256 Jarvis St

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 TMU Subway8 min walk
• 🚇 College Subway9 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.7 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 26 grocery stores, 343 cafés and restaurants, 29 parks, 34 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Rabba (50 m). Nearest park: Pitman Quad (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• École élémentaire Gabrielle-Roy French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 88%6 min walk
• Saint Michael's Choir School Catholic7 min walk
• Church Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 45%8 min walk
• Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 30%11 min walk

Secondary

• Collège français French6 min walk
• Native Learning Centre9 min walk
• Jarvis Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 34%, literacy test 80%11 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 M5B

Owners / renters

28% / 72%

Median household income

$58,000

Average age

37

Children under 15

5%

Homes

0% detached, 94% high-rise

Commute by transit

30%

Population

17,422

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 6.8%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.1%, Korean 1.8%, Spanish 1.7%.

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 Downtown Yonge East (2025): 123% above the Toronto average, down 17% from the year before.

• Assault207% above average
• Break and enter45% above average
• Auto theft66% below average
• Robbery83% above average
• Theft from vehicles84% above average
• Shootings47% 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 28 active

• 335 YONGE ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
  This application is to facilitate a Site Plan Agreement for the subject site, which would permit an extension of the temporary use permit for the outdoor…
• 21 MCGILL ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Approval for a 7-storey addition to the existing Covenant House Toronto. The proposal would increase its youth crisis and supportive housing capacity…
  Application details
• 219 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
• 339 GEORGE ST · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Lift the Hold application related to a new 10-storey building, containing 80 emergency shelter beds, 100 transitional shelter beds, 124 long-term care beds, 70…
  Application details
• 33 DUNDAS ST E · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Condominium Standard (Technical Stream) for two units
  Application details
• 211 GERRARD ST E · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 10-storey mixed use building with 60 purpose-built rental units and commercial uses at grade.
  Application details

42 more within 500 m.

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