44 Russell Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Queen's Park Subway15 min walk
• 🚇 Bathurst Subway16 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO2.4 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 13 grocery stores, 382 cafés and restaurants, 20 parks, 26 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: 大統華 T&T Supermarket (250 m). Nearest park: The Doctors' Parkette (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• da Vinci School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 80%, math 70%1 min walk
• Lord Lansdowne Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 81%2 min walk
• Westside Montessori School Private6 min walk
• King Edward Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 82%, math 82%7 min walk

Secondary

• ALPHA II Alternative School10 min walk
• Central Technical School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 34%, literacy test 74%10 min walk
• Subway Academy II Private11 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 M5S

Owners / renters

36% / 64%

Median household income

$70,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

6%

Homes

1% detached, 72% high-rise

Commute by transit

24%

Population

17,074

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 8.4%, Yue (Cantonese) 2%, Korean 1.7%, Portuguese 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 University (2025): 120% above the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault127% above average
• Break and enter285% above average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery71% above average
• Theft from vehicles67% above average
• Shootingsnone reported

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 3 active

• 309 AUGUSTA AVE · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Proposed six storey hotel with restaurant components containing 2194sqm of non-residential gross floor area. No parking is proposed.
  Application details
• 508 SPADINA AVE · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposed nine-storey mixed-use building with a residential gross floor area of 8,213 square metres, including 109 affordable rental units, and a…
  Application details
• 353 COLLEGE ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2018
  Proposal for site plan approval related to a five storey addition to existing hostel with portion of ground floor to be used as retail
  Application details
• 333 COLLEGE ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2025
  A 20-storey privately-owned student residence building containing 17,649 square metres of residential gross floor area and 60 square metres of retail gross…
  Application details
• 333 COLLEGE ST · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2025
  Proposed 19-storey mixed-use building containg 746 rooms, Proposal contains 18, 404sqm of residential GFA, and 38sqm of non-residential GFA.
  Application details
• 70 ST GEORGE ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2023
  The application will permit the renovation and expansion of the one storey portion of the Lash Miller building, adding an approximate 2,933.0 square metres…
  Application details

1 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

• 🚧 Chinatown 1.3 km
• 🚧 Osgoode 1.6 km
• 🚧 King West GO Transit1.7 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 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: Heritage Conservation District (Part V) (2011). 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.

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

79 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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