44 Mitchell Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Osgoode Subway1.8 km
• 🚇 St. Andrew Subway1.9 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO1.3 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 11 grocery stores, 234 cafés and restaurants, 21 parks, 17 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Wong's Fruit Market (150 m). Nearest park: Stanley Park (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Niagara Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 84%2 min walk
• St. Mary Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 38%4 min walk
• Charles G Fraser Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 71%6 min walk
• ALPHA Alternative Junior School12 min walk

Secondary

• Oasis Alternative Secondary School12 min walk
• Downtown Vocal Music Academy of Toronto Private13 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 M6J

Owners / renters

49% / 51%

Median household income

$90,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

10%

Homes

3% detached, 33% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

32,111

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 6.6%, Yue (Cantonese) 3%, Mandarin 2.7%, Spanish 1.1%.

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 West Queen West (2025): 24% below the Toronto average, down 16% from the year before.

• Assault23% below average
• Break and enter37% above average
• Auto theft63% below average
• Robbery34% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings21% 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 19 active

• 689 KING ST W · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Application Received · applied 2026
  Proposed 30-storey mixed-use development, comprised of hotel uses on the first 13-storeys, including a restaurant and 251 hotel suites, and residential uses…
  Application details
• 191 NIAGARA ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2023
  A Site Plan Application to build a 3-storey addition to the existing 1-storey building for a total of 4 storeys onsite. The proposed use will be office space…
  Application details
• 668 KING ST W · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Ontario Line King-Bathurst
  Application details
• 723 QUEEN ST W · 200 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  To demolish the existing two-storey, 60-bed crisis shelter building and construct a new four-storey shelter building with 63 beds and a total gross floor area…
  Application details
• 689 KING ST W · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  To construct 11 and 18 storey hotel with 272 suites and a restaurant at-grade. Related applications include zoning by-law amendment application 19 115906 STE…
  Application details
• 675 KING ST W · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  The proposed development is for a 19-storey mixed-use building with a height of approximately 67.7 metres to the top of the roof (72.0 metres to the top of the…
  Application details

18 more within 500 m.

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

• 🚧 King West GO Transit450 m
• 🚧 Chinatown 1000 m
• 🚧 Exhibition 1.4 km · opening 2031

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 R

Residential (with a site-specific exception).

• ✅ 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

Heritage Protected

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Designated (Part IV) (2021). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

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

69 City street trees within 100 m. 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