897 Queen Street W

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Christie Subway2.1 km
• 🚇 Osgoode Subway2.1 km
• 🚆 Exhibition GO18 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 12 grocery stores, 232 cafés and restaurants, 22 parks, 17 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Wong's Fruit Market (400 m). Nearest park: Trinity Bellwoods Park (350 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Niagara Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 84%6 min walk
• Charles G Fraser Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 95%, math 71%6 min walk
• Givins/Shaw Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 71%7 min walk
• St. Mary Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 38%9 min walk

Secondary

• Downtown Vocal Music Academy of Toronto Private16 min walk
• Oasis Alternative Secondary School17 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 8 active

• 723 QUEEN ST W · 450 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 · 350 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 · 350 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
• 127 STRACHAN AVE · 250 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
• 788 KING ST W · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2021
  Zoning By-law amendment to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for an 18-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 714 square…
  Application details
• 99 STRACHAN AVE · 350 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2021
  Site Plan Approval for a 18-storey mixed-use building having a residential gross floor area of 14,650 square metres and a non-residential gross floor area of…
  Application details

5 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 3 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 King West GO Transit800 m
• 🚧 Exhibition 1.2 km · opening 2031
• 🚧 Chinatown 1.3 km

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

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2025 · Revision Issued
  Revision #2 - replacing the storage units on the main floor to proposed offices, third floor proposed steps to the roof top, main floor…
• Other · 2023 · Revocation Pending
  Partial structural restoration of deteioratd exterior brick walls/roof framing for the rear second floor.
• Other · 2023 · Permit Issued
  Proposal to reinstall front brick

2 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

124 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.