33 University Street 2405

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Andrew Subway3 min walk
• 🚇 Union Subway5 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO5 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 21 grocery stores, 430 cafés and restaurants, 33 parks, 20 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: McEwan (250 m). Nearest park: The Pasture (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Ogden Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 77%, math 53%16 min walk
• Downtown Alternative School17 min walk
• Saint Michael's Choir School Catholic18 min walk
• St. Michael Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 36%18 min walk

Secondary

• Contact Alternative School16 min walk
• Oasis Alternative Secondary School18 min walk
• Heydon Park Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 8%1.3 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 M5J

Owners / renters

43% / 57%

Median household income

$94,000

Average age

39

Children under 15

6%

Homes

2% detached, 97% high-rise

Commute by transit

22%

Population

16,879

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 4.7%, Hindi 1.6%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.6%, Spanish 1.4%.

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 Yonge-Bay Corridor (2025): 247% above the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault338% above average
• Break and enter191% above average
• Auto theft28% below average
• Robbery283% above average
• Theft from vehicles90% above average
• Shootings47% 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 25 active

• 276 KING ST W · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2025
  OPA and rezoning for amendments to modify the performance standards applicable to the mixed-use building to be located at 274-284 King Street West on the West…
  Application details
• 1 FRONT ST W · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a 2 tower mixed-use building (45 and 49 storeys) atop the historic Dominion Public Building. There are no…
  Application details
• 55 JOHN ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for the relocation of Toronto Fire and Emergency Service Station 332 to the south side of Metro Hall.
  Application details
• 145 WELLINGTON ST W · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2024
  Combined Official Plan Amendment (OPA) & Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) application for a proposal to amend By-law 1015-2022, the proposed 65-storey residential…
  Application details
• 22 FRONT ST W · 450 m
  Site Plan · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  Site Plan application for a 40-storey mixed-use building that would integrate the existing designated heritage building into the base of the tower and would…
  Application details
• 22 FRONT ST W · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2023
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application for 52-storey mixed-use building that would integrate the existing designated heritage building into the…
  Application details

21 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

Coming transit

• 🚧 Osgoode 600 m
• 🚧 Queen 750 m
• 🚧 Chinatown 1.1 km

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

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Union Station Rail Corridor)200 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

Heritage Protected

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Heritage Conservation District (Part V) (2006). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2026 · Revision Issued
  REV: Add safety PlanProposal for interior alterations to construct a dental office.
• Interior Alterations · 2026 · Permit Issued
  Proposal to relocate non-load bearing wall.
• Other · 2026 · Permit Issued
  Proposed new exterior roll up door, pedestrian door, and masonry block wall.
• Other · 2026 · Inspection
  Proposal to replace emergency generator and automatic transfer switch, including slab repair at generator location
• Interior Alterations · 2025 · Closed
  Changing the walk-in closet size

45 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

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

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