717 Queen Street E 1/2

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Broadview Subway2.1 km
• 🚇 Chester Subway2.2 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.0 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 11 grocery stores, 77 cafés and restaurants, 25 parks, 7 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Riverside Market (0 m). Nearest park: Thompson Street Parkette (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Dundas Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 66%, math 53%6 min walk
• Morse Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 71%12 min walk
• Nelson Mandela Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 17%15 min walk
• St. Paul Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 50%17 min walk

Secondary

• Queen Alexandra Middle School5 min walk
• SEED Alternative School6 min walk
• Eastdale Collegiate Institute12 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 M4M

Owners / renters

56% / 44%

Median household income

$99,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

14%

Homes

6% detached, 25% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

25,052

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Yue (Cantonese) 6.3%, Mandarin 3.5%, Vietnamese 1.5%, Spanish 0.6%.

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 South Riverdale (2025): about the Toronto average, down 17% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter40% above average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles65% above average
• Shootings61% 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 12 active

• 797 QUEEN ST E · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Control Placeholder for Leslieville Station, one of the stations included in the Ontario Line Elevated Guideway and Stations contract.
  Application details
• 786-788 QUEEN ST E · 200 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2023
  Site Plan application to permit a 6 storey mixed use building, containing 15 residential units and 69.64 square metres of ground floor commercial GFA.
  Application details
• 1 SUNLIGHT PARK RD · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  East Harbour Transit Hub
  Application details
• 653 QUEEN ST E · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposed to retain the existing heritage buildings and construct a nine storey residential building. The building will contain 85 new residential dwelling…
  Application details
• 641 QUEEN ST E · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposed to retain the existing heritage buildings and construct a nine storey residential building. The building will contain 85 new residential dwelling…
  Application details
• 21 BROADVIEW AVE · 200 m
  Site Plan · Appeal Received · applied 2022
  This application is for a 12-storey mixed use building with rear courtyard and ground floor units. In total, the project with have a gross floor area of 29,377…
  Application details

9 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

• 🚧 Leslieville Ontario Line300 m · opening early 2030s
• 🚧 East Harbour Ontario Line400 m · opening early 2030s
• 🚧 Gerrard 1.1 km

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

Noise 2 sources nearby

• 🛣️ Don Valley Parkway350 m
• 🚆 Rail line (Kingston Subdivision)300 m

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 · 2018 · Under Review
  Proposed interior alterations to the existing ground floor unit 101 to convert existing office|retail into a single office unit.

13 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 1 new home.

Permits filed with the City of Toronto. A permit doesn’t mean the work passed final inspection.

Trees

37 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.