284 Saint Helens Ave

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Lansdowne Subway5 min walk
• 🚇 Bloor UP Express8 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO3.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 11 grocery stores, 98 cafés and restaurants, 13 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Kibo Market (300 m). Nearest park: Erwin Krickhahn Park (350 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Brock Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 79%10 min walk
• St. Sebastian Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 69%12 min walk
• Pauline Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 65%12 min walk
• St. Helen Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 65%13 min walk

Secondary

• La passerelle secondaire French8 min walk
• École secondaire Toronto Ouest French8 min walk
• Bloor Collegiate Institute ALPHA Alternative School Secondary8 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 M6H

Owners / renters

48% / 52%

Median household income

$83,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

11% detached, 18% high-rise

Commute by transit

30%

Population

43,730

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 8.5%, Spanish 2.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.8%, Italian 1.4%.

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 Dufferin Grove (2025): 37% above the Toronto average, down 19% from the year before.

• Assault59% above average
• Break and enter43% above average
• Auto theft51% below average
• Robbery42% above average
• Theft from vehicles32% above 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 22 active

• 90 CROATIA ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Administrative Amendment to 22 129524 STE 09 SA.
• 90 CROATIA ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Administrative Amendment to 22 129491 STE 09 SA.
• 221 STERLING RD · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for three residential towers of 27, 24 and 21 storeys in height. There will be a total gross floor area of 55,236.7 square metres and a…
  Application details
• 158 STERLING RD · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for a 31-storey mixed-use building which includes 25,493m2 of residential gross floor area with 388 residential units and 838m2 of…
  Application details
• 158 STERLING RD · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan application to allow for the construction of a new commercial office building. The proposed building will be 11 storeys (44.86 metres) in height,…
  Application details
• 512 LANSDOWNE AVE · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2022
  The Site is proposed to be redeveloped with a new 28-storey (plus mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building. A total gross floor area of 18,392 square metres is…
  Application details

30 more within 500 m.

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