1 Shaw St

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚆 Exhibition GO10 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 7 grocery stores, 160 cafés and restaurants, 22 parks, 10 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: No Frills (100 m). Nearest park: Bill Johnston Park (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Niagara Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 84%10 min walk
• Givins/Shaw Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 71%10 min walk
• Charles G Fraser Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 71%15 min walk
• St. Mary Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 38%15 min walk

Secondary

• Oasis Alternative Secondary School1.4 km

EQAO: share of students meeting the provincial standard (2024–25). Ontario average: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 51%; Gr 9 math 55%; literacy test 83%.

Closest schools, not school zones. Check which school serves this address with the school board before relying on it.

Who lives here postal area M6K

Owners / renters

31% / 69%

Median household income

$72,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

8%

Homes

2% detached, 67% high-rise

Commute by transit

35%

Population

42,110

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tibetan 3.3%, Portuguese 2.5%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.2%.

Flood and conservation No mapped hazard

Not inside a mapped flood plain or regulated area.

Screening maps only. Ask the conservation authority for a property inquiry before relying on this.

Safety

Major crime per resident in West Queen West (2025): 24% below the Toronto average, down 16% from the year before.

• Assault23% below average
• Break and enter37% above average
• Auto theft63% below average
• Robbery34% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings21% below average

Crime Severity Index for Toronto police: 60 vs 57 for Ontario (2025).

Police-reported figures for the whole neighbourhood, not this street. Rates use the area’s resident population.

Development nearby 6 active

• 61 HANNA AVE · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  The proposal includes a 3-storey podium with retail at grade and two residential towers at 29 and 34 storeys.
  Application details
• 952 KING ST W · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  The proposed development consists of a 16-storey mixed-use building, which will have a total height of 50.6 metres to the top of the roof and 56.6 metres to…
  Application details
• 952 KING ST W · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2022
  The proposed development consists of a 17-storey mixed-use building with a height of 52.8 metres to the top of the roof and 58.5 metres to the top of the…
  Application details
• 109 STRACHAN AVE · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Site plan approval application to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 13 storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 138…
  Application details
• 950 KING ST W · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval for a 18-storey mixed-use building having a residential gross floor area of 14,650 square metres and a non-residential gross floor area of…
  Application details
• 120 LYNN WILLIAMS ST · 300 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2021
  Draft Plan of Subdivision to create 6 new blocks and 1 public street.
  Application details

6 more within 500 m.

Rezoning, site plan, subdivision and condominium applications filed with the city.