585 Bloor Street E 2821

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Castle Frank Subway4 min walk
• 🚇 Sherbourne Subway6 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 65 cafés and restaurants, 18 parks, 14 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Wan2 supermarket (0 m). Nearest park: Dr. Gordon Chong park (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Rose Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 67%, math 14%3 min walk
• Winchester Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 57%10 min walk
• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 43%11 min walk
• Rosedale Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 100%16 min walk

Secondary

• Rosedale Heights School of the Arts
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 66%, literacy test 95%8 min walk
• Msgr Fraser College - Isabella Campus Catholic8 min walk
• Jarvis Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 34%, literacy test 80%12 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 M4W

Owners / renters

56% / 44%

Median household income

$104,000

Average age

45

Children under 15

9%

Homes

18% detached, 63% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

15,296

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 2.8%, Iranian Persian 1%, Spanish 0.9%, Korean 0.8%.

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 North St.James Town (2025): 24% above the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault67% above average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft62% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles35% below average
• Shootings48% below 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 6 active

• 240 WELLESLEY ST E · 450 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Under Review · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Subdivision to establish two development blocks with pedestrian and vehicular connections into and through the subject site. A new public park…
  Application details
• 37 LINDEN ST · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  Official Plan Amendment & Rezoning for a 69-storey residential building that will contain 872 residential dwelling units (including rental replacement units).
  Application details
• 576 SHERBOURNE ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Site Plan Application for a 61-storey residential building that will contain 716 residential dwelling units (including 45 replacement rental units).
  Application details
• 240 WELLESLEY ST E · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval application to permit three new buildings on the lands, comprising a 47-storey mixed-use building with 5,770 square metres of…
  Application details
• 26 LINDEN ST · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2021
  Proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment for 59-storey (west tower) and 48-storey (east tower) mixed-use buildings that will include: affordable…
  Application details
• 7 HOWARD ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2018
  Site Plan Control application for a 51-storey mixed use building with a GFA of 35,000 sq. m with 499 sq. m of retail space and 511 residential units, and the…
  Application details

5 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 3 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Moss Park 1.9 km

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

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Bayview-Bloor Ramp450 m

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

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

1 permit 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

19 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