98 Van Dusen Blvd

01What’s planned near 98 Van Dusen Blvd

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

• Annual Lantern Parade · 3216 Bloor St W
  Amplified sound · in Tom Riley ParkFri, Nov 13 · 5 to 7 pm
  430 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 98 Van Dusen Blvd

1 City road or sidewalk project is planned within 500 m. The closest: road resurfacing on Leland Ave, Fernalroy Blvd to Lothian Ave, Q2 to Q4 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 98 Van Dusen Blvd

Police recorded 35 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 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 Stonegate-Queensway

Traffic safety

5 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 2 involved pedestrians, 1 involved cyclists and 2 were fatal. Most were on Bloor St W and Springbrook GS. Stonegate-Queensway has more of these collisions per resident than most neighbourhoods.

• Springbrook GS at Lothian Ave · Cyclist, seriously injured · Jul 5, 2026 · 160 m
• Islington Ave at Springbrook GRDN · Passenger and driver, seriously injured · Sep 13, 2023 · 323 m
• Bloor St W at Aberfoyle Cres · Pedestrian, killed · Apr 16, 2023 · 348 m
• Bloor St W at Gardenvale Rd · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Sep 24, 2022 · 348 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 98 Van Dusen Blvd

The nearest subway station is Islington Station (Line 2), about a 9‑minute walk (0.6 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 4 TTC stops served by the 110 and 149 buses, with about 568 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Kipling GO, 1.6 km away, with 20 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: 8 Kings Lynn Rd
  City-run (On-Street): 1 Level 2 port. Next: 625 The Queensway, 2.4 km.1.4 km

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 98 Van Dusen Blvd

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: The Learning Common. 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 98 Van Dusen Blvd

There are 2 parks, 1 playground and 1 community centre within 500 m. The nearest pool is Memorial Pool and Health Club, 662 m away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Fairfield Seniors' Centre · wi-fi · 80 Lothian Ave · 333 m
• Spring Garden Park · 32 Meadow Crest Rd · 384 m
• Fairfield Park · playground · 90 Lothian Ave · 410 m
• Lora Hill Park · pickleball court, playground, tennis court · 36 Fernalroy Blvd · 549 m
• Chauncey-Islington Parkette · 1116 Islington Ave · 564 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

• New Parks in the Six Points Neighbourhood
  A group of new parks is coming to the Six Points neighbourhood. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 1.3 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 98 Van Dusen Blvd

There are no building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 98 Van Dusen Blvd. Here is what the City does have.

The lot

Green roof and solar permits

No green roof or solar hot water permits at this address. Within 500 m: 1 with a green roof.

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

08What can be built at 98 Van Dusen Blvd

RD (Residential Detached) zoning allows detached houses. 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.

Parking tickets on this block

4 tickets in 2025 on Van Dusen Blvd between numbers 48 and 148: 3 for parking at prohibited times, 1 for other parking offences.

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

Main street business area

The Kingsway BIA, about 370 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, 4,222 service requests came from postal area M8Z, which includes 98 Van Dusen Blvd. 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 98 Van Dusen Blvd

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: 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.

Rents aren't published for single neighbourhoods. Across Etobicoke (the former City of Etobicoke), a two-bedroom in a purpose-built rental building averaged $2,031 a month in October 2025, up 4% from a year earlier. The Toronto average was $2,055. The vacancy rate was 2.1%. These averages include long-term tenants; new listings usually cost more.

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