270 Christie Street #Lower

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Christie Subway13 min walk
• 🚇 Bathurst Subway16 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO3.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 94 cafés and restaurants, 18 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Loblaws (150 m). Nearest park: Frankel Lambert Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Hawthorne II Bilingual Alternative Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 67%5 min walk
• Essex Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 28%5 min walk
• École élémentaire catholique du Sacré-Coeur-Toronto French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 40%6 min walk
• Palmerston Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 73%9 min walk

Secondary

• Monsignor Fraser College - Annex Campus Catholic12 min walk
• Apollo High School15 min walk
• The Bickford Centre15 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 M6G

Owners / renters

49% / 51%

Median household income

$91,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

12%

Homes

13% detached, 8% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

30,600

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 3.2%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.6%, Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.2%.

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 Dovercourt Village (2025): about the Toronto average, down 14% from the year before.

• Assault27% above average
• Break and enter25% above average
• Auto theft43% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles32% below average
• Shootingsnone reported

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 1 active

• 287 CHRISTIE ST · 50 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval application to faciliate the development of a 9-storey mixed-use building with a total of 65 residential dwelling units and 14 parking…
  Application details
• 840 DUPONT ST · 500 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2024
  Application for Draft Plan of Standard Condominium to permit a 9 storey mixed use condominium containing 327 residential units, 304 parking units, 197 locker…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 4 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (North Toronto Subdivision)150 m

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

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

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

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

Trees

36 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.

Short-term rentals

Only in your principal residence (where you live). The entire home can be rented up to 180 nights a year; renting up to 3 bedrooms while you live there has no limit. Hosts register with the City and collect the 6% accommodation tax.

City rules