657 Yonge Street Level 2

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Bloor-Yonge Subway5 min walk
• 🚇 Wellesley Subway5 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO2.7 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 18 grocery stores, 276 cafés and restaurants, 34 parks, 26 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Rabba (100 m). Nearest park: George Hislop Park (50 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 96%, math 71%11 min walk
• Church Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 45%12 min walk
• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 43%14 min walk

Secondary

• St. Joseph's College School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 66%, literacy test 87%8 min walk
• Native Learning Centre11 min walk
• Msgr Fraser College - Isabella Campus Catholic11 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 M4Y

Owners / renters

29% / 71%

Median household income

$62,400

Average age

39

Children under 15

4%

Homes

0% detached, 91% high-rise

Commute by transit

31%

Population

36,319

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 7.6%, Korean 1.5%, Spanish 1.3%, Iranian Persian 1%.

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 Church-Wellesley (2025): 25% above the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault65% above average
• Break and enter23% below average
• Auto theft79% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootingsnone reported

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 46 active

• 2 BLOOR ST E · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a self-storage warehouse use on floors 2-5 (formely The Bay retail space). The existing ground floor retail unit will be…
  Application details
• 55 ISABELLA ST · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  The application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 75-storey mixed-use building (250.5 metres including mechanical penthouse) containing 92 square…
  Application details
• 27-29 YORKVILLE AVE · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Condominium Application for North Tower B with 760 residential units proposed.
  Application details
• 27-29 YORKVILLE AVE · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2026
  An application for Draft Plan of Condominium. The application proposes to create 378 residential units.
  Application details
• 1075 BAY ST · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2025
  Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment to not replace the required office space and instead permit a minimum 1,815 m2 of non-residential space and/or…
  Application details
• 48 ISABELLA ST · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a 69-storey residential apartment building and will contain a total of 814 dwelling units, including 84…
  Application details

61 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

• 🚧 Queen 1.8 km
• 🚧 Osgoode 1.9 km
• 🚧 Moss Park 1.9 km

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

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

Heritage Protected

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Heritage Conservation District (Part V) (2024). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Fire Damage · 2023 · Closed
  Proposal to restore a three storey commercial use building (base building only) due to fire damage.
• Interior Alterations · 2020 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to a retail unit on the ground floor - '180 Smoke' (Vape Store).

9 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

44 City street trees within 100 m, mostly honeys. That’s about 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.