253 Gerrard Street E

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 College Subway17 min walk
• 🚇 TMU Subway18 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO2.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 18 grocery stores, 137 cafés and restaurants, 21 parks, 21 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: No Frills (200 m). Nearest park: Anniversary Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 30%3 min walk
• Winchester Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 57%8 min walk
• Sprucecourt Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 25%9 min walk
• École élémentaire Gabrielle-Roy French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 88%10 min walk

Secondary

• Collège français French11 min walk
• Jarvis Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 34%, literacy test 80%12 min walk
• Native Learning Centre14 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 Moss Park (2025): 119% above the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault190% above average
• Break and enter85% above average
• Auto theft64% below average
• Robbery112% above average
• Theft from vehicles30% above average
• Shootings58% 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 13 active

• 306 GERRARD ST E · 200 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
• 405 SHERBOURNE ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
  Site Plan Control Application for a 35-storey (112.6) metre building (excluding mechanical penthouse) 25,069 square metres of residential gross floor area and…
  Application details
• 500 DUNDAS ST E · 400 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
• 345 GEORGE ST · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Lift the Hold application related to a new 10-storey building, containing 80 emergency shelter beds, 100 transitional shelter beds, 124 long-term care beds, 70…
  Application details
• 219 GERRARD ST E · 200 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 · 250 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

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

• 🚧 Moss Park 850 m
• 🚧 Distillery District 1.2 km
• 🚧 Queen 1.3 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

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

11 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 3 new homes.

Permits filed with the City of Toronto. A permit doesn’t mean the work passed final inspection.

Trees

65 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.