222 Spadina Avenue 134 & 135

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Patrick Subway14 min walk
• 🚇 Osgoode Subway14 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 22 grocery stores, 531 cafés and restaurants, 21 parks, 26 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Kai Wei Supermarket (150 m). Nearest park: Randy Padmore Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Ogden Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 77%, math 53%4 min walk
• Ryerson Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 65%, math 26%6 min walk
• ALPHA Alternative Junior School9 min walk
• Beverley School9 min walk

Secondary

• Downtown Vocal Music Academy of Toronto Private6 min walk
• Heydon Park Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 8%8 min walk
• Oasis Alternative Secondary School9 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 14 active

• 50 STEPHANIE ST · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for an 11-storey purpose-built rental residential building atop a 3-storey podium. The proposed development…
  Application details
• 8 CAMDEN ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Site Plan Application to permit a 19-storey mixed use building with retail space on the ground floor and 200 residential units above.
  Application details
• 35 CAMDEN ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Site plan control resubmission for a 18-storey (57.85m including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with retail space on the ground floor and 255…
  Application details
• 443 QUEEN ST W · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Queen-Spadina Ontario Line
  Application details
• 457 RICHMOND ST W · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Site Plan Control application to facilitate the development of a 19-storey mixed use building with a height of 57 metres, 140 residential units and 107 square…
  Application details
• 444 RICHMOND ST W · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval application for a proposed 19-storey mixed-use building comprised of 117 residential dwelling units, 339 square metres of retail space on…
  Application details

20 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 250 m
• 🚧 King West GO Transit850 m
• 🚧 Osgoode 900 m

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

Building permits

• Temporary Structures · 2024 · Cancelled
  Propose to erect a temporary stage on the street near 222 Spadina Avunue for the 2024 Toronto Chinatown Festival, erect on August 17th at…
• Other · 2023 · Closed
  The existing restaurant unit (Unit 15 on Concourse Level of Chinatown Centre) is being altered to standing room only. Interior layout to…
• Electromagnetic Locks · 2022 · Closed
  Proposal to install magnetic locks on the doors
• Interior Alterations · 2022 · Closed
  Revision 02 - The new speaker/strobes in suites and new strobes in the corridors will be connected to the Simplex 4100ES fire alarm system,…
• Interior Alterations · 2021 · Closed
  The existing restaurant unit (Unit 15 on Concourse Level-of Chinatown Centre) is being altered to suit requirements of a seafood restaurant…

12 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

67 City street trees within 100 m, mostly honeys. 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.