617 Gerrard Street E

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Broadview Subway1.4 km
• 🚇 Chester Subway1.4 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.3 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 70 cafés and restaurants, 25 parks, 6 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Good Cheese (50 m). Nearest park: Hubbard Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Dundas Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 66%, math 53%7 min walk
• Withrow Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 62%9 min walk
• Pape Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 98%, math 71%14 min walk
• Sprucecourt Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 25%15 min walk

Secondary

• Eastdale Collegiate Institute3 min walk
• SEED Alternative School6 min walk
• Queen Alexandra Middle School7 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 M4M

Owners / renters

56% / 44%

Median household income

$99,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

14%

Homes

6% detached, 25% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

25,052

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Yue (Cantonese) 6.3%, Mandarin 3.5%, Vietnamese 1.5%, Spanish 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 South Riverdale (2025): about the Toronto average, down 17% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter40% above average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles65% above average
• Shootings61% 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 3 active

• 415 BROADVIEW AVE · 150 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for a proposed residential addition to the existing congregation. The proposal will contain 3,824 square metres of residential gross floor…
  Application details
• 415 BROADVIEW AVE · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2021
  A 10 storey building adding to, and modifying, the existing heritage church building onsite. 4,892.98 square metres of residential gross floor area (GFA) are…
  Application details
• 238 HAMILTON ST · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2018
  Site Plan Application to redevelop the lands municipally known as 563 Gerrard Street East and 238 Hamilton Street with a 13-unit mixed-use project comprised of…
  Application details
• 400 BROADVIEW AVE · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a 20 storey non-profit Long-Term Care (LTC) home with 392 beds.
  Application details

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

• 🚧 Gerrard 700 m
• 🚧 Leslieville Ontario Line750 m · opening early 2030s
• 🚧 East Harbour Ontario Line1.2 km · opening early 2030s

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

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Don Valley Parkway350 m

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

What can be built CR

Commercial Residential (with a site-specific exception).

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

21 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.