Boundaries are the first thing to verify, not assume. A house two blocks from a school can sit outside its catchment while one further away sits inside it, and a buyer choosing a specific program, French immersion among them, needs the division's own boundary tool checked for that address rather than a general neighbourhood reputation.
Demand inside a strong catchment shows up as faster sales and firmer offers, which is a pattern an agent tracks across dozens of transactions rather than one or two. That pattern matters most to a family with a hard deadline, since a wrong guess about boundaries can mean reapplying for a spot mid school year.
Joel Dyck checks catchment against MLS history before a buyer writes an offer, so the decision is made on the division's current map and real comparable sales rather than a rumour about which school is better. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.