179 Yarmouth Rd
Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction, Toronto, Ontario M6G 1X5
- Bedrooms
- 2+1
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Size
- 700–1,100sq ft
- Per sq ft
- $1,539at the range’s middle
- Lot
- 20.5 x 40.58 ft
- Tax a year
- $6,0542026 tax year
- Parking
- 1none
- Days on market
- Members
The brief
About 179 Yarmouth Rd
179 Yarmouth Rd is a 2+1-bedroom, 2-bathroom detached house in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction, Toronto, listed for sale at an asking price of $1,385,000 (MLS® W14125252).
Renovated by a designer for her own family, 179 Yarmouth Road is a home where every square foot has a purpose. The open-concept main floor is filled with natural light, flowing from the living room through the dining area to a kitchen made for cooking and gathering. A long quartz counter offers generous space for preparing and serving, while an abundance of cabinetry ensures everything has a home. An integrated Liebherr refrigerator and Bosch gas cooktop, oven and dishwasher complete the space. White oak hardwood, custom entry millwork and alabaster lighting set the tone and elevate the space. Patio doors open to a sunny south-facing deck designed as an outdoor room, ideal for summer dinners and easy entertaining, with little upkeep required. Upstairs, the primary bedroom is fitted with custom storage, the second bedroom suits a nursery or home office, and the bathroom is finished in European tile with a double vanity, a custom mirror and Carrara marble pendants. The lower level adds a spacious recreation room, a third bedroom, a second full bathroom and laundry. Licensed front pad parking for ease of mind, while neighbourhood coffee shops, Fiesta Farms and the new Farm Boy are close at hand. Excellent schools nearby, and the Bloor subway is a short walk away.
Insights
Condition Score
Good73/1001 documented update signal
Source: Listing age, structured features and disclosed update language; not an inspection.
Cashflow Quality
Shortfall5/100−$3,849/mo against the cost of owning (20% down, 4.8%, 25 yrs)
Source: Median of 18 homes with 3 bedrooms for lease in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction right now. Cost of owning counts the mortgage and property tax.
Condition uses listing-record signals, not an inspection.
The home
Key facts
- Tax
- $6,054 / 2026
- MLS® number
- W14125252
- Board
- TRREB MLS®
- Property Type
- Detached
- Days on market
- Size
- 700-1100 sqft
- Lot Size
- 20.5 x 40.58 ft
- Listed on
- Parking
- None, 1 Parking
Property details
Property
- Property Type
- Detached
- Style
- 2-Storey
- Community
- Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction
- Municipality
- Toronto
Building
- Size
- 700-1100 sqft
- Construction
- Stucco/Plaster
Inside
- Bedrooms
- 2+1
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Bathroom Details
- 1 × 4pc 2nd, 1 × 4pc Lower
- Basement Type
- Finished
- Kitchens
- 1
Parking
- Driveway
- Front Yard
- Garage Type
- None
- Additional Parking
- 1
- Total Parking
- 1
Utilities
- Water
- Municipal
- Cooling
- Central Air
- Heating Type
- Forced Air
Land
- Sewer
- Sewers
- Frontage
- 20.5 ft
- Depth
- 40.58 ft
- Lot Size
- 20.5 x 40.58 ft
Additional
- Roof
- Shingles
- Fireplace
- No
- Pool
- None
- Den
- No
- Family room
- No
- Extras
- See Schedule B.
Rooms
| Room | Size | Features | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living | 2.87 × 4.29 m | hardwood floor, Pot Lights, Large Window | Main |
| Kitchen | 2.05 × 3.7 m | Centre Island, Combined W/Dining, B/I Appliances | Main |
| Dining | 1.9 × 3.5 m | hardwood floor, Combined W/Kitchen, W/O To Yard | Main |
| Primary | 3.25 × 3.4 m | hardwood floor, Double Closet, Large Window | 2nd |
| 2nd Br | 2.43 × 3.42 m | B/I Closet, hardwood floor, O/Looks Backyard | 2nd |
| Rec | 3.58 × 4.87 m | 4 Pc Bath, Above Grade Window, Pot Lights | Lower |
| Br | 2.61 × 3.63 m | Window | Lower |
Listing history
Buy/sell history for 179 Yarmouth Rd, 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 | $1,385,000 | N/A | For Sale | W14125252 |
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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
- $277,000
- Total mortgage amount
- $1,108,000
- Total interest payment
- $787,700
- Total purchase cost
- $2,172,700
- Mortgage payment
- $6,319/mo
Cash Flow Analysis
If you rented this home out at 20% down
Break-even down payment
69%Monthly carrying cost
$6,824- Rent $2,975
- Shortfall $3,849
Rental income opens at $2,975, the median asking rent of 18 comparable homes for lease in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction. 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
- $24,175
- Toronto municipal land transfer tax
- $24,175
- Total land transfer tax
- $48,350
- First-time buyer rebates (Ontario up to $4,000 + Toronto up to $4,475)
- −$8,475
- Total for first-time buyers
- $39,875
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 $1,385,000
- $19,700
- Ontario total
- $24,175
Toronto’s municipal tax uses the same brackets at this price, so it adds another $24,175.
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
- 832 sq ft77 m²
- Street frontage
- 20.5 ft6.2 m
- Depth
- 40.58 ft12.4 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, measured by GeoWarehouse.
Land and environment
Public records about this location. Not part of the MLS® listing and not provided by the listing brokerage.
Water and conservation3
- 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 m31 test or monitoring holes also recorded.250 m
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority · Province of Ontario open data
Planning and building activity4
- Outside the Greenbelt, Oak Ridges Moraine and Niagara Escarpment plan areasAt the address
- 83 building permits issued within 250 m in the last 2 years250 m
- Nearest airport: 4.7 km4.7 km
- Mapped parcel: about 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 · toronto.parcels
Around the home2
- Nearest rail line: 280 m280 m
- 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
- No facility within 1 km reports pollutant releases to Environment CanadaThe nearest is John E. Goudey Mfg Limited, 1.5 km away. Only facilities above the inventory’s reporting thresholds are listed.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 this locationFixed wireless 50/10 Mbps or faster. LTE mobile coverage listed. ISED’s National Broadband Data at the nearest household point (20 m from the listing); 50/10 Mbps is its top category and includes faster plans. Confirm with a provider for this address.At the address
- Across the surrounding area: fibre to the home, cable, DSL internet listedFibre to the home: Beanfield Metroconnect, Bell, Dotto One, FibreStream, Rogers. Cable: Rogers. DSL: Bell. Fixed wireless: Bell, Rogers, Routcom, 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)By-law
569-2013Municipality
Toronto1 d0.6
Density: floor area is capped at 0.6 times the lot area.
2 Where this is written
Chapter 10, section 10.10 of By-law 569-2013
3 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
No building permits on file at this address.
Signals around this home
Changing nearby. 1 open development application within 800 m of this home.
888 DUPONT STSite planUnder Review
Site Plan Approval for a 19-storey residential building (62 metres), containing 17,509 square metres of gross floor area with a total of 251rental dwelling units.
270 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
Detached homes for sale in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction right now
- For sale now
- 23
- Median asking price
- $1.3M
- New in 7 days
- 1
- Price cuts
- 30%
Middle half: $1.21M to $1.58M
9 in 28 days
7 listings
This home is asking 7% above the median.
See all homes in Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-JunctionAsking 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
Map and tour
Transit nearby
| Station | Lines | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ossington Station | TTC subway: Line 2 Bloor-Danforth | 700 m |
| Christie Station | TTC subway: Line 2 Bloor-Danforth | 850 m |
| Dufferin Station | TTC subway: Line 2 Bloor-Danforth | 1.2 km |
| Bloor GO | GO Transit train: KitchenerUP Express train | 2.3 km |
| Oakwood Station | TTC light rail: Line 5 Eglinton | 3.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ÉÉC du Sacré-Coeur-TorontoConseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir | French-language Catholic · grades JK–6 | 200 m | 60%Grade 6 average |
| Essex Junior and Senior Public SchoolToronto DSB | Public · grades JK–8 | 350 m | 61%Grade 6 average |
| St Bruno/St. Raymond Catholic SchoolToronto CDSB | Catholic · grades JK–8 | 500 m | 56%Grade 3 average |
| Dovercourt Public SchoolToronto DSB | Public · grades JK–8 | 800 m | 59%Grade 6 average |
| Secondary | Type | Distance | Grade 9 math 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Toronto AcademyToronto DSB | Public · grades 9–12 | 1.3 km | 47%Grade 9 math |
| Harbord Collegiate InstituteToronto DSB | Public · grades 9–12 · French Immersion | 1.3 km | 77%Grade 9 math |
| Loretto College SchoolToronto CDSB | Catholic · grades 9–12 | 1.3 km | 40%Grade 9 math |
| École secondaire Toronto OuestConseil scolaire Viamonde | French-language public · grades 9–12 | 2.1 km | 82%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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