855 Oxford Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚆 Mimico GO18 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 3 grocery stores, 34 cafés and restaurants, 8 parks, 3 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Longo's (750 m). Nearest park: Market Garden Mews Parkette (400 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• High Park Centennial Montessori School Private8 min walk
• George R Gauld Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 82%, math 63%16 min walk
• St. Louis Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 43%16 min walk
• Castlebar Junior School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 83%, math 80%1.2 km

Secondary

• Mimico Adult Centre1.4 km
• Etobicoke School of the Arts
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 68%, literacy test 92%1.4 km
• Karen Kain School of the Arts1.5 km

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 M8Z

Owners / renters

80% / 20%

Median household income

$111,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

15%

Homes

55% detached, 23% high-rise

Commute by transit

18%

Population

19,312

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tibetan 2.5%, Italian 1.8%, Portuguese 1.4%, Polish 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 Mimico-Queensway (2025): 254% above the Toronto average, up 9% from the year before.

• Assault448% above average
• Break and enter30% below average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery47% below average
• Theft from vehicles53% 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 5 active

• 933 THE QUEENSWAY · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Application Received · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Condominium - 210 Units.
  Application details
• 1025 THE QUEENSWAY · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2024
  Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a mixed-use development containing a central public park of 4,286.4 square metres, three new public streets, ten…
  Application details
• 1025 THE QUEENSWAY · 400 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2024
  June 5, 2024: Proposed Draft Plan of Subdivision application to create the necessary blocks to support the proposed development.**Note associated Zoning By-law…
  Application details
• 875 THE QUEENSWAY · 500 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Proposal for a mixed-use development comprised of an 11-storey mixed-use building. 148 residential units are proposed along with 238 square metres of…
  Application details
• 875 THE QUEENSWAY · 500 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2022
• 1025 THE QUEENSWAY · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Condominium Approval Application for 1007 The Queensway, 341 units.
  Application details

6 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 11 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Gardiner Expressway100 m

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

What can be built E

Employment Industrial.

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

• Building Permit Related · 2016 · Closed
  FS - Sprinkler Shop Drawing - Fire alarm Permit for interior alterations to existing Warehouse/Office building , kitchen, office for food…
• Interior Alterations · 2016 · Closed
  Permit for interior alterations to existing Warehouse/Office building , kitchen, office for food manufacturing/process. REVISED PLANS…

Permits filed with the City of Toronto. A permit doesn’t mean the work passed final inspection.

Trees

28 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.