405 Dundas Street W

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Patrick Subway9 min walk
• 🚇 Osgoode Subway11 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 20 grocery stores, 527 cafés and restaurants, 22 parks, 27 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Sun Ming Hong (50 m). Nearest park: Grange Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Cornerstone Preparatory School Private4 min walk
• Beverley School5 min walk
• Ogden Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 77%, math 53%6 min walk
• Orde Street Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 64%10 min walk

Secondary

• Heydon Park Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 8%3 min walk
• Subway Academy II Private5 min walk
• Contact Alternative School6 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 M5T

Owners / renters

32% / 68%

Median household income

$61,600

Average age

42

Children under 15

7%

Homes

1% detached, 56% high-rise

Commute by transit

24%

Population

17,903

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 10.4%, Yue (Cantonese) 9.2%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Spanish 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 Kensington-Chinatown (2025): 126% above the Toronto average, down 13% from the year before.

• Assault163% above average
• Break and enter134% above average
• Auto theft47% below average
• Robbery146% above average
• Theft from vehicles302% above average
• Shootings169% 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 9 active

• 160 JOHN ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
  Proposed change of use from office to a hotel occupancy with ground floor modifications.
  Application details
• 50 STEPHANIE ST · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for an 11-storey purpose-built rental residential building atop a 3-storey podium. The proposed development…
  Application details
• 250 DUNDAS ST W · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2024
  Combined Official Plan Amendment (OPA) & Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) application for an increase in height from 49 to 57-storeys, a reduction in the required…
  Application details
• 234 SIMCOE ST · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2024
  Standard Draft Plan of Condominium for 17 non-residential units.
  Application details
• 184 SPADINA AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval for a hotel development comprised of two towers, one fronting Spadina Avenue (14 storeys - 41.45 metres including the mechanical penthouse)…
  Application details
• 250 DUNDAS ST W · 450 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Under Review · applied 2021
  Draft Plan of Subdivision for 4 blocks.
  Application details

15 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 1 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Chinatown 500 m
• 🚧 Osgoode 700 m
• 🚧 King West GO Transit1.2 km

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

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2020 · Closed
  Interior Alterations to the Existing Restaurant at the Basement Level (a split level, facing to Dundas St W), of an Existing 3-Storey Mixed…
• Interior Alterations · 2019 · Closed
  Proposal for Interior Alterations to the Existing Restaurant, at the Basement Level (a split level, facing to Dundas St W), of an Existing…
• Interior Alterations · 2018 · Closed
  Revsion to second floor - Ceiling assembly changes only
• Interior Alterations · 2015 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to the basement level of an existing restaurant, greater than 30 seats. Proposal includes refinish the…

2 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

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