8 Gladstone Avenue 509

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Dufferin Subway2.0 km
• 🚇 Ossington Subway2.1 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO16 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 19 grocery stores, 186 cafés and restaurants, 23 parks, 13 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: FreshCo (50 m). Nearest park: Pessoa Park (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• The Grove Community School5 min walk
• Alexander Muir/Gladstone Avenue Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 42%6 min walk
• Holy Family Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 42%12 min walk
• Parkdale Junior and Senior Public School12 min walk

Secondary

• Parkdale Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 61%, literacy test 86%12 min walk
• City View Alternative Senior School15 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 M5A

Owners / renters

35% / 65%

Median household income

$71,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

9%

Homes

0% detached, 78% high-rise

Commute by transit

28%

Population

48,978

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Bengali 1.8%, Mandarin 1.7%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.5%, Spanish 1.3%.

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 12 active

• 1187 KING ST W · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  The proposed development consists of a 37-storey mixed-use building containing hotel and residential uses. Office and commercial uses will be maintained on…
  Application details
• 450 DUFFERIN ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Proposed 18-storey mixed-use purpose-built rental building with 364 sqm of non-residental GFA, and 176 units including 6 affordable rental units.Refer to Minor…
  Application details
• 1153 QUEEN ST W · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2024
  Zoning By-law Amendment for a 27-storey mixed-use building with retail at-grade. There will be 367 dwelling units, including 10 rental replacement units.
  Application details
• 23 NORTHCOTE AVE · 100 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Condominium for a 3-storey residential building comprised of 2 residential units.
  Application details
• 121 SUDBURY ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Construction of the King-Liberty SmartTrack station, including three station entrances outside the rail corridor, two pedestrian bridges and an island platform…
  Application details
• 1117 QUEEN ST W · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2023
  Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a 29-storey mixed use building and retains the existing 2-storey Postal Station C building in its…
  Application details

13 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 4 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Exhibition 1.0 km · opening 2031

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

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Weston Subdivision)100 m

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

Building permits

• Garage Repair/Reconstruction · 2024 · Closed
  Localized expansion joint replacement, localized waterproofing system replacement, localized concrete repairs.
• Interior Alterations · 2024 · Closed
  Proposal to construct interior alterations to Beauty Spa
• Interior Alterations · 2024 · Closed
  Proposed interior alterations in existing vacant unit to build new UPS Store.
• Interior Alterations · 2024 · Revision Issued
  REV - addition of barrier free washroom to retail unit 103
• Interior Alterations · 2022 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to an existing retail unit on the ground floor of an existing mixed use building - UNIT 102, "Island…

4 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

32 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