831 Queen Street W

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Osgoode Subway1.9 km
• 🚇 St. Patrick Subway2.0 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO1.3 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 12 grocery stores, 225 cafés and restaurants, 21 parks, 13 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Wong's Fruit Market (200 m). Nearest park: Stanley Park (350 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Niagara Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 84%4 min walk
• Charles G Fraser Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 71%5 min walk
• St. Mary Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 38%6 min walk
• Givins/Shaw Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 71%10 min walk

Secondary

• Downtown Vocal Music Academy of Toronto Private13 min walk
• Oasis Alternative Secondary School14 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 M6J

Owners / renters

49% / 51%

Median household income

$90,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

10%

Homes

3% detached, 33% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

32,111

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 6.6%, Yue (Cantonese) 3%, Mandarin 2.7%, Spanish 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 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 12 active

• 191 NIAGARA ST · 450 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
• 723 QUEEN ST W · 250 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
• 952 KING ST W · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  The proposed development consists of a 16-storey mixed-use building, which will have a total height of 50.6 metres to the top of the roof and 56.6 metres to…
  Application details
• 952 KING ST W · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2022
  The proposed development consists of a 17-storey mixed-use building with a height of 52.8 metres to the top of the roof and 58.5 metres to the top of the…
  Application details
• 627 RICHMOND ST W · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Site Plan Control application for a 29-storey mixed-use building containing 384 new dwelling units(including 9 affordable units), a total of 22,565 sqm of…
  Application details
• 127 STRACHAN AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2021
  Site plan approval application to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 13 storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 138…
  Application details

10 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 Transit650 m
• 🚧 Chinatown 1.1 km
• 🚧 Exhibition 1.3 km · opening 2031

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

Heritage Listed

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Listed. The City must get 60 days’ notice before demolition, and it can move to designate the property.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2019 · Permit Issued
  Proposal to change retail space to take out restaurant under 30 seats maintain existing garage.
• Interior Alterations · 2018 · Inspection
  Proposal for interior alterations to front entry of retail store (ground floor) and new stair to 2nd floor residential apartment. Scope…
• Interior Alterations · 2018 · Cancelled
  Proposed interior alterations to change existing retail spaces on basement and main floor to take out restaurant under 30 seats.
• Interior Alterations · 2017 · Closed
  Interior alterations to existing mixed use building to upgrade fire separation on ground floor ceiling and add door at top of stair to res…
• Demolition · 2016 · Cancelled
  Proposal to remove the residential unit on the 2nd floor and replace with commercial for a fully commercial building. See permit 16-181903…

7 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.