285 Dufferin Street 1406

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dufferin Subway2.4 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO12 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 13 grocery stores, 124 cafés and restaurants, 22 parks, 12 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Longo's (350 m). Nearest park: Dufferin-King Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Holy Family Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 42%9 min walk
• Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 74%, math 40%11 min walk
• The Grove Community School12 min walk
• Alexander Muir/Gladstone Avenue Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 42%13 min walk

Secondary

• Parkdale Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 61%, literacy test 86%10 min walk
• City View Alternative Senior School1.3 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 M6K

Owners / renters

31% / 69%

Median household income

$72,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

8%

Homes

2% detached, 67% high-rise

Commute by transit

35%

Population

42,110

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tibetan 3.3%, Portuguese 2.5%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 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 South Parkdale (2025): about the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault48% above average
• Break and enter27% above average
• Auto theft68% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootingsabout 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 18 active

• 1187 KING ST W · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  The proposed development consists of a 37-storey mixed-use building containing hotel and residential uses. Office and commercial uses will be maintained on…
  Application details
• 1337 KING ST W · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control application for a new 10-storey infill residential building with 92 affordable rental units. The existing apartment building ('Phoenix…
  Application details
• 68 FRASER AVE · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Rezoning for a 55-storey mixed-use building that will incorporate the existing building facade. The proposal consists of a total of…
  Application details
• 1153 QUEEN ST W · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2024
  Zoning By-law Amendment for a 27-storey mixed-use building with retail at-grade. There will be 367 dwelling units, including 10 rental replacement units.
  Application details
• 23 NORTHCOTE AVE · 500 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Condominium for a 3-storey residential building comprised of 2 residential units.
  Application details
• 121 SUDBURY ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Construction of the King-Liberty SmartTrack station, including three station entrances outside the rail corridor, two pedestrian bridges and an island platform…
  Application details

18 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

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

Coming transit

• 🚧 Exhibition 750 m · opening 2031

Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Galt Subdivision)250 m

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.

8 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

11 City street trees within 100 m, mostly honeys. 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.

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