225 Wellesley St E

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Sherbourne Subway10 min walk
• 🚇 Castle Frank Subway12 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO2.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 15 grocery stores, 129 cafés and restaurants, 20 parks, 23 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Food Basics (100 m). Nearest park: Bleecker Parkette (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Winchester Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 57%3 min walk
• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 43%4 min walk
• Rose Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 67%, math 14%5 min walk
• Church Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 45%11 min walk

Secondary

• Jarvis Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 34%, literacy test 80%6 min walk
• Msgr Fraser College - Isabella Campus Catholic7 min walk
• Collège français French10 min walk

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 M4X

Owners / renters

15% / 85%

Median household income

$58,800

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

1% detached, 81% high-rise

Commute by transit

44%

Population

19,896

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5.2%, Tamil 2.7%, Spanish 1.6%, Mandarin 1.3%.

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 Cabbagetown-South St.James Town (2025): 26% above the Toronto average, down 8% from the year before.

• Assault40% above average
• Break and enter70% above average
• Auto theft59% below average
• Robbery85% above average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootingsnone reported

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 18 active

• 405 SHERBOURNE ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
  Site Plan Control Application for a 35-storey (112.6) metre building (excluding mechanical penthouse) 25,069 square metres of residential gross floor area and…
  Application details
• 240 WELLESLEY ST E · 100 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Under Review · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Subdivision to establish two development blocks with pedestrian and vehicular connections into and through the subject site. A new public park…
  Application details
• 8 EARL ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Application to permit a 63-storey residential building including a total of 50,580.8 square metres of residential gross floor area which will result…
  Application details
• 8 EARL ST · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2024
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a 63-storey (207-metre, excluding mechanical penthouse) building, containing 709 total dwelling units…
  Application details
• 141 ISABELLA ST · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2024
  Zoning By-law Amendment for a 69-storey residential building containing 823 dwelling units. The existing 7-storey apartment building and 3-storey single…
  Application details
• 383 SHERBOURNE ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · Appeal Received · applied 2023
  The proposal will introduce a 39 storey residential building representing an F.S.I. of 13.58 and lot coverage of 69%. The total GFA will be 20,328 sq. m.…
  Application details

20 more within 500 m.

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