1300 Bay Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Bay Subway4 min walk
• 🚇 Bloor-Yonge Subway7 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 209 cafés and restaurants, 34 parks, 12 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Orchards Marketplace (350 m). Nearest park: Jesse Ketchum Park (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 71%2 min walk
• Rosedale Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 100%14 min walk
• Cottingham Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 100%15 min walk
• Huron Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 79%, math 59%15 min walk

Secondary

• St. Joseph's College School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 66%, literacy test 87%14 min walk
• Msgr Fraser College - Isabella Campus Catholic18 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 24 active

• 2 BLOOR ST E · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a self-storage warehouse use on floors 2-5 (formely The Bay retail space). The existing ground floor retail unit will be…
  Application details
• 27-29 YORKVILLE AVE · 150 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Condominium Application for North Tower B with 760 residential units proposed.
  Application details
• 27-29 YORKVILLE AVE · 150 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2026
  An application for Draft Plan of Condominium. The application proposes to create 378 residential units.
  Application details
• 38 PARK RD · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Proposed 31-storey (107.9 metres) purpose-built rental building and the restoration and adaptive reuse of the heritage building at 50 Park Road, which is…
  Application details
• 55 BELMONT ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Proposed 11-storey addition that will add 168 long-term care beds and 30 assisted living units at the north end of the existing long-term care home for seniors.
  Application details
• 200 CUMBERLAND ST · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2024
  Amendment to Approved Condo Plan. Condo Exemption process
  Application details

33 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 3 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 OR

Open Space Recreation.

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

• Interior Alterations · 2026 · Cancelled
  TENANT FIT- UP INTERIOR ALTERATIONS
• Multiple Projects · 2019 · Permit Issued
  Remove interior glass walls and add 2 new sinks. Change from office to beauty salon
• Interior Alterations · 2015 · Inspection
  Make interior alterations to suite 101 on the ground floor of the existing office building for medical office ( DAVIS ORTHODONTICS)…

1 permit 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

31 City street trees within 100 m, mostly honeys. That’s fewer 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.