840 College Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Ossington Subway14 min walk
• 🚇 Christie Subway18 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO2.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 14 grocery stores, 207 cafés and restaurants, 15 parks, 13 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: No Frills (150 m). Nearest park: George Ben Park (250 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Dewson Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 60%3 min walk
• Ossington/Old Orchard Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 85%3 min walk
• Pope Francis Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 14%6 min walk
• Montrose Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 70%9 min walk

Secondary

• Horizon Alternative Senior School5 min walk
• Central Toronto Academy Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 47%, literacy test 91%5 min walk
• Delta Senior Alternative School9 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 M6H

Owners / renters

48% / 52%

Median household income

$83,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

11% detached, 18% high-rise

Commute by transit

30%

Population

43,730

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 8.5%, Spanish 2.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.8%, Italian 1.4%.

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 Palmerston-Little Italy (2025): about the Toronto average, up 15% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter35% above average
• Auto theft49% below average
• Robbery45% above average
• Theft from vehicles33% below average
• Shootingsabout 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 5 active

• 108 HARRISON ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Approval for renovations to the existing building at 108 Harrison Street to serve as a municipal shelter.
  Application details
• 976 COLLEGE ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 6-storey mass timber residential building for 19 affordable dwelling units.
  Application details
• 833 COLLEGE ST · 50 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  INACTIVE Proposed development consists of a six (6) storey mixed-use building including 58.4 square metres of commercial space at grade and 5 residential…
  Application details
• 221 ROXTON RD · 150 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  An 8-storey mixed-use building.
  Application details
• 321 DOVERCOURT RD · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2020
  Site Plan Approval application to facilitate the development of the site for a 3-storey affordable housing apartment building comprised of 2234 square metres…
  Application details
• 871 COLLEGE ST · 150 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2023
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for 23 residential units. This mixed use building includes 23 residential condo units, 89 residential rental units, and…
  Application details

1 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

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

No building permits at this address since 2014.

10 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

26 City street trees within 100 m, mostly honeys. That’s fewer 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.