45 Baldwin Street Lower

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Patrick Subway7 min walk
• 🚇 Queen's Park Subway8 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 19 grocery stores, 478 cafés and restaurants, 22 parks, 21 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Sun Ming Hong (250 m). Nearest park: Gallery Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Cornerstone Preparatory School Private1 min walk
• Beverley School2 min walk
• Orde Street Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 64%6 min walk
• Ogden Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 77%, math 53%10 min walk

Secondary

• Heydon Park Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 8%2 min walk
• Subway Academy II Private2 min walk
• Contact Alternative School5 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 12 active

• 150 COLLEGE ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  The proposed development has a height of 9-storeys above-grade (41.4 metres to the top of the main building) with additional rooftop mechanical penthouses and…
  Application details
• 50 STEPHANIE ST · 500 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 · 350 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
• 505 UNIVERSITY AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  The redevelopment proposes a 64-storey mixed-use building with a 12-storey office podium and is inclusive of four levels of below-grade parking with a total of…
  Application details
• 74 HENRY ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Related App 22 150580 STE 11 OZSite Plan application for proposal for a 31-storey mixed-use building containing 492 purpose-built rental units. The proposed…
  Application details

21 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

• 🚧 Osgoode 750 m
• 🚧 Chinatown 800 m
• 🚧 Queen 1.2 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

No building permits at this address since 2014.

7 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 3 new homes.

Permits filed with the City of Toronto. A permit doesn’t mean the work passed final inspection.

Trees

66 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.