ave · 224 m away

   Committee of Adjustment · Minor variance: permission to bend a zoning rule, such as height, size or setbacks

   The hearing was postponed. A new date hasn't been published yet.

   To alter the existing two-storey detached dwelling by constructing a side (north) covered ground floor deck with stairs and a side (north) one-storey detached ancillary building (a one-car garage) with a front (west) driveway abutting…

   File A0719/26TEY · submitted Oct 13, 2026 · look it up on the City’s Application Information Centre

Decided recently

1. 2
   12-storey building · 91 homes and shops

   2453 Bloor St W and 8 more addresses · 157 m away

   Rezoning: a request to change the Official Plan or zoning so something new can be built

   The Ontario Land Tribunal (formerly the OMB) approved it.

   Proposed Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 12-storey mixed use building. The proposed development provides 91 new residential units and 260sqm of at grade retail uses with a total gross floor area of 8249.1 square metres,…

   All 9 addresses

   2453 Bloor St W · 2455 Bloor St W · 2457 Bloor St W · 2459 Bloor St W · 2461 Bloor St W · 2463 Bloor St W · 2465 Bloor St W · 2467 Bloor St W · 2469 Bloor St W

   File 23 181154 STE 04 OZ · submitted Jul 28, 2023 · City record and how to comment
2. 3
   117 homes

   2442 Bloor St W and 3 more addresses · 185 m away

   Condominium: a request to divide a building into condominium units

   It has been approved.

   Draft Plan of Condominium for 117 units.

   All 4 addresses

   2442 Bloor St W · 2444 Bloor St W · 2446 Bloor St W · 2450 Bloor St W

   File 26 198512 STE 04 CD · submitted Jul 8, 2026 · City record and how to comment

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 85 Mayfield Ave

Police recorded 44 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.

Source: Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal, Major Crime Indicators (Oct 2, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026) and Neighbourhood Crime Rates. Reported incidents only; police place each incident at the nearest intersection. Five-year trends for High Park-Swansea

03Getting around from 85 Mayfield Ave

The nearest subway station is Jane Station (Line 2), about a 4‑minute walk (0.3 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 6 TTC stops served by the 27, 149, 935, 26 and 55 buses, with about 1,061 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Bloor GO, 2.8 km away, with 68 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 85 Mayfield 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: Blyth Academy School - Etobicoke, Erudite Elementary School, Humberside Montessori 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).

05The building at 85 Mayfield Ave

There are no building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registration on record for 85 Mayfield Ave. Here is what the City does have.

06Around the block

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 85 Mayfield Ave

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: High Park-Swansea

High Park-Swansea had 22,665 residents in 2021. The median household income was $101,000, higher than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 40% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 38% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 26% of workers commuted by transit and 14% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Polish (3.2%), Spanish (2.4%) and Russian (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.