863 Bloor Street W

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Ossington Subway2 min walk
• 🚇 Christie Subway9 min walk
• 🚆 Exhibition GO2.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 12 grocery stores, 155 cafés and restaurants, 12 parks, 11 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Bloor Fresh Market (50 m). Nearest park: Irene Avenue Parkette (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Montrose Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 70%10 min walk
• Dewson Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 60%10 min walk
• École élémentaire catholique du Sacré-Coeur-Toronto French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 40%11 min walk
• Essex Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 28%12 min walk

Secondary

• The Bickford Centre6 min walk
• West End Alternative Secondary School7 min walk
• Central Toronto Academy Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 47%, literacy test 91%8 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 M6G

Owners / renters

49% / 51%

Median household income

$91,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

12%

Homes

13% detached, 8% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

30,600

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Portuguese 3.2%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.6%, Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.2%.

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 3 active

• 798 DOVERCOURT RD · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Condominium for four residential units.
  Application details
• 270 BARTON AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2018
  Proposal to construct a new three-storey elementary school for the Toronto District Catholic School Board.
  Application details
• 707 DOVERCOURT RD · 400 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2009
  SITE PLAN CONTROL for construction of new 5 storey residential building containing 77 dwelling units with 2 levels below grade parking with 67 parking spaces…
• 990 BLOOR ST W · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2025
  To create 116 residential units within a 13-storey mixed use building.
  Application details

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.

7 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 1 new home.

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

Trees

57 City street trees within 100 m, mostly maples. 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.