1185 The Queensway Avenue 1001

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Kipling Subway2.1 km
• 🚆 Kipling GO2.0 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 27 cafés and restaurants, 5 parks, 4 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Longo's (200 m). Nearest park: Senator Marian Maloney Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Castlebar Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 83%, math 80%17 min walk
• High Park Centennial Montessori School Private1.3 km
• Norseman Junior Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 67%1.4 km
• St. Louis Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 43%1.7 km

Secondary

• Etobicoke School of the Arts
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 68%, literacy test 92%1.8 km
• Bishop Allen Academy Catholic Secondary School Catholic · Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 81%, literacy test 94%1.9 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 M8Z

Owners / renters

80% / 20%

Median household income

$111,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

15%

Homes

55% detached, 23% high-rise

Commute by transit

18%

Population

19,312

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tibetan 2.5%, Italian 1.8%, Portuguese 1.4%, Polish 1.3%.

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 Etobicoke City Centre (2025): 55% above the Toronto average, down 9% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft167% above average
• Robbery139% above average
• Theft from vehicles32% above average
• Shootings98% 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 6 active

• 1230 THE QUEENSWAY · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  The proposed redevelopment includes a 13-storey mixed-use building containing 175 purpose-built residential rental units with ground floor retail. The…
  Application details
• 16 ARNOLD ST · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2024
  This Official Plan Amendment application proposes to re-designate the site from "Core Employment Areas" to "Mixed Use Areas" designation to permit a future…
  Application details
• 1049 THE QUEENSWAY · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2022
  Proposal to lift the 'H' to permit a 12-storey mixed-use building containing 321 dwelling units.
  Application details
• 1049 THE QUEENSWAY · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval - Proposed development of a 12-storey mixed use building containing 321 dwelling units, 715 square metres of retail space at grade, and two…
  Application details
• 35 ZORRA ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2020
  Phase 3 of IQ development consisting of 915 units housed in three towers connected via a three-storey podium. The towers are proposed at 19, 26 and 42 storeys.…
  Application details
• 1061 THE QUEENSWAY · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2014
  Proposed amendments to the Official Plan and Etobicoke Zoning Code to permit the development of three residential apartments (26-, 34- and 43-storeys) on a…
  Application details

12 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 12 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Gardiner Expressway300 m

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2020 · Closed
  Proposed interior alterations in unit 6 for condominium sales office
• Interior Alterations · 2018 · Closed
  Proposal to construct interior alterations to convert vacant unit to a Dental Office.
• Interior Alterations · 2016 · Closed
  Construct interior alterations for the commerical unit 4 (81.8m2)RETAIL NO MASSAGE SERVICES.
• Interior Alterations · 2016 · Closed
  Interior alteration for new tenant fit up - Retail sales of baked goods

9 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 1 new home.

Permits filed with the City of Toronto. A permit doesn’t mean the work passed final inspection.

Trees

49 City street trees within 100 m, mostly ginkgos. That’s about the Toronto average of 42.

Trees on City boulevards only, not private yards or parks.

Internet High-speed

50/10 Mbps or faster available here by cable, fibre or DSL (the federal high-speed target).

From the federal broadband map. Check exact speeds and providers for the address.

Short-term rentals

Only in your principal residence (where you live). The entire home can be rented up to 180 nights a year; renting up to 3 bedrooms while you live there has no limit. Hosts register with the City and collect the 6% accommodation tax.

City rules