40 King Street W

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 King Subway3 min walk
• 🚇 Queen Subway6 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO9 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 25 grocery stores, 499 cafés and restaurants, 23 parks, 26 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Longo's (200 m). Nearest park: Arnell Plaza (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Saint Michael's Choir School Catholic11 min walk
• Downtown Alternative School12 min walk
• St. Michael Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 36%13 min walk
• École élémentaire Gabrielle-Roy French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 88%16 min walk

Secondary

• Contact Alternative School15 min walk
• Heydon Park Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 8%1.4 km
• Subway Academy II Private1.5 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 M5H

Owners / renters

36% / 64%

Median household income

$90,000

Average age

35

Children under 15

6%

Homes

100% high-rise

Commute by transit

21%

Population

3,248

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 5.2%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.7%, Spanish 1.4%, Korean 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 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 22 active

• 69 YONGE ST · 150 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
• 59 ADELAIDE ST E · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a new 63-storey mixed-use building, containing approximately 370 dwelling units.
  Application details
• 1 FRONT ST W · 400 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
• 60 YONGE ST · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Proposed redevelopment of the 12-storey office building at 60 Yonge Street with a 65-storey mixed-use building that includes a 5-storey base building, topped…
  Application details
• 59 RICHMOND ST E · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2025
  Standard condominium application to create 592 residential units within a 48-storey mixed-use building. There will be 4 levels of below grade parking.
  Application details
• 55 YONGE ST · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2024
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a 68-storey residential building with at-grade retail space and 836 residential dwelling units.
  Application details

23 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

Coming transit

• 🚧 Queen 350 m
• 🚧 Osgoode 600 m
• 🚧 Moss Park 900 m

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.

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: Designated (Part IV) (2007). 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
  REVISION-01: removing electric strike and keeping existing maglocks on exit stair doorsProposed interior alterations to 17th and 18th floor
• Sprinklers · 2026 · Permit Issued
  Proposal for sprinkler changes in relation to interior alterations
• Electromagnetic Locks · 2026 · Closed
  Revision originally maglocks were to be replaced with electric strikes. Then the project decided to keep the existing maglocks in place. I…
• Sprinklers · 2026 · Permit Issued
  Remove up to one hundred ninety (190) upright sprinkers.Relocate up to one (1) fire hose cabinet.Supply and install up to one (1) fire hose…
• Interior Alterations · 2026 · Permit Issued
  Proposal for interior alterations to existing office space in Unit 2700.

90 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

2 City street trees within 100 m. 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.