21 KENSINGTON Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Patrick Subway15 min walk
• 🚇 Queen's Park Subway17 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 20 grocery stores, 477 cafés and restaurants, 19 parks, 28 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Fruit Mart (100 m). Nearest park: Bellevue Square Park (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Ryerson Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 65%, math 26%5 min walk
• Westside Montessori School Private7 min walk
• Beverley School8 min walk
• Ogden Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 77%, math 53%8 min walk

Secondary

• Downtown Vocal Music Academy of Toronto Private5 min walk
• Subway Academy II Private7 min walk
• Heydon Park Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 8%7 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 M5T

Owners / renters

32% / 68%

Median household income

$61,600

Average age

42

Children under 15

7%

Homes

1% detached, 56% high-rise

Commute by transit

24%

Population

17,903

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 10.4%, Yue (Cantonese) 9.2%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Spanish 1%.

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 Kensington-Chinatown (2025): 126% above the Toronto average, down 13% from the year before.

• Assault163% above average
• Break and enter134% above average
• Auto theft47% below average
• Robbery146% above average
• Theft from vehicles302% above average
• Shootings169% above 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 3 active

• 309 AUGUSTA AVE · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Proposed six storey hotel with restaurant components containing 2194sqm of non-residential gross floor area. No parking is proposed.
  Application details
• 184 SPADINA AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval for a hotel development comprised of two towers, one fronting Spadina Avenue (14 storeys - 41.45 metres including the mechanical penthouse)…
  Application details
• 571 DUNDAS ST W · 100 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2017
  Draft Plan of Subdivision to update the Master Plan approved in 2011.
  Application details
• 571 DUNDAS ST W · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2026
  Zoning By-law Amendment application to lift the hold ('H') to By-law 842-2020 (Alexandra Park Phase 2B, Sites 9 and 17).
  Application details
• 104 BEVERLEY ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2025
  To construct a 4-storey 12-unit rental apartment building at rear of an existing apartment building.
  Application details
• 571 DUNDAS ST W · 100 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 188 residential dwelling units.
  Application details

8 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

• 🚧 Chinatown 550 m
• 🚧 King West GO Transit1.0 km
• 🚧 Osgoode 1.1 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 CR

Commercial Residential (with a site-specific exception).

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: Designated (Part IV) (2025). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Other · 2018 · Inspection
  Construction of a new rear roof top deck on the second floor of a mixed use building
• Deck · 2017 · Cancelled
  Construction of a new roof top deck on one storey portion of the rear of existing three storey townhouse dwelling.

2 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

15 City street trees within 100 m. 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.