243 College Street 400/500

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Queen's Park Subway11 min walk
• 🚇 St. Patrick Subway14 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO2.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 349 cafés and restaurants, 20 parks, 25 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: 大統華 T&T Supermarket (200 m). Nearest park: Lillian H. Smith Park (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Lord Lansdowne Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 81%4 min walk
• da Vinci School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 80%, math 70%4 min walk
• Beverley School5 min walk
• Westside Montessori School Private7 min walk

Secondary

• Subway Academy II Private5 min walk
• Heydon Park Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 8%7 min walk
• Downtown Vocal Music Academy of Toronto 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 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 5 active

• 309 AUGUSTA AVE · 350 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
• 199 COLLEGE ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Related App 22 150580 STE 11 OZSite Plan application for proposal for a 31-storey mixed-use building containing 492 purpose-built rental units. The proposed…
  Application details
• 240 MC CAUL ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposed 18-storey Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) building that would contain 200 suites comprised of 1- and 2-bedroom suites, office space for RMHC,…
  Application details
• 502 SPADINA AVE · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposed nine-storey mixed-use building with a residential gross floor area of 8,213 square metres, including 109 affordable rental units, and a…
  Application details
• 353 COLLEGE ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2018
  Proposal for site plan approval related to a five storey addition to existing hostel with portion of ground floor to be used as retail
  Application details
• 199 COLLEGE ST · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2026
  Combined Official Plan Amendment (OPA) & Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) application for an increase in height from 31to 45-storeys, with a total of 694 units…
  Application details

6 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 1.0 km
• 🚧 Osgoode 1.2 km
• 🚧 King West GO Transit1.5 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.

Heritage Listed

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Listed. The City must get 60 days’ notice before demolition, and it can move to designate the property.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Electromagnetic Locks · 2022 · Closed
  Proposal to install 2 maglocks in third floor
• Interior Alterations · 2022 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to existig office space on the 3rd floor.
• Electromagnetic Locks · 2022 · Closed
  Proposal to install 4 eletromagnetic locks on 4th and 5th floor (2 on each floor)4th floor: Elevator Lobby (402) and Freight Elevator Lobby…
• Multiple Projects · 2022 · Closed
  Proposal for interior & exterior alterations to an existing office on the 4th & 5th floor levels for a new tenant (Social Media). Work…
• Building Permit Related · 2021 · Application Acceptable
  FS - Sprinkler Shop Drawing - Proposalfor interior alterations for office 4th and 5th floors

5 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.