255 Richmond St E

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Queen Subway11 min walk
• 🚇 King Subway11 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 17 grocery stores, 264 cafés and restaurants, 24 parks, 23 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Parsian Fine Foods (250 m). Nearest park: Moss Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• École élémentaire Gabrielle-Roy French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 88%7 min walk
• Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 50%8 min walk
• St. Michael Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 36%9 min walk
• Downtown Alternative School9 min walk

Secondary

• Inglenook Community School
  EQAO: literacy test 50%14 min walk
• Collège français French1.2 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 M5A

Owners / renters

35% / 65%

Median household income

$71,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

9%

Homes

0% detached, 78% high-rise

Commute by transit

28%

Population

48,978

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Bengali 1.8%, Mandarin 1.7%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.5%, Spanish 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 Moss Park (2025): 119% above the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault190% above average
• Break and enter85% above average
• Auto theft64% below average
• Robbery112% above average
• Theft from vehicles30% above average
• Shootings58% 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 37 active

• 134 JARVIS ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Proposed 11-space surface commercial parking lot.
  Application details
• 231 RICHMOND ST E · 50 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 39-storey mixed-use development with four levels of underground parking, and containing 516 residential dwelling units.
  Application details
• 207 JARVIS ST · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  This application proposes to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a 32-storey mixed-use building, containing 315 dwelling units (including 38…
  Application details
• 65 ADELAIDE ST E · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a new 63-storey mixed-use building, containing approximately 370 dwelling units.
  Application details
• 120 CHURCH ST · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Standard condominium application to create 592 residential units within a 48-storey mixed-use building. There will be 4 levels of below grade parking.
  Application details
• 191 SHERBOURNE ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan application to permit two tall buildings (39- and 40-storeys), containing 693 new residential dwelling units, 525 square metres of non-residential…
  Application details

52 more within 500 m.

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