161 Winchester Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Castle Frank Subway14 min walk
• 🚇 Broadview Subway1.2 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO2.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 13 grocery stores, 68 cafés and restaurants, 17 parks, 15 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Star Fruit Market (400 m). Nearest park: Riverdale Park West (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Sprucecourt Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 25%4 min walk
• Winchester Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 57%9 min walk
• Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 30%12 min walk
• Rose Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 67%, math 14%13 min walk

Secondary

• Rosedale Heights School of the Arts
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 66%, literacy test 95%13 min walk
• CALC Secondary School14 min walk
• Quest Alternative Senior School16 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 M4X

Owners / renters

15% / 85%

Median household income

$58,800

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

1% detached, 81% high-rise

Commute by transit

44%

Population

19,896

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5.2%, Tamil 2.7%, Spanish 1.6%, Mandarin 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 1 active

• 509 PARLIAMENT ST · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  Zoning By-law Amendment law to permit the development of site for a 10-storey mixed-use building (38.6 metres) with retail at-grade (278 square metres) and 60…
  Application details
• 340 GERRARD ST E · 450 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval to convert the existing three-storey building to an office and community use.
  Application details

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

• 🚧 Moss Park 1.5 km
• 🚧 Leslieville Ontario Line1.6 km · opening early 2030s
• 🚧 Gerrard 1.7 km

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

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

Heritage Protected

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Heritage Conservation District (Part V) (2004). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Trees

86 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