224 Queen Street W 2

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Osgoode Subway5 min walk
• 🚇 St. Andrew Subway8 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO16 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 24 grocery stores, 583 cafés and restaurants, 25 parks, 29 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: No Frills (200 m). Nearest park: St. Patrick's Square (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Ogden Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 77%, math 53%7 min walk
• Cornerstone Preparatory School Private10 min walk
• Beverley School12 min walk
• ALPHA Alternative Junior School13 min walk

Secondary

• Contact Alternative School6 min walk
• Heydon Park Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 8%10 min walk
• Subway Academy II Private12 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 M5V

Owners / renters

42% / 58%

Median household income

$91,000

Average age

35

Children under 15

6%

Homes

0% detached, 97% high-rise

Commute by transit

23%

Population

59,912

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 3.7%, Spanish 1.5%, Yue (Cantonese) 1%, Hindi 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 35 active

• 17 ST PATRICK ST · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Proposed development for the Canada Life Campus include: Retention of the existing office buildings with minor alterations at 330 University Avenue, 180 Simcoe…
  Application details
• 160 JOHN ST · 150 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
  Proposed change of use from office to a hotel occupancy with ground floor modifications.
  Application details
• 50 STEPHANIE ST · 250 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
• 276 KING ST W · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2025
  OPA and rezoning for amendments to modify the performance standards applicable to the mixed-use building to be located at 274-284 King Street West on the West…
  Application details
• 55 JOHN ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for the relocation of Toronto Fire and Emergency Service Station 332 to the south side of Metro Hall.
  Application details
• 111 PETER ST · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2024
  Zoning By-law Amendment for a new 52-story residential tower atop of the existing 9-story office building with ground-floor retail. This design includes 852…
  Application details

42 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 1 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Osgoode 250 m
• 🚧 Chinatown 550 m
• 🚧 Queen 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

Heritage Protected

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Heritage Conservation District (Part V) (2007). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2025 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alteration to change the use from office to pilates, yoga and wellness center.
• Interior Alterations · 2021 · Cancelled
  Proposal for interior alterations to return the existing 2nd floor level to base building condition.
• Interior Alterations · 2020 · Closed
  Revision - see bubbled areas.Interior alterations to existing restaurant and kitchen exhaust, for tenant Salad King.Occupant load - 140…
• Interior Alterations · 2019 · Closed
  interior alterations to restaurant (less than 30 seats)
• Re-Roofing/Re-Cladding · 2018 · Cancelled
  Proposal for exterior re-cladding to the east face of an existing restaurant - "The Captain's Boil".See related permit 16-109844…

20 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

56 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.