17 Delaware Ave
Palmerston-Little Italy, Toronto, Ontario M6H 2S8
- Bedrooms
- 4+1
- Bathrooms
- 4
- Size
- 2,000–2,500sq ft
- Per sq ft
- $688at the range’s middle
- Lot
- 20 x 139 ft
- Tax a year
- $9,2382025 tax year
- Parking
- 21 detached
- Days on market
- Members
The brief
About 17 Delaware Ave
17 Delaware Ave is a 4+1-bedroom, 4-bathroom semi-detached house in Palmerston-Little Italy, Toronto, listed for sale at an asking price of $1,549,000 (MLS® C14139596).
Welcome to 17 Delaware Ave, a rare opportunity in one of Toronto's most established andsought-after west-end neighbourhoods. Lovingly held by the same family for over 50 years, thischarming semi-detached home dates back to the early 1900s and offers approximately 2,014 sqftof above-grade living space, filled with original character and endless potential. Situated onan impressive 20' x 139' deep lot, the property offers a private driveway, detached garage anda spacious backyard with exceptional features for city living. The generous interior provideswell-proportioned principal rooms, three separate kitchens and plenty of space for growingfamilies or those looking to personalize or enhance the home while preserving its originalcharm. The multiple kitchen areas offer added flexibility for extended family living or avariety of future uses. A finished basement with separate walk-up provides additional livingspace and flexibility. Ideally located near College St & Ossington, just steps from some ofToronto's best restaurants, cafes, shops, parks, schools and transit. An incredible opportunityto own a substantial character home on a deep lot in the heart of the city, with the space,location and potential to make it truly your own.
Insights
Condition Score
Good68/1006 condition-related facts documented
Source: Listing age, structured features and disclosed update language; not an inspection.
Cashflow Quality
Shortfall26/100−$2,637/mo against the cost of owning (20% down, 4.8%, 25 yrs)
Source: Median of 11 semi-detached homes with 5 bedrooms for lease in Toronto right now. Cost of owning counts the mortgage and property tax.
Condition uses listing-record signals, not an inspection.
The home
Key facts
- Tax
- $9,238 / 2025
- MLS® number
- C14139596
- Board
- TRREB MLS®
- Property Type
- Semi-Detached
- Days on market
- Size
- 2000-2500 sqft
- Lot Size
- 20 x 139 ft
- Listed on
- Parking
- 1 Detached, 2 Parking
Property details
Property
- Property Type
- Semi-Detached
- Style
- 2 1/2 Storey
- Community
- Palmerston-Little Italy
- Municipality
- Toronto
Building
- Size
- 2000-2500 sqft
- Construction
- Brick
Inside
- Bedrooms
- 4+1
- Bathrooms
- 4
- Bathroom Details
- 1 × 3pc Ground, 1 × 4pc Main, 1 × 3pc Upper, 1 × 4pc Bsmt
- Basement Type
- Finished
- Kitchens
- 2
Parking
- Garage Type
- Detached
- Garage
- 1
- Additional Parking
- 1
- Total Parking
- 2
Utilities
- Water
- Municipal
- Cooling
- Central Air
- Heating Type
- Forced Air
Land
- Sewer
- Sewers
- Frontage
- 20 ft
- Depth
- 139 ft
- Lot Size
- 20 x 139 ft
Additional
- Roof
- Shingles
- Fireplace
- No
- Pool
- None
- Den
- Yes
- Family room
- Yes
- Extras
- All Appliances, Window Coverings, Electrical Light Fixtures
Rooms
| Room | Size | Features | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living | 3.44 × 4.77 m | Fireplace, hardwood floor, Window | Ground |
| Kitchen | 3.7 × 3.77 m | W/O To Porch, Backsplash, Window | Ground |
| 2nd Br | 3.58 × 2.99 m | Closet, hardwood floor, Window | Ground |
| Living | 4.67 × 4.36 m | Bay Window, Window, Closet | Main |
| Kitchen | 3.73 × 2.85 m | Breakfast Area, Backsplash, Eat-In Kitchen | Main |
| 3rd Br | 3.56 × 3.52 m | Closet, hardwood floor, Window | Main |
| Primary | 4.29 × 4.88 m | Closet, hardwood floor, Window | Upper |
| Br | 2.76 × 2.77 m | hardwood floor, 3 Pc Ensuite | Upper |
| Living | 3.15 × 4.42 m | Vinyl Floor | Bsmt |
| Kitchen | 3.65 × 7.28 m | Window, Backsplash, Vinyl Floor | Bsmt |
| Br | 3.05 × 3.58 m | Vinyl Floor | Bsmt |
Listing history
Buy/sell history for 17 Delaware Ave, Toronto, Ontario
Sale history on this site covers the last 2 years, the window permitted under the TRREB MLS® VOW agreement.
| Date Start | Date End | List Price | Price | Event | Listing ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date StartN/A | N/A | $1,549,000 | N/A | For Sale | C14139596 |
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The numbers
Mortgage Calculator
Plan with the current asking price
CMHC insurance: not required at 20% down. Payments use Canadian semi-annual compounding.
Mortgage Details
4.8% · 5-year term · 25-year amortization · 20% down
- Total down payment
- $309,800
- Total mortgage amount
- $1,239,200
- Total interest payment
- $880,900
- Total purchase cost
- $2,429,900
- Mortgage payment
- $7,067/mo
Cash Flow Analysis
If you rented this home out at 20% down
Break-even down payment
50%Monthly carrying cost
$7,837- Rent $5,200
- Shortfall $2,637
Rental income opens at $5,200, the median asking rent of 11 comparable homes for lease in Toronto. Type over it with the rent you expect. This is a planning tool, not advice.
Land transfer tax on this home
- Ontario land transfer tax
- $27,455
- Toronto municipal land transfer tax
- $27,455
- Total land transfer tax
- $54,910
- First-time buyer rebates (Ontario up to $4,000 + Toronto up to $4,475)
- −$8,475
- Total for first-time buyers
- $46,435
See how this is worked out
- 0.5% on the first $55,000
- $275
- 1.0% from $55,000 to $250,000
- $1,950
- 1.5% from $250,000 to $400,000
- $2,250
- 2.0% from $400,000 to $1,549,000
- $22,980
- Ontario total
- $27,455
Toronto’s municipal tax uses the same brackets at this price, so it adds another $27,455.
An estimate at the asking price, for a home with one or two single-family residences. Your lawyer confirms the exact amount.
Estimate
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The estimate is an automated value built from public and MLS® data. It is not an appraisal; ask Yossi Kaplan, MBA, Salesperson for a full comparative market analysis.
Comparable sales
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The land
Lot
- Lot area
- 2,780 sq ft258 m²
- Street frontage
- 20 ft6.1 m
- Depth
- 139 ft42.4 m
The area is the frontage multiplied by the depth, so boundaries are approximate. Confirm with a survey before you buy.
Source: the MLS® listing record.
Land and environment
Public records about this location. Not part of the MLS® listing and not provided by the listing brokerage.
Water and conservation4
- Not in Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s mapped regulated areaAt the address
- No mapped wetland within 120 m120 m
- No water-supply well recorded within 250 m17 test or monitoring holes also recorded.250 m
- Groundwater recorded about 2.2 m below ground nearbyThe middle water level in the well records within 500 m (154 records). It changes with the season and from spot to spot.500 m
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority · Province of Ontario open data
Planning and building activity5
- Outside the Greenbelt, Oak Ridges Moraine and Niagara Escarpment plan areasAt the address
- 64 building permits issued within 250 m in the last 2 years250 m
- 1 open development application within 250 mAn application is a proposal: it may change, be refused or never be built.250 m
- Nearest airport: 3.3 km3.3 km
- Mapped parcel: about 2,860 sq ftMeasured from the municipal parcel map, which can differ from the survey and from the lot size in the listing.At the address
Province of Ontario open data · Municipal building permits · Municipal development applications · toronto.parcels
Around the home1
- A trail on the Ontario trail network within 1 km1 km
Province of Ontario open data
Environmental records4
- No licensed pit or quarry within 2 km2 km
- No recorded oil, gas or salt well within 250 m250 m
- 1 facility within 1 km reports pollutant releases to Environment CanadaThe nearest is Mondelez Canada Inc — Gladstone, 550 m away. Facilities report to the National Pollutant Release Inventory above set thresholds; reporting a release is not a finding of harm.1 km
- No federal contaminated site within 1 kmThe federal inventory covers federal land only; it says nothing about provincial or private sites.1 km
Province of Ontario open data · Government of Canada open data
Power and internet3
- Electricity is distributed here by Toronto Hydro-Electric System LimitedAt the address
- Wired internet 50/10 Mbps or faster is listed at a household 70 m awayFixed wireless 50/10 Mbps or faster. LTE mobile coverage listed. ISED’s National Broadband Data at the nearest household point (70 m from the listing); 50/10 Mbps is its top category and includes faster plans. Confirm with a provider for this address.70 m
- Across the surrounding area: fibre to the home, cable, DSL internet listedFibre to the home: Beanfield Metroconnect, Bell, CIK Telecom, Dotto One, FibreStream, Rally, Rogers. Cable: Rogers. DSL: Bell. Fixed wireless: Rogers, SkyChoice Communications. Mobile: Bell, Freedom Mobile, Rogers, Telus. Satellite: Xplore. ISED’s list for the surrounding ~25 km² area; check with a provider for this address.Area-wide
Ontario Energy Board · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Each record is placed at the distance its own line states. None of it is an inspection of the property. Confirm anything that matters to you with the municipality, Toronto and Region Conservation Authorityor the record’s publisher.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Contains information made available under the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Open Data Licence v1.0.
Heritage and ravine protection
- Not found on the Heritage Register
- Not in a mapped Heritage Conservation District
- Not in the mapped ravine protection area
What this means: None of these City records was found at this address. That does not rule out other approvals, such as a conservation authority permit, so check before you plan work.
City of Toronto Heritage Register, Heritage Conservation Districts and the Ravine and Natural Feature Protection by-law, read at this address from the City’s maps. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.
Zoning
Zone
R (d0.6) (x735)By-law
569-2013Municipality
Toronto1 d0.6
Density: floor area is capped at 0.6 times the lot area.
2 x735
Site-specific exception 735: this site has rules of its own, written in the by-law.
3 Where this is written
Chapter 10, section 10.10 of By-law 569-2013 · Exception 900.2.10(735)
4 What that means in practice
These are the zone’s rules, not permission for this lot. What can be built also depends on the exceptions, overlays and setbacks that apply here. Confirm with the City before you plan.
City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013, read at this address from the City’s zoning map. Open the City’s zoning map. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.
Permit history
2 building permits cleared at this address in the City’s file.
Building Permit Related(PS)Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to ground floor to construct new bathroom to existing two unit dwelling.See 81-028414.
Issued October 4, 2010
Interior AlterationsClosed
Proposal for interior alterations to ground floor to construct new bathroom to existing two unit dwelling.See 81-028414.
Issued October 4, 2010
City of Toronto Open Data — cleared building permits, which begin in 2017. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.
Signals around this home
Changing nearby. 6 open development applications within 800 m of this home.
833 COLLEGE STSite planUnder Review
INACTIVE Proposed development consists of a six (6) storey mixed-use building including 58.4 square metres of commercial space at grade and 5 residential dwelling units above totaling 982.48 square metres. Proposed pedestrian access to the commercial unit is proposed from College Street and proposed pedestrian and vehicular access to the Residential Lobby is from Ossington Avenue. Four (4) surface parking spaces are proposed including one (1) Low Emitting Vehicle (LEV) Parking Spaces and one (1) Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) Parking Spaces.
200 m away108 HARRISON STSite planUnder Review
Site Plan Approval for renovations to the existing building at 108 Harrison Street to serve as a municipal shelter.
460 m away1117-1125 DUNDAS ST WSite planUnder Review
Site Plan Approval for a 10 storey residential building with 74 dwelling units, 23 of which will be affordable housing and a one-storey ancillary building at the rear of the site.
700 m away1478 DUNDAS ST WSite planUnder Review
The proposed SPA application will facilitate the development of an 8-storey mixed usebuilding containing 57 residential dwelling units totalling 3,966 square metres ofresidential gross floor area and 372 square metres of commercial gross floor area,resulting in a density of 5.29 times the area of the lot. 18 stacked parking spaces for residential use areproposed along with 57 bicycle parking spaces.
730 m away646 DUFFERIN STSite planUnder Review
The proposed SPA application will facilitate the development of an 8-storey apartmentbuilding containing 135 residential dwelling units, 40 parking spaces within one levelof underground parking, and 137 bicycle parking spaces. The total gross floor area is9,322 square metres, resulting in a total net density of 4.35 FSI.
730 m away646 DUFFERIN STCondominiumUnder Review
*** Draft Plan of Condominium for 124 units.
730 m away
City of Toronto Open Data — Development Applications and Building Permits (cleared permits since 2017). An application is a proposal: it may change, be refused or never be built. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.
The market
Semi-detached homes for sale in Palmerston-Little Italy right now
- For sale now
- 18
- Median asking price
- $1.79M
- New in 7 days
- 3
- Price cuts
- 6%
Middle half: $1.42M to $2.2M
10 in 28 days
1 listing
This home is asking 13% below the median.
See all homes in Palmerston-Little ItalyAsking prices and counts of the MLS® listings on this site as of today. Asking figures only, never sold or leased prices.
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The street
Transit nearby
| Station | Lines | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ossington Station | TTC subway: Line 2 Bloor-Danforth | 850 m |
| Dufferin Station | TTC subway: Line 2 Bloor-Danforth | 1 km |
| Christie Station | TTC subway: Line 2 Bloor-Danforth | 1.2 km |
| Bloor GO | GO Transit train: KitchenerUP Express train | 2 km |
| Fairbank Station | TTC light rail: Line 5 Eglinton | 5 km |
The nearest subway, light rail, train, bus rapid transit stations 5 km, as the crow flies. Source: TTC schedule data (GTFS) from the Toronto Transit Commission under the Open Government Licence – Toronto; GO Transit and UP Express schedule data (GTFS) from Metrolinx under the Open Government Licence – Ontario – Metrolinx, downloaded October 18, 2026. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Data used in this product or service is provided with the permission of Metrolinx. Metrolinx makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, with respect to the Data and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or currency of the data used in this product or service. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario – Metrolinx.
Schools nearby
| Elementary | Type | Distance | EQAO average 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewson Street Junior Public SchoolToronto DSB | Public · grades JK–6 · French Immersion | 150 m | 78%Grade 6 average |
| Ossington/Old Orchard Junior Public SchoolToronto DSB | Public · grades JK–6 | 300 m | 92%Grade 6 average |
| Pope Francis Catholic SchoolToronto CDSB | Catholic · grades JK–8 | 500 m | 60%Grade 6 average |
| École élémentaire Pierre-Elliott-TrudeauConseil scolaire Viamonde | French-language public · grades JK–6 | 950 m | 94%Grade 6 average |
| Secondary | Type | Distance | Grade 9 math 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Toronto AcademyToronto DSB | Public · grades 9–12 | 450 m | 47%Grade 9 math |
| St Mary Catholic AcademyToronto CDSB | Catholic · grades 9–12 | 650 m | 45%Grade 9 math |
| Msgr Fraser College (Southwest)Toronto CDSB | Catholic · grades 9–12 | 1 km | — |
| ÉSC Saint-Frère-AndréConseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir | French-language Catholic · grades 9–12 | 1.3 km | 69%Grade 9 math |
EQAO: share of students at or above the provincial standard, 2024–25 (Ontario open data). These are the schools nearest this home, not the schools it is assigned to: boundaries change, and some schools take students by application. Confirm with the board before you buy. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
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