181 Bedford Road 608

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dupont Subway9 min walk
• 🚇 St. George Subway11 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.7 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 4 grocery stores, 109 cafés and restaurants, 33 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: New Forest Market (250 m). Nearest park: Joseph Tough Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Huron Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 79%, math 59%7 min walk
• Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 71%10 min walk
• Cottingham Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 100%11 min walk

Secondary

• De La Salle College "Oaklands" Private14 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 12 active

• 262 ST GEORGE ST · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Appealed on April 24, 2026.Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for an 18-storey building containing 121 dwelling units, and the adaptive re-use of…
  Application details
• 128 AVENUE RD · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2023
  Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit an 11-storey mixed-use building, containing 60 dwelling units (of which 11 are replacement rental units) and 169…
  Application details
• 116 AVENUE RD · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  The proposal is for a 9-storey (38 metres plus mechanical) mixed-use building with a total of 55 residential dwelling units. The gross floor area is 5,056…
  Application details
• 287 DAVENPORT RD · 50 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval for a 13-storey mixed-use building with 63 residential units.
  Application details
• 321 DAVENPORT RD · 100 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2021
  *** Draft Plan of Condominium for 23 residential units in a 9-storey residential building.
  Application details
• 189 AVENUE RD · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval for an 11-storey mixed-use building containing 18 dwelling units and 400 square metres of non-residential gross floor area.
  Application details

12 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 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (North Toronto Subdivision)250 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

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2022 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to change the use of two (vacant base building) ground floor retail units to a new dental office (medical…
• Interior Alterations · 2021 · Inspection
  Interior alterations to unit 502, include relocated sprinklers
• Electromagnetic Locks · 2020 · Closed
  Insall maglock on level 2 parking garage (5 total)
• New Building · 2020 · Closed
  LEAD FILE - BUILDING A - 181 BEDFORD RD - Proposal to construct a 3 storey residential multi-townhouse building with 8 units. Note: See 17…
• New Building · 2020 · Inspection
  Proposal to construct a 27 storey mixed use builing containing 242 residential units and 211 square metres of commercial space at grade, 3…

7 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

38 City street trees within 100 m. That’s about 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