585 Bloor St E

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Castle Frank Subway4 min walk
• 🚇 Sherbourne Subway6 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 65 cafés and restaurants, 18 parks, 14 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Wan2 supermarket (0 m). Nearest park: Dr. Gordon Chong park (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Rose Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 67%, math 14%3 min walk
• Winchester Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 57%10 min walk
• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 43%11 min walk
• Rosedale Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 100%16 min walk

Secondary

• Rosedale Heights School of the Arts
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 66%, literacy test 95%8 min walk
• Msgr Fraser College - Isabella Campus Catholic8 min walk
• Jarvis Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 34%, literacy test 80%12 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 M4W

Owners / renters

56% / 44%

Median household income

$104,000

Average age

45

Children under 15

9%

Homes

18% detached, 63% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

15,296

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 2.8%, Iranian Persian 1%, Spanish 0.9%, Korean 0.8%.

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 North St.James Town (2025): 24% above the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault67% above average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft62% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles35% below average
• Shootings48% 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 6 active

• 240 WELLESLEY ST E · 450 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Under Review · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Subdivision to establish two development blocks with pedestrian and vehicular connections into and through the subject site. A new public park…
  Application details
• 37 LINDEN ST · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  Official Plan Amendment & Rezoning for a 69-storey residential building that will contain 872 residential dwelling units (including rental replacement units).
  Application details
• 576 SHERBOURNE ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Site Plan Application for a 61-storey residential building that will contain 716 residential dwelling units (including 45 replacement rental units).
  Application details
• 240 WELLESLEY ST E · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval application to permit three new buildings on the lands, comprising a 47-storey mixed-use building with 5,770 square metres of…
  Application details
• 26 LINDEN ST · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2021
  Proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment for 59-storey (west tower) and 48-storey (east tower) mixed-use buildings that will include: affordable…
  Application details
• 7 HOWARD ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2018
  Site Plan Control application for a 51-storey mixed use building with a GFA of 35,000 sq. m with 499 sq. m of retail space and 511 residential units, and the…
  Application details

5 more within 500 m.

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