800 Bay Street 8 FL

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 College Subway5 min walk
• 🚇 Queen's Park Subway5 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 21 grocery stores, 394 cafés and restaurants, 28 parks, 28 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Farm Boy (200 m). Nearest park: Lord and Lady Martonmere Gardens (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Orde Street Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 64%8 min walk
• Church Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 45%10 min walk
• Cornerstone Preparatory School Private13 min walk
• Beverley School14 min walk

Secondary

• St. Joseph's College School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 66%, literacy test 87%6 min walk
• Native Learning Centre10 min walk
• Collège français French12 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 Bay-Cloverhill (2025): about the Toronto average, up 6% from the year before.

• Assault22% below average
• Break and enter51% above average
• Auto theft93% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles31% below 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 26 active

• 99 GERRARD ST W · 350 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
  Proposed interior alterations to repurpose the existing building to create 249 purpose built rental units.
  Application details
• 21 MCGILL ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Approval for a 7-storey addition to the existing Covenant House Toronto. The proposal would increase its youth crisis and supportive housing capacity…
  Application details
• 150 COLLEGE ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  The proposed development has a height of 9-storeys above-grade (41.4 metres to the top of the main building) with additional rooftop mechanical penthouses and…
  Application details
• 67 ELM ST · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Proposed 18 storey building containing 234 hotel suites and retail space.
  Application details
• 2 CARLTON ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan application for an 80-storey tower containing 69,448 square metres of residential GFA and 10,037 square metres of non-residential GFA (Non-res GFA…
  Application details
• 543 YONGE ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 68 storey mixed-use building. There will be 679 dwelling unit and 45,139 square meters of GFA, including 455 square meters of retail…
  Application details

30 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 2 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Osgoode 1.1 km
• 🚧 Queen 1.1 km
• 🚧 Moss Park 1.5 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 · 2024 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations for an office fit-out on the existing 2nd & 3rd floor levels for tenant - 'U of T - Engineering…
• Interior Alterations · 2023 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to office unit 403.
• Interior Alterations · 2023 · Closed
  PROPOSED: INTERIOR ALTERATIONS AT GROUND FLOOR TO PROVIDE NEW OFFICES AND MEETING ROOM. (ALTERNA SAVINGS AND CREDIT UNION LTD)
• Interior Alterations · 2022 · Closed
  interior alterations for new tenant unit 400
• Interior Alterations · 2022 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to return an exisiting office unit on the 4th floor level to base building condition. Work includes…

18 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

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