31 Olive Avenue 215

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Bathurst Subway8 min walk
• 🚇 Christie Subway11 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO3.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 13 grocery stores, 143 cafés and restaurants, 20 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Summerhill Market (150 m). Nearest park: Vermont Square Park (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Palmerston Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 73%3 min walk
• Hawthorne II Bilingual Alternative Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 67%9 min walk
• Essex Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 28%10 min walk
• École élémentaire catholique du Sacré-Coeur-Toronto French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 40%12 min walk

Secondary

• Monsignor Fraser College - Annex Campus Catholic5 min walk
• Apollo High School10 min walk
• West End Alternative Secondary School14 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 M2N

Owners / renters

59% / 41%

Median household income

$82,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

17% detached, 70% high-rise

Commute by transit

29%

Population

75,100

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 11.7%, Iranian Persian 7.2%, Korean 6.7%, Yue (Cantonese) 5.1%.

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 Annex (2025): 35% above the Toronto average, down 12% from the year before.

• Assault41% above average
• Break and enter104% above average
• Auto theft48% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings36% 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 1 active

• 864 BATHURST ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  The proposal involves a 3-storey addition to the existing 2-storey building, resulting in a 5-storey mixed-use building. The development would retain medical…
  Application details
• 914 BATHURST ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2022
  Site Plan Control applications to permit a 12-storey residential building.
  Application details
• 914 BATHURST ST · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2022
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to permit a 12-storey mixed-use building, containing 155 residential units and 30 square metres of…
  Application details
• 500 DUPONT ST · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2021
  Draft Plan of Condominium to create 155 residential units in a mixed-use building with 2 commercial units at grade and 73 vehicle parking spaces.
  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 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 R

Residential.

• ✅ Up to 6 homes on the lot (multiplex): a sixplex ward
• ✅ Garden suite in the backyard
• ✅ Laneway suite, if the lot backs onto a lane

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

• Multiple Projects · 2024 · Inspection
  Proposal for interior alterations and rear deck
• Interior Alterations · 2024 · Cancelled
  Proposed interior alterations to the existing dwelling.

7 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

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

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