9 Rose Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Castle Frank Subway13 min walk
• 🚇 Sherbourne Subway14 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO2.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 16 grocery stores, 110 cafés and restaurants, 19 parks, 23 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Fairway Market Variety & Grocery (100 m). Nearest park: Winchester Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Winchester Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 57%1 min walk
• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 43%6 min walk
• Rose Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 67%, math 14%8 min walk
• Sprucecourt Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 25%8 min walk

Secondary

• Jarvis Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 34%, literacy test 80%9 min walk
• Msgr Fraser College - Isabella Campus Catholic11 min walk
• Collège français French11 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 M4X

Owners / renters

15% / 85%

Median household income

$58,800

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

1% detached, 81% high-rise

Commute by transit

44%

Population

19,896

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5.2%, Tamil 2.7%, Spanish 1.6%, Mandarin 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 Cabbagetown-South St.James Town (2025): 26% above the Toronto average, down 8% from the year before.

• Assault40% above average
• Break and enter70% above average
• Auto theft59% below average
• Robbery85% above average
• Theft from vehiclesabout 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 9 active

• 306 GERRARD ST E · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Approval for an 11-storey mixed-use building containing 228 market and affordable residential units, plus office and community program space.
  Application details
• 405 SHERBOURNE ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
  Site Plan Control Application for a 35-storey (112.6) metre building (excluding mechanical penthouse) 25,069 square metres of residential gross floor area and…
  Application details
• 240 WELLESLEY ST E · 250 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Under Review · applied 2024
  Draft Plan of Subdivision to establish two development blocks with pedestrian and vehicular connections into and through the subject site. A new public park…
  Application details
• 383 SHERBOURNE ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Appeal Received · applied 2023
  The proposal will introduce a 39 storey residential building representing an F.S.I. of 13.58 and lot coverage of 69%. The total GFA will be 20,328 sq. m.…
  Application details
• 509 PARLIAMENT ST · 150 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  Zoning By-law Amendment law to permit the development of site for a 10-storey mixed-use building (38.6 metres) with retail at-grade (278 square metres) and 60…
  Application details
• 240 WELLESLEY ST E · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval application to permit three new buildings on the lands, comprising a 47-storey mixed-use building with 5,770 square metres of…
  Application details

9 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

• 🚧 Moss Park 1.3 km
• 🚧 Distillery District 1.7 km
• 🚧 Queen 1.7 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 R

Residential (with a site-specific exception).

• ✅ Up to 6 homes on the lot (multiplex): a sixplex ward
• ✅ Garden suite in the backyard
• ✅ Laneway suite, if the lot backs onto a lane

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 Protected

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Heritage Conservation District (Part V) (2008). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

1 permit 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

90 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.

Short-term rentals

Only in your principal residence (where you live). The entire home can be rented up to 180 nights a year; renting up to 3 bedrooms while you live there has no limit. Hosts register with the City and collect the 6% accommodation tax.

City rules