8 Colborne St

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 King Subway1 min walk
• 🚇 Union Subway7 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO9 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 24 grocery stores, 398 cafés and restaurants, 23 parks, 26 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: The Market by Longo's (250 m). Nearest park: Berczy Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Downtown Alternative School8 min walk
• St. Michael Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 36%9 min walk
• Saint Michael's Choir School Catholic11 min walk
• École élémentaire Gabrielle-Roy French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 88%15 min walk

Secondary

• Contact Alternative School1.2 km
• Inglenook Community School
  EQAO: literacy test 50%1.5 km
• Collège français French1.5 km

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 M5E

Owners / renters

42% / 58%

Median household income

$98,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

6%

Homes

0% detached, 99% high-rise

Commute by transit

17%

Population

11,779

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 3.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.1%, Spanish 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 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 25 active

• 69 YONGE ST · 100 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
• 63 ADELAIDE ST E · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a new 63-storey mixed-use building, containing approximately 370 dwelling units.
  Application details
• 1 FRONT ST W · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a 2 tower mixed-use building (45 and 49 storeys) atop the historic Dominion Public Building. There are no…
  Application details
• 60 YONGE ST · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Proposed redevelopment of the 12-storey office building at 60 Yonge Street with a 65-storey mixed-use building that includes a 5-storey base building, topped…
  Application details
• 114 CHURCH ST · 350 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Standard condominium application to create 592 residential units within a 48-storey mixed-use building. There will be 4 levels of below grade parking.
  Application details
• 55 YONGE ST · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2024
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a 68-storey residential building with at-grade retail space and 836 residential dwelling units.
  Application details

28 more within 500 m.

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