801 King Street W 627

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Andrew Subway1.9 km
• 🚇 Osgoode Subway1.9 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO19 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 12 grocery stores, 188 cafés and restaurants, 24 parks, 12 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Kitchen Table (250 m). Nearest park: Stanley Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Niagara Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 84%2 min walk
• St. Mary Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 38%6 min walk
• Charles G Fraser Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 71%10 min walk
• ALPHA Alternative Junior School13 min walk

Secondary

• Oasis Alternative Secondary School13 min walk
• Downtown Vocal Music Academy of Toronto Private16 min walk
• City School
  EQAO: literacy test 58%17 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 M5V

Owners / renters

42% / 58%

Median household income

$91,000

Average age

35

Children under 15

6%

Homes

0% detached, 97% high-rise

Commute by transit

23%

Population

59,912

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 3.7%, Spanish 1.5%, Yue (Cantonese) 1%, Hindi 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 West Queen West (2025): 24% below the Toronto average, down 16% from the year before.

• Assault23% below average
• Break and enter37% above average
• Auto theft63% below average
• Robbery34% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings21% 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 18 active

• 689 KING ST W · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Application Received · applied 2026
  Proposed 30-storey mixed-use development, comprised of hotel uses on the first 13-storeys, including a restaurant and 251 hotel suites, and residential uses…
  Application details
• 191 NIAGARA ST · 50 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2023
  A Site Plan Application to build a 3-storey addition to the existing 1-storey building for a total of 4 storeys onsite. The proposed use will be office space…
  Application details
• 668 KING ST W · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Ontario Line King-Bathurst
  Application details
• 723 QUEEN ST W · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  To demolish the existing two-storey, 60-bed crisis shelter building and construct a new four-storey shelter building with 63 beds and a total gross floor area…
  Application details
• 689 KING ST W · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  To construct 11 and 18 storey hotel with 272 suites and a restaurant at-grade. Related applications include zoning by-law amendment application 19 115906 STE…
  Application details
• 675 KING ST W · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  The proposed development is for a 19-storey mixed-use building with a height of approximately 67.7 metres to the top of the roof (72.0 metres to the top of the…
  Application details

20 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

• 🚧 King West GO Transit450 m
• 🚧 Chinatown 1.1 km
• 🚧 Exhibition 1.2 km · opening 2031

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

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Union Station Rail Corridor)300 m

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

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2025 · Permit Issued
  Interior alterations to office, staff room, fitness and party room
• Other · 2024 · Inspection
  Proposal to install a backflow prevention device on the fire line of an existing mixed use building.
• Fire Alarm · 2022 · Closed
  Fire Alarm control panel upgrade and the addition of new addresss label smoke detectors in all elevator lobbies. New control relays for…
• Garage Repair/Reconstruction · 2021 · Closed
  Loclalized concrete repairs to parking garage slab and roof slab
• Interior Alterations · 2015 · Inspection
  Proposal for removal and disposal of existing garbage chute and installation of new garbage chute, complete with tri-sorter.

4 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

78 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.

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