1205 Queen Street W

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dufferin Subway2.1 km
• 🚇 Lansdowne Subway2.2 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO16 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 19 grocery stores, 163 cafés and restaurants, 23 parks, 13 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Metro (150 m). Nearest park: Gwynne Avenue Parkette (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• The Grove Community School7 min walk
• Alexander Muir/Gladstone Avenue Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 42%8 min walk
• Holy Family Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 42%9 min walk
• Parkdale Junior and Senior Public School11 min walk

Secondary

• Parkdale Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 61%, literacy test 86%9 min walk
• City View Alternative Senior 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 M6K

Owners / renters

31% / 69%

Median household income

$72,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

8%

Homes

2% detached, 67% high-rise

Commute by transit

35%

Population

42,110

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tibetan 3.3%, Portuguese 2.5%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.2%.

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 Parkdale (2025): about the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault48% above average
• Break and enter27% above average
• Auto theft68% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout 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 13 active

• 1187 KING ST W · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  The proposed development consists of a 37-storey mixed-use building containing hotel and residential uses. Office and commercial uses will be maintained on…
  Application details
• 1325 QUEEN ST W · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Approval for a 16-storey mixed-use building containing 175 rental residential units and approximately 2,482 sq.m of community-serving space.
  Application details
• 450 DUFFERIN ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Proposed 18-storey mixed-use purpose-built rental building with 364 sqm of non-residental GFA, and 176 units including 6 affordable rental units.Refer to Minor…
  Application details
• 1153 QUEEN ST W · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2024
  Zoning By-law Amendment for a 27-storey mixed-use building with retail at-grade. There will be 367 dwelling units, including 10 rental replacement units.
  Application details
• 23 NORTHCOTE AVE · 300 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Condominium for a 3-storey residential building comprised of 2 residential units.
  Application details
• 121 SUDBURY ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Construction of the King-Liberty SmartTrack station, including three station entrances outside the rail corridor, two pedestrian bridges and an island platform…
  Application details

16 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 4 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Exhibition 1.0 km · opening 2031

Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Weston Subdivision)100 m

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

What can be built CR

Commercial Residential (with a site-specific exception).

From Toronto’s Zoning By-law 569-2013 map. Lot size, setbacks and trees decide what actually fits; check with a planner before you buy.

Full lot check · Run the numbers

Heritage Protected

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Heritage Conservation District (Part V) (2022). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2025 · Closed
  Proposal to interior alterations for new Cafe
• Multiple Projects · 2020 · Closed
  Interior alterations to change use from takeout and increase seating Unit 4 *Matts Burger Lab* No plumbing or HVAC modifications.
• Interior Alterations · 2016 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to the ground floor retail unit 8.
• Interior Alterations · 2016 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to unit #4 for new caterer's shop - "Kitson & Co" (no seating)
• Interior Alterations · 2015 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to existing ground floor unit #2 for new take-out restaurant (30M2)- "Revitasize Juice"

14 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years.

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

Trees

39 City street trees within 100 m. 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.