586 Huron Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Spadina Subway6 min walk
• 🚇 Dupont Subway7 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 8 grocery stores, 145 cafés and restaurants, 36 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: New Forest Market (450 m). Nearest park: Huron Street Playground (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Huron Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 79%, math 59%2 min walk
• Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 71%14 min walk

Secondary

• Monsignor Fraser College - Annex Campus Catholic15 min walk
• ALPHA II Alternative School16 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 M5R

Owners / renters

39% / 61%

Median household income

$86,000

Average age

46

Children under 15

8%

Homes

5% detached, 54% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

26,197

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 1.3%, Spanish 1%, Yue (Cantonese) 0.7%, Iranian Persian 0.6%.

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 Annex (2025): 35% above the Toronto average, down 12% from the year before.

• Assault41% above average
• Break and enter104% above average
• Auto theft48% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings36% 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 12 active

• 300 BLOOR ST W · 500 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium to create 339 residential units and 1 retail unit within a 34-storey building.
  Application details
• 40 WALMER RD · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 25-storey building with a mix of rental replacement units (33 units) and condominium ownership units, totalling 253 units.
  Application details
• 262 ST GEORGE ST · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Appealed on April 24, 2026.Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for an 18-storey building containing 121 dwelling units, and the adaptive re-use of…
  Application details
• 38 WALMER RD · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan application to permit a 25-storey mixed use building containing 211 dwelling units and 1,950 square metres of non-residential GFA, including retail,…
  Application details
• 141 BEDFORD RD · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval for a 13-storey mixed-use building with 63 residential units.
  Application details
• 321 DAVENPORT RD · 350 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2021
  *** Draft Plan of Condominium for 23 residential units in a 9-storey residential building.
  Application details

16 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

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.

6 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 1 new home.

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

Trees

58 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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