5 St Joseph Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Wellesley Subway3 min walk
• 🚇 Bloor-Yonge Subway9 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO2.4 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 20 grocery stores, 319 cafés and restaurants, 33 parks, 29 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Galleria Supermarket Express (150 m). Nearest park: James Canning Gardens (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Church Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 45%9 min walk
• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 43%14 min walk
• Orde Street Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 64%15 min walk
• Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 71%15 min walk

Secondary

• St. Joseph's College School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 66%, literacy test 87%5 min walk
• Native Learning Centre9 min walk
• Jarvis Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 34%, literacy test 80%11 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 M4Y

Owners / renters

29% / 71%

Median household income

$62,400

Average age

39

Children under 15

4%

Homes

0% detached, 91% high-rise

Commute by transit

31%

Population

36,319

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 7.6%, Korean 1.5%, Spanish 1.3%, Iranian Persian 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 Bay-Cloverhill (2025): about the Toronto average, up 6% from the year before.

• Assault22% below average
• Break and enter51% above average
• Auto theft93% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles31% below 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 44 active

• 55 ISABELLA ST · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  The application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 75-storey mixed-use building (250.5 metres including mechanical penthouse) containing 92 square…
  Application details
• 1075 BAY ST · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2025
  Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment to not replace the required office space and instead permit a minimum 1,815 m2 of non-residential space and/or…
  Application details
• 48 ISABELLA ST · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a 69-storey residential apartment building and will contain a total of 814 dwelling units, including 84…
  Application details
• 555 YONGE ST · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 68 storey mixed-use building. There will be 679 dwelling unit and 45,139 square meters of GFA, including 455 square meters of retail…
  Application details
• 81 ISABELLA ST · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Zoning By-law Amendment for a 69-storey residential building, containing 647 dwelling units, including 48 replacement rental dwelling units.
  Application details
• 516 CHURCH ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · OMB Appeal · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for a 48 storey mixed use building and restoration to the heritage protected properties at 508-510 Church St. Approximately 4390 square…
  Application details

56 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

• 🚧 Queen 1.6 km
• 🚧 Osgoode 1.6 km
• 🚧 Moss Park 1.7 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.

Heritage Protected

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

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2020 · Permit Issued
  Proposal for store front modification as per approved building pert 11-101197 NB
• Interior Alterations · 2017 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations for a new tea shop to vacant commercial space in new condo building. Designed for occupant load of 7…
• Interior Alterations · 2015 · Inspection
  Interior alterations to existing space for RBC.
• New Building · 2015 · Revision Issued
  Revision for structural purposes to the Yonge Street Heritage portion of the building.
• Interior Alterations · 2015 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations for tenant fit up of a restaurant with more than 30 seats in unit R5-4 on the ground floor of the…

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

Trees

26 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.

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