2842 Bloor Street W L1

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Royal York Subway10 min walk
• 🚇 Old Mill Subway11 min walk
• 🚆 Kipling GO3.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 26 cafés and restaurants, 5 parks, 3 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Sunnyland Products (500 m). Nearest park: Kingsway Gate Parkette (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Sunnylea Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 97%, math 100%13 min walk
• Lambton Kingsway Junior Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 75%18 min walk
• Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 75%1.3 km
• Park Lawn Junior and Middle School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 99%, math 62%1.4 km

Secondary

• Etobicoke Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 73%, literacy test 90%1.5 km
• Bishop Allen Academy Catholic Secondary School Catholic · Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 81%, literacy test 94%1.7 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 M8X

Owners / renters

72% / 28%

Median household income

$139,000

Average age

48

Children under 15

13%

Homes

46% detached, 40% high-rise

Commute by transit

21%

Population

10,624

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Korean 1.3%, Ukrainian 0.8%, Serbian 0.7%, Spanish 0.7%.

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 Kingsway South (2025): 25% below the Toronto average, down 20% from the year before.

• Assault33% below average
• Break and enter43% above average
• Auto theft44% below average
• Robbery63% below average
• Theft from vehicles77% 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 5 active

• 69 OLD MILL TER · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Proposed 39-storey residential building (135.4 metres), inclusive of a 5-storey base building. The proposed building would have a total gross floor area of…
  Application details
• 69 OLD MILL TER · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Proposed 39-storey residential building (135.4 metres), inclusive of a 5-storey base building. The proposed building would have a total gross floor area of…
  Application details
• 2915 BLOOR ST W · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Proposes to construct a new 29-storey mixed-use building, containing 423 dwelling units, including 7 rental replacement units, and a total of 26,114 sq. m of…
  Application details
• 2947 A BLOOR ST W · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposed development of a 7 storey mixed use building, comprised of residential amenity and retail uses at grade and six storeys of residential.
  Application details
• 2955-2961 BLOOR ST W · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2015
  INACTIVE Proposed 6-storey, mixed-use building with a 7th storey mechanical penthouse and amenity area. A total of 717 m2 of retail space is proposed at grade…
• 2915 BLOOR ST W · 300 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2021
  This proposal is for a 7-storey condominium project with 210 residential units and retail at grade.
  Application details

1 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 10 km. Transit times · Driving times

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.

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2020 · Closed
  Interior alterations to office # 102
• Interior Alterations · 2020 · Revision Issued
  REV 01- Change of single beam to double beams. Proposed interior alterations on the second floor - IDS Inc. & Feigelsohnkellar

1 permit 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

35 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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.