283 Spadina Avenue 501

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Patrick Subway13 min walk
• 🚇 Osgoode Subway15 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.7 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 19 grocery stores, 506 cafés and restaurants, 19 parks, 29 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Hua Sheng Supermarket (100 m). Nearest park: Bellevue Square Park (350 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Ogden Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 77%, math 53%6 min walk
• Beverley School6 min walk
• Cornerstone Preparatory School Private7 min walk
• Ryerson Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 65%, math 26%7 min walk

Secondary

• Heydon Park Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 8%5 min walk
• Subway Academy II Private6 min walk
• Downtown Vocal Music Academy of Toronto Private6 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 4 active

• 50 STEPHANIE ST · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for an 11-storey purpose-built rental residential building atop a 3-storey podium. The proposed development…
  Application details
• 184 SPADINA AVE · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval for a hotel development comprised of two towers, one fronting Spadina Avenue (14 storeys - 41.45 metres including the mechanical penthouse)…
  Application details
• 324 QUEEN ST W · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2019
  INACTIVE Site Plan Approval Application for a proposed 3-storey non-residential building having a gross floor area of approximately 1152.40 square metres.
  Application details
• 571 DUNDAS ST W · 200 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2017
  Draft Plan of Subdivision to update the Master Plan approved in 2011.
  Application details
• 571 DUNDAS ST W · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2026
  Zoning By-law Amendment application to lift the hold ('H') to By-law 842-2020 (Alexandra Park Phase 2B, Sites 9 and 17).
  Application details
• 104 BEVERLEY ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2025
  To construct a 4-storey 12-unit rental apartment building at rear of an existing apartment building.
  Application details

10 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 450 m
• 🚧 Osgoode 900 m
• 🚧 King West GO Transit1.0 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

• Interior Alterations · 2017 · Closed
  Revision 01: Relocate front entrancecnew restaurant, 30 seats - "Desert House"- Interior alterations, add washrooms.
• Interior Alterations · 2017 · Closed
  Interior alterations to existing commercial building on floor B1, unit B104 for small takeout restaurant. Convenience address is 491 Dundas…
• Interior Alterations · 2017 · Closed
  interior alterations to existing retail book store to add tea/coffee booth

12 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 1 new home.

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

Trees

64 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.