51 Lower Simcoe Street 1801

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Union Subway7 min walk
• 🚇 St. Andrew Subway10 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO6 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 19 grocery stores, 309 cafés and restaurants, 26 parks, 15 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Longo's (250 m). Nearest park: Olympic Park (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Jean Lumb Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 65%15 min walk
• Bishop Macdonell Catholic Elementary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 64%15 min walk
• ALPHA Alternative Junior School1.2 km
• Downtown Alternative School1.2 km

Secondary

• Oasis Alternative Secondary School1.2 km
• City School
  EQAO: literacy test 58%1.3 km
• Contact Alternative School1.4 km

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 M5J

Owners / renters

43% / 57%

Median household income

$94,000

Average age

39

Children under 15

6%

Homes

2% detached, 97% high-rise

Commute by transit

22%

Population

16,879

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 4.7%, Hindi 1.6%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.6%, Spanish 1.4%.

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 Harbourfront-CityPlace (2025): about the Toronto average, up 14% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter25% below average
• Auto theft75% below average
• Robbery39% below average
• Theft from vehicles42% below average
• Shootingsabout 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 10 active

• 145 WELLINGTON ST W · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2024
  Combined Official Plan Amendment (OPA) & Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) application for a proposal to amend By-law 1015-2022, the proposed 65-storey residential…
  Application details
• 15 JOHN ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Application details
• 200 QUEENS QUAY W · 250 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval for a 59-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 330 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of…
  Application details
• 200 QUEENS QUAY W · 250 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2021
  *** Draft Plan of Condominium for 1482 units.
  Application details
• 145 WELLINGTON ST W · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2020
  Site Plan Control Application to facilitate a new mixed-use building comprised of a 13-storey podium, and a 52-storey residential tower above. Proposal…
  Application details
• 60 HARBOUR ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2019
  Site plan application for a proposed 57-storey non-residential building.
  Application details

4 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

Coming transit

• 🚧 Osgoode 1000 m
• 🚧 Queen 1.2 km
• 🚧 Chinatown 1.3 km

Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.

Noise 2 sources nearby

• 🛣️ Gardiner Expressway200 m
• 🚆 Rail line (Union Station Rail Corridor)150 m

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2025 · Inspection
  Proposal for interior alterations to an existing restaurant for a new ice cream shop - "Baskin Robbins". Note: 135 BREMNER BLVD IS AN…
• Interior Alterations · 2017 · Closed
  Interior alterations to Aroma Cafe

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

88 City street trees within 100 m, mostly oaks. 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