Artists Alley

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Patrick Subway2 min walk
• 🚇 Osgoode Subway6 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 24 grocery stores, 597 cafés and restaurants, 21 parks, 29 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Petra Ave Market (350 m). Nearest park: Butterfield Park (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Cornerstone Preparatory School Private8 min walk
• Beverley School9 min walk
• Orde Street Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 64%10 min walk
• Ogden Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 77%, math 53%10 min walk

Secondary

• Contact Alternative School2 min walk
• Heydon Park Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 8%8 min walk
• Subway Academy II Private10 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 M5T

Owners / renters

32% / 68%

Median household income

$61,600

Average age

42

Children under 15

7%

Homes

1% detached, 56% high-rise

Commute by transit

24%

Population

17,903

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 10.4%, Yue (Cantonese) 9.2%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Spanish 1%.

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 Kensington-Chinatown (2025): 126% above the Toronto average, down 13% from the year before.

• Assault163% above average
• Break and enter134% above average
• Auto theft47% below average
• Robbery146% above average
• Theft from vehicles302% above average
• Shootings169% above 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 20 active

• 206 SIMCOE ST · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Proposed development for the Canada Life Campus include: Retention of the existing office buildings with minor alterations at 330 University Avenue, 180 Simcoe…
  Application details
• 160 JOHN ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
  Proposed change of use from office to a hotel occupancy with ground floor modifications.
  Application details
• 67 ELM ST · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Proposed 18 storey building containing 234 hotel suites and retail space.
  Application details
• 50 STEPHANIE ST · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for an 11-storey purpose-built rental residential building atop a 3-storey podium. The proposed development…
  Application details
• 130 ELIZABETH ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 15-storey building at 604-610 Bay Street and a 43-storey building at 130 Elizabeth Street. The proposed development integrates the…
  Application details
• 250 DUNDAS ST W · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2024
  Combined Official Plan Amendment (OPA) & Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) application for an increase in height from 49 to 57-storeys, a reduction in the required…
  Application details

32 more within 500 m.

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