996 Queen St E

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Pape Subway2.1 km
• 🚇 Chester Subway2.1 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 11 grocery stores, 91 cafés and restaurants, 20 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: The Source Bulk Foods (200 m). Nearest park: John Chang Neighbourhood Park (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Morse Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 71%2 min walk
• Bruce Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 43%8 min walk
• Dundas Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 66%, math 53%11 min walk
• St. Joseph Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 92%, math 58%13 min walk

Secondary

• Queen Alexandra Middle School13 min walk
• SEED Alternative School13 min walk
• Eastdale Collegiate Institute14 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 M4M

Owners / renters

56% / 44%

Median household income

$99,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

14%

Homes

6% detached, 25% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

25,052

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Yue (Cantonese) 6.3%, Mandarin 3.5%, Vietnamese 1.5%, Spanish 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 South Riverdale (2025): about the Toronto average, down 17% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter40% above average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles65% above average
• Shootings61% 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 7 active

• 65-87 HEWARD AVE · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Official Plan Amendment (OPA) to re-designate the subject site from Core Employment Areas to Mixed Use Areas to permit future mixed-use development. The OPA…
  Application details
• 462 EASTERN AVE · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 1 storey retail condominium, consisting of 5 retail condominium units and 10 parking units.
  Application details
• 929 QUEEN ST E · 100 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2023
  Application for Site Plan Control to permit a 9-storey mixed use building, containing 78 rental units and 195 square metres of commercial gross floor area.
  Application details
• 675 EASTERN AVE · 500 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2020
  Site Plan approval application for the construction of a private road with public access easement to connect Eastern Ave and Lake Shore Blvd E, as contemplated…
  Application details
• 65-87 HEWARD AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2019
  Gold Star Site Plan Approval application for a proposed 6-storey non-residential building comprised of 10,420 square metres floor area and containing retail,…
  Application details
• 1001 QUEEN ST E · 150 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2018
  Site Plan Control application fpr a proposed mixed use building with an overall height of 6-storeys (inclusive of mechanical). A total of 16 residential units…
  Application details

5 more within 500 m.

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