654 Bloor Street W

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Christie Subway4 min walk
• 🚇 Bathurst Subway6 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO3.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 12 grocery stores, 177 cafés and restaurants, 19 parks, 11 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Bloor Fruit Market (0 m). Nearest park: Euclid Avenue Parkette (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Palmerston Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 73%7 min walk
• Montrose Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 70%10 min walk
• Hawthorne II Bilingual Alternative Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 67%11 min walk

Secondary

• Apollo High School1 min walk
• Harbord Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 77%, literacy test 93%5 min walk
• West End Alternative Secondary School6 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 M6G

Owners / renters

49% / 51%

Median household income

$91,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

12%

Homes

13% detached, 8% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

30,600

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 3.2%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.6%, Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.2%.

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 2 active

• 860 BATHURST ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  The proposal involves a 3-storey addition to the existing 2-storey building, resulting in a 5-storey mixed-use building. The development would retain medical…
  Application details
• 736 BATHURST ST · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Zoning By-law Amendment for a 40-storey mixed-use building containing 386 rental dwelling units and cultural/commercial space at-grade. The existing Bathurst…
  Application details
• 914 BATHURST ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · Closed · applied 2022
  Site Plan Control applications to permit a 12-storey residential building.
  Application details
• 914 BATHURST ST · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2022
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to permit a 12-storey mixed-use building, containing 155 residential units and 30 square metres of…
  Application details

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 4 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 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.

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

28 City street trees within 100 m. 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.