550 Queens Quay W

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Andrew Subway1.5 km
• 🚇 Union Subway1.6 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 9 grocery stores, 111 cafés and restaurants, 26 parks, 11 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Loblaws (250 m). Nearest park: Toronto Music Garden (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• The Waterfront School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 71%3 min walk
• Bishop Macdonell Catholic Elementary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 64%4 min walk
• Jean Lumb Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 65%5 min walk
• ALPHA Alternative Junior School15 min walk

Secondary

• City School
  EQAO: literacy test 58%2 min walk
• Oasis Alternative Secondary School15 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 M5V

Owners / renters

42% / 58%

Median household income

$91,000

Average age

35

Children under 15

6%

Homes

0% detached, 97% high-rise

Commute by transit

23%

Population

59,912

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 3.7%, Spanish 1.5%, Yue (Cantonese) 1%, Hindi 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 Harbourfront-CityPlace (2025): about the Toronto average, up 14% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter25% below average
• Auto theft75% below average
• Robbery39% below average
• Theft from vehicles42% below average
• Shootingsabout 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 7 active

• 10 LOWER SPADINA AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Application for a 49-storey mixed use building (not including mechanical penthouse), containing approximately 128 square metres of non-residential…
  Application details
• 10 LOWER SPADINA AVE · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2024
  Zoning By-law Amendment application for a 49-storey mixed use building (not including mechanical penthouse), containing approximately 128 square metres of…
  Application details
• 545 LAKE SHORE BLVD W · 200 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2021
  *** Draft Plan of Condominium for 419 units.
  Application details
• 545 LAKE SHORE BLVD W · 200 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Block A contemplates a dedicated commercial development that maintains the heritage component of the existing building. An additional 2 storeys is proposed to…
  Application details
• 545 LAKE SHORE BLVD W · 200 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Application details
• 470 R LAKE SHORE BLVD W · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2021
  Zoning by-law amendment application to facilitate the development of 5,509 square metres of non-residential retail space located below the Gardiner Expressway.
  Application details

1 more within 500 m.

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