140 Spruce Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Castle Frank Subway18 min walk
• 🚇 Broadview Subway1.4 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO2.7 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 14 grocery stores, 85 cafés and restaurants, 18 parks, 16 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Rabba (500 m). Nearest park: Riverdale Park West (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Sprucecourt Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 25%3 min walk
• Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 30%11 min walk
• Nelson Mandela Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 17%11 min walk
• Winchester Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 57%13 min walk

Secondary

• SEED Alternative School14 min walk
• Queen Alexandra Middle School15 min walk
• Quest 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 M5A

Owners / renters

35% / 65%

Median household income

$71,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

9%

Homes

0% detached, 78% high-rise

Commute by transit

28%

Population

48,978

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Bengali 1.8%, Mandarin 1.7%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.5%, Spanish 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 Cabbagetown-South St.James Town (2025): 26% above the Toronto average, down 8% from the year before.

• Assault40% above average
• Break and enter70% above average
• Auto theft59% below average
• Robbery85% above average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootingsnone reported

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

• 749 DUNDAS ST E · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application for a mixed-use development comprised of two 48-storey towers containing approximately 1,197 residential…
  Application details
• 620 DUNDAS ST E · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Building 4A Proposal to construct a 26-storey tower, 10 storey mid-rise podium TCHC social housing building with 271 units, retail at grade along Gerrard…
  Application details
• 620 DUNDAS ST E · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2023
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 7 office units.
  Application details
• 325 GERRARD ST E · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2022
  Zoning By-law Amendment application for Phases 4 & 5 of the Regent Park redevelopment. The Phases 4 & 5 lands are generally bounded by Gerrard Street to the…
  Application details
• 125 RIVER ST · 500 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2021
  *** Draft plan of condominium for 430 units.
  Application details
• 125 RIVER ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2020
  39-storey mixed-use building containing 516 residential dwelling units, and zero non-residential gross floor area.
  Application details

3 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

Coming transit

• 🚧 Leslieville Ontario Line1.3 km · opening early 2030s
• 🚧 Moss Park 1.4 km
• 🚧 Gerrard 1.5 km

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

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Don Valley Parkway400 m

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

Heritage Protected

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Heritage Conservation District (Part V) (2005). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Party Wall Admin Permits · 2019 · Closed
  Admin permit related to work being completed under 19-218255
• Party Wall Admin Permits · 2019 · Closed
  Party wall admin permit for work done at 138 Spruce St - See 19-113715

4 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

78 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.

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