Neighbourhood profile
Mount Dennis
Mount Dennis holds 1,978 addresses across 2.13 km², and ranks 1st of 158 Toronto neighbourhoods for grocery shopping close to home.
The overall position is a summary of the four measures below. Those are the useful numbers — a single combined figure compresses most of Toronto into a narrow band and separates very little.
What stands out
- Strongest on everyday shopping — 1st of 158, top 10% of Toronto.
- No subway stop inside the boundary — 50 surface transit stops serve the area.
- $94M of construction value on record across 203 building permits.
How Mount Dennis compares
Each measure is a rank against all 158 City of Toronto neighbourhoods. Lower is better.
Transit access
50thProximity to TTC subway, streetcar and bus, weighted by walking distance.
18.3 / 20 · above the city median
Schools nearby
82ndWalking distance to TDSB and TCDSB schools. Proximity only — no ratings are used.
10.1 / 15 · below the city median
Everyday shopping
1stGrocery stores and supermarkets within a short walk.
10.0 / 10 · top 10% of Toronto
Neighbourhood character
128thReported incident volume, severity-weighted using the Statistics Canada method.
6.5 / 25 · bottom quarter
By the numbers
What’s here
Rapid transit
No subway or streetcar route inside the boundary. Bus routes serve the area.
Schools
- Our Lady of Victory Catholic Elementary School · Toronto Catholic District School Board · Elementary
- York Humber High School · Toronto District School Board · Secondary
- Bala Avenue Community School · Toronto District School Board
- Dennis Avenue Community School (closed Location) · Toronto District School Board
- Portage Trail Communityschool · Toronto District School Board
Groceries
- Abeni African Food Inc. · supermarket
- Bonnick’s West Indian Grocery · supermarket
- Erica Fresh Meat African Market & Beauty Supply · supermarket
- Jola African Food Market · supermarket
Where the money is going
Toronto publishes every cleared building permit with its estimated construction cost. These are the largest on record in Mount Dennis — a read on where the neighbourhood is being rebuilt, not on what homes are worth.
| Address | Type | Construction value |
|---|---|---|
| 333 Sidney Belsey Cres | Apartment Building | $40M |
| 1234 Weston Rd | Child Care Facility/DayCare Centre | $9M |
| 30 Denarda St | Apartment Building | $4M |
| 75 Emmett Ave | Apartment Building | $4M |
| 1400 Weston Rd | SFD - Townhouse | $3M |
| 1288 Weston Rd | Multiple Unit Building | $3M |
| 72 Sidney Belsey Cres | Apartment Building | $3M |
| 1123 Weston Rd | Library | $2M |
Next door
Neighbourhoods that share a boundary with Mount Dennis.
How this was measured
Everything here is computed from open data: City of Toronto address points, building permits and neighbourhood boundaries; Toronto Police Service major crime indicators; TTC schedules; and TDSB and TCDSB school locations.
School figures are proximity only. No school rating or ranking is used anywhere on this site — a distance to a school is a verifiable fact about a location, while a school rating largely reflects the income and demographics of its catchment.
Neighbourhood character is derived from reported incident volume, severity-weighted using the Statistics Canada Crime Severity Index method, so that offences of very different seriousness are not counted as equivalent.
Last computed today. Data refreshes nightly. Nothing on this page is an appraisal, a valuation, or advice about where to live.