71 Simcoe Street 1503

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Andrew Subway2 min walk
• 🚇 Osgoode Subway7 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO8 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 23 grocery stores, 492 cafés and restaurants, 27 parks, 22 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Marketplace (250 m). Nearest park: Simcoe Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Ogden Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 77%, math 53%13 min walk
• ALPHA Alternative Junior School16 min walk
• Jean Lumb Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 65%17 min walk
• Bishop Macdonell Catholic Elementary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 64%18 min walk

Secondary

• Contact Alternative School13 min walk
• Oasis Alternative Secondary School16 min walk
• Heydon Park Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 8%18 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 M5J

Owners / renters

43% / 57%

Median household income

$94,000

Average age

39

Children under 15

6%

Homes

2% detached, 97% high-rise

Commute by transit

22%

Population

16,879

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 4.7%, Hindi 1.6%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.6%, Spanish 1.4%.

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 Yonge-Bay Corridor (2025): 247% above the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault338% above average
• Break and enter191% above average
• Auto theft28% below average
• Robbery283% above average
• Theft from vehicles90% above average
• Shootings47% 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 33 active

• 180 QUEEN ST W · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Proposed development for the Canada Life Campus include: Retention of the existing office buildings with minor alterations at 330 University Avenue, 180 Simcoe…
  Application details
• 276 KING ST W · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2025
  OPA and rezoning for amendments to modify the performance standards applicable to the mixed-use building to be located at 274-284 King Street West on the West…
  Application details
• 55 JOHN ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for the relocation of Toronto Fire and Emergency Service Station 332 to the south side of Metro Hall.
  Application details
• 53 SIMCOE ST · 100 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2024
  Combined Official Plan Amendment (OPA) & Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) application for a proposal to amend By-law 1015-2022, the proposed 65-storey residential…
  Application details
• 15 MERCER ST · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2023
  The current application concerns the hotel component of the project, which includes 35 units at Levels 41-45 of the west tower and 15 units of parking at Level…
  Application details
• 205 QUEEN ST W · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Ontario Line Osgoode Station
  Application details

32 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

Coming transit

• 🚧 Osgoode 450 m
• 🚧 Queen 800 m
• 🚧 Chinatown 900 m

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: Designated (Part IV). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Garage Repair/Reconstruction · 2024 · Closed
  Proposed localized concrete and waterproofing repairs to the suspended slabs
• Interior Alterations · 2024 · Closed
  To provide an interconnecting stair between units 2301 and 2401 and ancillary layout changes. modifications impact existing washroom and…
• Electromagnetic Locks · 2022 · Closed
  Proposal to add magnetic door lock on 4th floor amenity space
• Sprinklers · 2022 · Closed
  Proposal for an addition to the existing sprinkler system on the basement level and the 4th floor of an existing apartment building.
• Other · 2022 · Closed
  Trench Drain Replacement

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

29 City street trees within 100 m, mostly honeys. 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.

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