720 Spadina Avenue 407

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Spadina Subway6 min walk
• 🚇 St. George Subway8 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.0 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 8 grocery stores, 198 cafés and restaurants, 23 parks, 12 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Metro (150 m). Nearest park: Matt Cohen Park (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Huron Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 79%, math 59%10 min walk
• da Vinci School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 80%, math 70%11 min walk
• Lord Lansdowne Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 81%12 min walk

Secondary

• ALPHA II Alternative School8 min walk
• Central Technical School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 34%, literacy test 74%8 min walk
• Monsignor Fraser College - Annex Campus Catholic14 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 M5S

Owners / renters

36% / 64%

Median household income

$70,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

6%

Homes

1% detached, 72% high-rise

Commute by transit

24%

Population

17,074

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 8.4%, Yue (Cantonese) 2%, Korean 1.7%, Portuguese 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 University (2025): 120% above the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault127% above average
• Break and enter285% above average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery71% above average
• Theft from vehicles67% above 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 15 active

• 300 BLOOR ST W · 250 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium to create 339 residential units and 1 retail unit within a 34-storey building.
  Application details
• 171 LOWTHER AVE · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2025
  Lift the hold ('H') application for By-law 410-2024.
  Application details
• 171 LOWTHER AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 11-storey residential building with 64 dwelling units, including the retention of part of the heritage building at 171 Lowther Avenue.
  Application details
• 40 WALMER RD · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 25-storey building with a mix of rental replacement units (33 units) and condominium ownership units, totalling 253 units.
  Application details
• 425 BLOOR ST W · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposal for a 30-storey building with retail units at grade along Bloor Street West. Overall, the proposal will introduce 472 residential units and 798 square…
  Application details
• 425 BLOOR ST W · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2022
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 30-storey mixed-use building, containing 472 dwelling units and 798 square metres of…
  Application details

15 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

• 🚧 Chinatown 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

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2025 · Closed
  Proposal for expansion of existing academic suite for interior alterations retrofit for middle-school.
• Garage Repair/Reconstruction · 2025 · Closed
  Parking garage localized repairs.
• Interior Alterations · 2024 · Inspection
  Proposed interior tenant partition layout for office/ retail use.
• Interior Alterations · 2024 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to existing office space - UNITS 202, 221, "Workers Action Centre"
• Fire Alarm · 2024 · Closed
  Replacement of the exisitng fire alarm control panel and speakers. Initiating devices are to remain.

5 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

62 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.