5 Bank Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dufferin Subway1.5 km
• 🚇 Lansdowne Subway1.6 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO1.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 17 grocery stores, 167 cafés and restaurants, 22 parks, 10 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: HN. Grocery (50 m). Nearest park: McCormick Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Alexander Muir/Gladstone Avenue Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 42%3 min walk
• The Grove Community School4 min walk
• Shirley Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 61%7 min walk
• Parkdale Junior and Senior Public School10 min walk

Secondary

• City View Alternative Senior School6 min walk
• École secondaire catholique Saint-Frère-André Catholic · French14 min walk
• Parkdale Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 61%, literacy test 86%14 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 M6K

Owners / renters

31% / 69%

Median household income

$72,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

8%

Homes

2% detached, 67% high-rise

Commute by transit

35%

Population

42,110

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tibetan 3.3%, Portuguese 2.5%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 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 Little Portugal (2025): about the Toronto average, down 22% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft47% below average
• Robbery58% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings34% 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 4 active

• 450 DUFFERIN ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Proposed 18-storey mixed-use purpose-built rental building with 364 sqm of non-residental GFA, and 176 units including 6 affordable rental units.Refer to Minor…
  Application details
• 1478 DUNDAS ST W · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  The proposed SPA application will facilitate the development of an 8-storey mixed usebuilding containing 57 residential dwelling units totalling 3,966 square…
  Application details
• 646 DUFFERIN ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  The proposed SPA application will facilitate the development of an 8-storey apartmentbuilding containing 135 residential dwelling units, 40 parking spaces…
  Application details
• 1 BOLAND LANE · 300 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2021
  *** Draft Plan of Condominium for 124 units.
  Application details
• 450 DUFFERIN ST · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  Official Plan Amendment for an 18-storey mixed-use development containing 364 square metres of employment uses at-grade and 12,189 square of metres of…
  Application details
• 450 DUFFERIN ST · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2022
  Zoning By-law Amendment for an 18-storey mixed-use development containing 364 square metres of employment uses at-grade and 12,189 square of metres of…
  Application details

1 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 4 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Exhibition 1.6 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

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

45 City street trees within 100 m. That’s about 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