128 Wells Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Bathurst Subway8 min walk
• 🚇 Dupont Subway10 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO3.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 14 grocery stores, 138 cafés and restaurants, 24 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Summerhill Market (100 m). Nearest park: Vermont Square Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Palmerston Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 73%5 min walk
• Hawthorne II Bilingual Alternative Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 67%12 min walk
• Huron Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 79%, math 59%13 min walk
• Essex Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 28%13 min walk

Secondary

• Monsignor Fraser College - Annex Campus Catholic6 min walk
• Apollo High School11 min walk
• Central Technical School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 34%, literacy test 74%14 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 M5R

Owners / renters

39% / 61%

Median household income

$86,000

Average age

46

Children under 15

8%

Homes

5% detached, 54% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

26,197

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 1.3%, Spanish 1%, Yue (Cantonese) 0.7%, Iranian Persian 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 Annex (2025): 35% above the Toronto average, down 12% from the year before.

• Assault41% above average
• Break and enter104% above average
• Auto theft48% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings36% 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

• 864 BATHURST ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  The proposal involves a 3-storey addition to the existing 2-storey building, resulting in a 5-storey mixed-use building. The development would retain medical…
  Application details
• 175 LOWTHER AVE · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Lift the hold ('H') application for By-law 410-2024.
  Application details
• 175 LOWTHER AVE · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 11-storey residential building with 64 dwelling units, including the retention of part of the heritage building at 171 Lowther Avenue.
  Application details
• 40 WALMER RD · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 25-storey building with a mix of rental replacement units (33 units) and condominium ownership units, totalling 253 units.
  Application details
• 38 WALMER RD · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan application to permit a 25-storey mixed use building containing 211 dwelling units and 1,950 square metres of non-residential GFA, including retail,…
  Application details
• 388 DUPONT ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Proposal revised:A 16-storey mixed-use building with a wrapped MPH/Amenity at Level 16. Proposal contains 257 dwelling units and 811 square metres of at-grade…
  Application details

7 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

Noise Nothing major nearby

No highway within 500 m, rail line within 300 m, or airport flight path nearby.

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

What can be built R

Residential (with a site-specific exception).

• ✅ Up to 6 homes on the lot (multiplex): a sixplex ward
• ✅ Garden suite in the backyard
• ✅ Laneway suite, if the lot backs onto a lane

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

Building permits

• Addition · 2015 · Closed
  Proposal for a third storey family room addition at existing single family semi-detached dwelling.
• Interior Alterations · 2015 · Closed
  REVISION: Proposal to make changes to layout of all existing floor plans. Proposal for minor interior work and a couple of new openings at…

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

Trees

71 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. That’s more than 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