1281 Queen Street W

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dufferin Subway2.1 km
• 🚇 Lansdowne Subway2.2 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO1.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 13 grocery stores, 122 cafés and restaurants, 21 parks, 10 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Queen Fresh Market (100 m). Nearest park: Masaryk Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Holy Family Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 42%6 min walk
• Parkdale Junior and Senior Public School7 min walk
• The Grove Community School9 min walk
• Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 74%, math 40%9 min walk

Secondary

• Parkdale Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 61%, literacy test 86%5 min walk
• City View Alternative Senior School14 min walk
• École secondaire catholique Saint-Frère-André Catholic · French1.3 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 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 14 active

• 1325 QUEEN ST W · 150 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 · 450 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
• 1339 KING ST W · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control application for a new 10-storey infill residential building with 92 affordable rental units. The existing apartment building ('Phoenix…
  Application details
• 145 COWAN AVE · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  This proposal was appealed to the OLT and subsequently settled with Council adoption in April 2025. The proposal is for an 18-storey (57m excluding mechanical…
  Application details
• 1437 QUEEN ST W · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2023
  The application proposes to demolish the existing buildings and construct a new 12-storey mixed use building containing 249 dwelling units. The proposed…
  Application details
• 1437 QUEEN ST W · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  The application proposes to demolish the existing buildings and construct a new 12-storey mixed use building containing 249 dwelling units. The proposed…
  Application details

18 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 1.2 km · opening 2031

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

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Galt Subdivision)250 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

No building permits at this address since 2014.

6 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

68 City street trees within 100 m. 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.