685 Queen Street W Upper Front Unit

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Osgoode Subway1.6 km
• 🚇 St. Patrick Subway1.6 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO1.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 19 grocery stores, 324 cafés and restaurants, 18 parks, 18 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Fresh 1 Market (50 m). Nearest park: Portland Street Parkette (350 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Mary Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 38%2 min walk
• Charles G Fraser Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 71%6 min walk
• Niagara Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 84%6 min walk
• Ryerson Community School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 65%, math 26%8 min walk

Secondary

• Downtown Vocal Music Academy of Toronto Private9 min walk
• Oasis Alternative Secondary School9 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 M6J

Owners / renters

49% / 51%

Median household income

$90,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

10%

Homes

3% detached, 33% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

32,111

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 6.6%, Yue (Cantonese) 3%, Mandarin 2.7%, Spanish 1.1%.

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 West Queen West (2025): 24% below the Toronto average, down 16% from the year before.

• Assault23% below average
• Break and enter37% above average
• Auto theft63% below average
• Robbery34% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings21% 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 19 active

• 689 KING ST W · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Application Received · applied 2026
  Proposed 30-storey mixed-use development, comprised of hotel uses on the first 13-storeys, including a restaurant and 251 hotel suites, and residential uses…
  Application details
• 451 ADELAIDE ST W · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2025
  Zoning By-law Amendment for a 17-storey (59.65m including mechanical penthouse) hotel containing 144 suites.
  Application details
• 668 KING ST W · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Ontario Line King-Bathurst
  Application details
• 723 QUEEN ST W · 100 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  To demolish the existing two-storey, 60-bed crisis shelter building and construct a new four-storey shelter building with 63 beds and a total gross floor area…
  Application details
• 580 KING ST W · 500 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Proposal for a 9-storey non-residential building (36.4 metres, exclusive of the mechanical penthouse), comprised of approximately 4,665 square metres of office…
  Application details
• 689 KING ST W · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  To construct 11 and 18 storey hotel with 272 suites and a restaurant at-grade. Related applications include zoning by-law amendment application 19 115906 STE…
  Application details

16 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 2 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 King West GO Transit400 m
• 🚧 Chinatown 750 m
• 🚧 Osgoode 1.5 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

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2020 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations for a personal service shop.
• Interior Alterations · 2014 · Cancelled
  Proposal for interior alterations to the 2nd floor of existing mixed use building. New tenant on the 2nd floor will be "Lost Canada Mind…

18 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

64 City street trees within 100 m. 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.