20 Cole Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 TMU Subway1.3 km
• 🚇 College Subway1.4 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO2.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 13 grocery stores, 113 cafés and restaurants, 22 parks, 19 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: FreshCo (50 m). Nearest park: Oak Street Parkette (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 30%2 min walk
• Nelson Mandela Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 17%7 min walk
• Sprucecourt Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 25%8 min walk
• St. Paul Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 50%9 min walk

Secondary

• Inglenook Community School
  EQAO: literacy test 50%14 min walk
• Collège français French16 min walk
• Jarvis Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 34%, literacy test 80%17 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 Regent Park (2025): about the Toronto average, down 7% from the year before.

• Assault23% above average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft58% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles41% below average
• Shootings27% 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 8 active

• 308 GERRARD ST E · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Approval for an 11-storey mixed-use building containing 228 market and affordable residential units, plus office and community program space.
  Application details
• 500 DUNDAS ST E · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2026
  Proposed 35-storey mixed use building (122.2 metres, including mechanical penthouse), containing 413 dwelling units and a minimum of 200 square metres of…
  Application details
• 219 GERRARD ST E · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 10-storey mixed use building with 60 purpose-built rental units and commercial uses at grade.
  Application details
• 325 GERRARD ST E · 200 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 · 300 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2023
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 7 office units.
  Application details
• 325 GERRARD ST E · 200 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

10 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 2 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Moss Park 800 m
• 🚧 Distillery District 1000 m
• 🚧 Queen 1.4 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.

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

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

79 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