33 Polson Street

Getting around Somewhat walkable

• 🚇 King Subway2.1 km
• 🚇 Union Subway2.2 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO2.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 1 grocery store, 4 cafés and restaurants, 4 parks. Nearest grocery: Marché Leo's (900 m). Nearest park: Jennifer Kateryna Koval's'kyj Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 50%1.4 km
• St. Michael Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 36%1.5 km
• Downtown Alternative School1.5 km
• St. Paul Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 50%1.7 km

Secondary

• Inglenook Community School
  EQAO: literacy test 50%1.5 km
• Queen Alexandra Middle School2.3 km
• SEED Alternative School2.3 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 M5A

Owners / renters

35% / 65%

Median household income

$71,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

9%

Homes

0% detached, 78% high-rise

Commute by transit

28%

Population

48,978

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Bengali 1.8%, Mandarin 1.7%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.5%, Spanish 1.3%.

Flood and conservation Flood plain

This address falls inside a mapped flood plain (Toronto and Region Conservation Authority). Building, additions and grading need a permit from the conservation authority, and flood insurance can cost more or be harder to get.

Screening maps only. Ask the conservation authority for a property inquiry before relying on this.

Safety

Major crime per resident in South Riverdale (2025): about the Toronto average, down 17% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter40% above average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles65% above average
• Shootings61% 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

• 238 CHERRY ST · 350 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Under Review · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Subdivision to create fourteen (14) development blocks of varying sizes and configurations, and nine (9) additional blocks to facilitate new…
  Application details
• 190 CHERRY ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2024
  Site Plan Control application to permit a new, 3-storey Porsche Centre Downtown automotive dealership and service shop with 5,846 square metres of GFA.
  Application details

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

• 🚧 Distillery District 1.4 km
• 🚧 East Harbour Ontario Line1.6 km · opening early 2030s

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.

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

3 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

10 City street trees within 100 m, mostly apples. 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.