700 Dufferin Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dufferin Subway15 min walk
• 🚇 Lansdowne Subway18 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO2.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 14 grocery stores, 104 cafés and restaurants, 12 parks, 6 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: A Lota Seafoods (250 m). Nearest park: Dufferin Grove Park (500 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Helen Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 65%4 min walk
• Westside Montessori School Private5 min walk
• Brock Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 79%7 min walk
• Shirley Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 61%8 min walk

Secondary

• City View Alternative Senior School7 min walk
• La passerelle secondaire French11 min walk
• St. Mary Catholic Academy Catholic · Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 45%, literacy test 86%11 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 M6K

Owners / renters

31% / 69%

Median household income

$72,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

8%

Homes

2% detached, 67% high-rise

Commute by transit

35%

Population

42,110

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tibetan 3.3%, Portuguese 2.5%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 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 Little Portugal (2025): about the Toronto average, down 22% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft47% below average
• Robbery58% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings34% above 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 5 active

• 976 COLLEGE ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 6-storey mass timber residential building for 19 affordable dwelling units.
  Application details
• 1494 DUNDAS ST W · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  The proposed SPA application will facilitate the development of an 8-storey mixed usebuilding containing 57 residential dwelling units totalling 3,966 square…
  Application details
• 646 DUFFERIN ST · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  The proposed SPA application will facilitate the development of an 8-storey apartmentbuilding containing 135 residential dwelling units, 40 parking spaces…
  Application details
• 648 DUFFERIN ST · 150 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2021
  *** Draft Plan of Condominium for 124 units.
  Application details
• 900 DUFFERIN ST · 500 m
  Plan of Subdivision · OMB Appeal · applied 2020
  Draft Plan of Subdivision to facilitate the redevelopment of the north parking lots of Dufferin Mall comprising of 4 blocks including a new private road and a…
  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 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

Trees

33 City street trees within 100 m. 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.

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