The Bedford

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dupont Subway9 min walk
• 🚇 St. George Subway10 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 5 grocery stores, 113 cafés and restaurants, 32 parks, 8 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: New Forest Market (300 m). Nearest park: Joseph Tough Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Huron Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 79%, math 59%7 min walk
• Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 71%10 min walk
• Cottingham Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 100%11 min walk

Secondary

• De La Salle College "Oaklands" Private14 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 M5R

Owners / renters

39% / 61%

Median household income

$86,000

Average age

46

Children under 15

8%

Homes

5% detached, 54% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

26,197

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 1.3%, Spanish 1%, Yue (Cantonese) 0.7%, Iranian Persian 0.6%.

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 Annex (2025): 35% above the Toronto average, down 12% from the year before.

• Assault41% above average
• Break and enter104% above average
• Auto theft48% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings36% 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 12 active

• 262 ST GEORGE ST · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Appealed on April 24, 2026.Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for an 18-storey building containing 121 dwelling units, and the adaptive re-use of…
  Application details
• 128 AVENUE RD · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2023
  Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit an 11-storey mixed-use building, containing 60 dwelling units (of which 11 are replacement rental units) and 169…
  Application details
• 116 AVENUE RD · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  The proposal is for a 9-storey (38 metres plus mechanical) mixed-use building with a total of 55 residential dwelling units. The gross floor area is 5,056…
  Application details
• 287 DAVENPORT RD · 0 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval for a 13-storey mixed-use building with 63 residential units.
  Application details
• 321 DAVENPORT RD · 150 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2021
  *** Draft Plan of Condominium for 23 residential units in a 9-storey residential building.
  Application details
• 189 AVENUE RD · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval for an 11-storey mixed-use building containing 18 dwelling units and 400 square metres of non-residential gross floor area.
  Application details

12 more within 500 m.

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