36 Chesapeake Ave
Clairlea-Birchmount, Toronto, Ontario M1L 1T3
- Bedrooms
- 3
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Size
- 700–1,100sq ft
- Per sq ft
- $866at the range’s middle
- Lot
- 29.67 x 102 ft
- Tax a year
- $3,5602026 tax year
- Parking
- 2none
- Days on market
- Members
The brief
About 36 Chesapeake Ave
36 Chesapeake Ave is a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom semi-detached house in Clairlea-Birchmount, Toronto, listed for sale at an asking price of $779,000 (MLS® E13865796).
Opportunity knock to own a 3-bedrooms, 2-bathrooms semi-detached home in a desirable Scarborough location with updated front entrance patio. Ideal for first time buyer and buyer looking to add their personal touch. Separate side entrance to the basement. Conveniently located near Warden & St. Clair with walking distance to schools, parks, transit, shopping, and everyday amenities. 2026 improvements (front entrance door, side entrance door, basement windows, 2nd floor bathroom, fridge)
Insights
Condition Score
Good73/1001 documented update signal
Source: Listing age, structured features and disclosed update language; not an inspection.
Cashflow Quality
Shortfall30/100−$1,151/mo against the cost of owning (20% down, 4.8%, 25 yrs)
Source: Median of 7 semi-detached homes with 3 bedrooms for lease in Clairlea-Birchmount right now. Cost of owning counts the mortgage and property tax.
Condition uses listing-record signals, not an inspection.
The home
Key facts
- Tax
- $3,560 / 2026
- MLS® number
- E13865796
- Board
- TRREB MLS®
- Property Type
- Semi-Detached
- Days on market
- Size
- 700-1100 sqft
- Lot Size
- 29.67 x 102 ft
- Listed on
- Parking
- None, 2 Parking
Property details
Property
- Property Type
- Semi-Detached
- Style
- 2-Storey
- Community
- Clairlea-Birchmount
- Municipality
- Toronto
Building
- Size
- 700-1100 sqft
- Construction
- Brick
Inside
- Bedrooms
- 3
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Bathroom Details
- 1 × 3pc 2nd, 1 × 3pc Bsmt
- Basement Type
- Finished
- Kitchens
- 1
Parking
- Driveway
- Private
- Garage Type
- None
- Additional Parking
- 2
- Total Parking
- 2
Utilities
- Water
- Municipal
- Cooling
- Central Air
- Heating Type
- Forced Air
Land
- Sewer
- Sewers
- Frontage
- 29.67 ft
- Depth
- 102 ft
- Lot Size
- 29.67 x 102 ft
Additional
- Roof
- Asphalt Shingle
- Fireplace
- No
- Pool
- None
- Den
- No
- Family room
- No
- Extras
- EXISTING (FRIDGE, STOVE, WASHER, DRYER, WINDOW COVERINGS, GARDEN SHED, CAC)
Rooms
| Room | Size | Features | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living | 3.3 × 6.75 m | Combined W/Dining, hardwood floor, Window | Main |
| Dining | 3.3 × 6.75 m | Combined W/Living, hardwood floor, Window | Main |
| Kitchen | 2.6 × 3.1 m | Double Sink, Laminate, Window | Main |
| Primary | 2.65 × 3.7 m | Closet, Laminate | 2nd |
| 2nd Br | 2.3 × 3.05 m | Closet, Laminate | 2nd |
| 3rd Br | 2.5 × 2.85 m | Closet, Laminate | 2nd |
| Rec | 4.7 × 4.85 m | Broadloom | Bsmt |
Listing history
Buy/sell history for 36 Chesapeake 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 | $779,000 | N/A | For Sale | E13865796 |
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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
- $155,800
- Total mortgage amount
- $623,200
- Total interest payment
- $443,000
- Total purchase cost
- $1,222,000
- Mortgage payment
- $3,554/mo
Cash Flow Analysis
If you rented this home out at 20% down
Break-even down payment
46%Monthly carrying cost
$3,851- Rent $2,700
- Shortfall $1,151
Rental income opens at $2,700, the median asking rent of 7 comparable homes for lease in Clairlea-Birchmount. 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
- $12,055
- Toronto municipal land transfer tax
- $12,055
- Total land transfer tax
- $24,110
- First-time buyer rebates (Ontario up to $4,000 + Toronto up to $4,475)
- −$8,475
- Total for first-time buyers
- $15,635
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 $779,000
- $7,580
- Ontario total
- $12,055
Toronto’s municipal tax uses the same brackets at this price, so it adds another $12,055.
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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Closing prices and sold comps are available to registered visitors who accept MLS® VOW terms on this site.
The land
Lot
- Lot area
- 3,026 sq ft281 m²
- Street frontage
- 29.67 ft9 m
- Depth
- 102 ft31.1 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 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 m2 test or monitoring holes also recorded.250 m
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority · Province of Ontario open data
Planning and building activity3
- Outside the Greenbelt, Oak Ridges Moraine and Niagara Escarpment plan areasAt the address
- 14 building permits issued within 250 m in the last 2 years250 m
- Mapped parcel: about 3,030 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: 820 m820 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
- 1 facility within 1 km reports pollutant releases to Environment CanadaThe nearest is Tradition Fine Foods Ltd., 800 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 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, FibreStream. Cable: Rogers. DSL: Bell. Fixed wireless: Rogers, Routcom. 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
RS (x52)By-law
569-2013Municipality
Toronto1 x52
Site-specific exception 52: this site has rules of its own, written in the by-law.
2 Where this is written
Chapter 10, section 10.40 of By-law 569-2013 · Exception 900.4.10(52)
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. 6 open development applications within 800 m of this home.
3431 ST CLAIR AVE ECondominiumUnder Review
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390 m away570 BIRCHMOUNT RDSite planUnder Review
The proposed SPA application is for an infill development of a 4-storey purposebuilt rental building, comprised of 28 stacked back-to-back townhouse units, in the southern portion of the subject site. The existing building on the subject site will be retained. The infill development will result in an overall lot coverage of 22% and a total site density of approximately 1.68 times the area of the lot.
400 m away3437 ST CLAIR AVE ECondominiumUnder Review
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420 m away3449 ST CLAIR AVE ECondominiumUnder Review
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450 m away3449 ST CLAIR AVE ESite planUnder Review
The application proposes a 16-storey mixed-use building on the subject lands, with residential, retail and amenity uses at grade. The remaining residential units and amenity uses would be located on floors 2 to 16. The proposed development would have 388 residential units and a retail space of 414 square metres, resulting in a total gross floor area of 28,215 square metres. The proposed development would have a Floor Space Index of 7.26. A total of 257 vehicular parking spaces and 413 bicycle parking spaces are proposed.
450 m away685 WARDEN AVESite planUnder Review
Site Plan Approval for the easterly block, known as Block 3, contains an L-shaped building with a 6-storey north-south element that connects to a 17-storey residential building. The proposal is comprised of 19,896 square metres of gross floor area, includes a total of 290 dwelling units, including 23 studio units (8%), 152 one-bedroom units (53%), 76 two-bedroom units (26%) and 39 three-bedroom units (13%). Of the 152 one-bedroom units, 14 (5%) are grade-related townhouse units.
460 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 Clairlea-Birchmount right now
- For sale now
- 10
- Median asking price
- $779K
- New in 7 days
- 1
- Price cuts
- 20%
Middle half: $704K to $800K
7 in 28 days
2 listings
This home is asking at the median.
See all homes in Clairlea-BirchmountAsking 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
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Transit nearby
| Station | Lines | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Warden Station | TTC subway: Line 2 Bloor-Danforth | 450 m |
| Scarborough GO | GO Transit train: Lakeshore East | 1.7 km |
| Victoria Park Station | TTC subway: Line 2 Bloor-Danforth | 2.1 km |
| Birchmount Station | TTC light rail: Line 5 Eglinton | 2.2 km |
| Golden Mile Station | TTC light rail: Line 5 Eglinton | 2.2 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Joachim Catholic SchoolToronto CDSB | Catholic · grades JK–8 | 300 m | 58%Grade 6 average |
| Danforth Gardens Public SchoolToronto DSB | Public · grades JK–8 | 350 m | 58%Grade 6 average |
| J G Workman Public SchoolToronto DSB | Public · grades JK–8 | 700 m | 44%Grade 6 average |
| École élémentaire Jeanne-LajoieConseil scolaire Viamonde | French-language public · grades JK–6 | 4.6 km | 91%Grade 6 average |
| Secondary | Type | Distance | Grade 9 math 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SATEC @ W A Porter Collegiate InstituteToronto DSB | Public · grades 9–12 | 1.2 km | 61%Grade 9 math |
| Birchmount Park Collegiate InstituteToronto DSB | Public · grades 9–12 | 1.9 km | 35%Grade 9 math |
| St John Henry Newman Catholic High SchoolToronto CDSB | Catholic · grades 9–12 · French Immersion | 2.9 km | 45%Grade 9 math |
| ÉSC Père-Philippe-LamarcheConseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir | French-language Catholic · grades 9–12 | 4.2 km | 55%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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