258 Wallace Avenue Studio 1-2

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Lansdowne Subway8 min walk
• 🚇 Bloor UP Express8 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO3.7 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 12 grocery stores, 71 cafés and restaurants, 14 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Wallace Market (150 m). Nearest park: Campbell Avenue Park (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Luigi Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 42%, math 17%6 min walk
• Perth Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 68%6 min walk
• St. Sebastian Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 69%10 min walk
• Pauline Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 65%11 min walk

Secondary

• Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 41%, literacy test 69%11 min walk
• Bloor Collegiate Institute ALPHA Alternative School Secondary14 min walk
• Lucy McCormick Senior School16 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 M6P

Owners / renters

42% / 58%

Median household income

$86,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

14%

Homes

11% detached, 43% high-rise

Commute by transit

33%

Population

39,870

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 2%, Spanish 1.7%, Russian 1.1%, Polish 0.9%.

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 Junction-Wallace Emerson (2025): about the Toronto average, down 9% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter22% above average
• Auto theft52% below average
• Robbery54% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings56% 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 4 active

• 258 WALLACE AVE · 0 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Standalone Official Plan Amendment application to redesignate the subject site from Core Employment Areas to Mixed Use Areas.
  Application details
• 221 STERLING RD · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for three residential towers of 27, 24 and 21 storeys in height. There will be a total gross floor area of 55,236.7 square metres and a…
  Application details
• 221 STERLING RD · 450 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Appeal Received · applied 2021
  Draft Plan of Subdivision application to advance associated Site Plan Control Applicaiton (24 236349 STE 09 SA) to satisfy Ontario Land Tribunal interim order…
  Application details
• 221 STERLING RD · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2021
  Zoning By-law Amendment application to facilitate the development of 3 residential towers having height of 29, 25, and 20 storeys atop two podiums. A total of…
  Application details
• 640 LANSDOWNE AVE · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  Lifting of the Hold for Zoning By-law By-law 848-2022 to permit a seven-storey mixed-use building containing 256 long-term care beds, 57 affordable rental…
  Application details
• 640 LANSDOWNE AVE · 250 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2023
  Proposal to facilitate the development of the site for a 7-storey mixed-use building comprised of 57 affordable rental units and 256 long term care beds.
  Application details

1 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 6 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Newmarket Subdivision)50 m

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

What can be built E

Employment Industrial (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 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

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

42 City street trees within 100 m. That’s about 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.