256 Adelaide Street E 101

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 King Subway10 min walk
• 🚇 Queen Subway11 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO18 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 19 grocery stores, 268 cafés and restaurants, 25 parks, 23 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Bulk Barn (200 m). Nearest park: St. James Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Michael Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 36%7 min walk
• Downtown Alternative School7 min walk
• Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 50%8 min walk
• École élémentaire Gabrielle-Roy French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 88%9 min walk

Secondary

• Inglenook Community School
  EQAO: literacy test 50%15 min walk
• Collège français French1.3 km

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 34 active

• 134 JARVIS ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Proposed 11-space surface commercial parking lot.
  Application details
• 231 RICHMOND ST E · 100 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 39-storey mixed-use development with four levels of underground parking, and containing 516 residential dwelling units.
  Application details
• 65 ADELAIDE ST E · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a new 63-storey mixed-use building, containing approximately 370 dwelling units.
  Application details
• 114 CHURCH ST · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Standard condominium application to create 592 residential units within a 48-storey mixed-use building. There will be 4 levels of below grade parking.
  Application details
• 150 SHERBOURNE ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Control application for a 7,544.3 square metres City of Toronto community centre to replace the existing John Innes Community Centre.
  Application details
• 298 KING ST E · 450 m
  Site Plan · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  Site Plan Application for a 42-storey (139.90 metres including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with 1,188 square metres of commercial uses at grade…
  Application details

46 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

• 🚧 Moss Park 300 m
• 🚧 Distillery District 550 m
• 🚧 Queen 700 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

No building permits at this address since 2014.

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

13 City street trees within 100 m, mostly elms. 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.