96 Gerrard Street E

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 College Subway7 min walk
• 🚇 TMU Subway8 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 26 grocery stores, 340 cafés and restaurants, 30 parks, 34 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Jarvis Market (100 m). Nearest park: Pitman Quad (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Church Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 45%6 min walk
• Saint Michael's Choir School Catholic8 min walk
• École élémentaire Gabrielle-Roy French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 88%9 min walk
• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 43%10 min walk

Secondary

• Collège français French4 min walk
• Native Learning Centre6 min walk
• Jarvis Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 34%, literacy test 80%10 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 M5B

Owners / renters

28% / 72%

Median household income

$58,000

Average age

37

Children under 15

5%

Homes

0% detached, 94% high-rise

Commute by transit

30%

Population

17,422

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 6.8%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.1%, Korean 1.8%, Spanish 1.7%.

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 Downtown Yonge East (2025): 123% above the Toronto average, down 17% from the year before.

• Assault207% above average
• Break and enter45% above average
• Auto theft66% below average
• Robbery83% above average
• Theft from vehicles84% above average
• Shootings47% above 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 22 active

• 335 YONGE ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
  This application is to facilitate a Site Plan Agreement for the subject site, which would permit an extension of the temporary use permit for the outdoor…
• 21 MCGILL ST · 350 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Approval for a 7-storey addition to the existing Covenant House Toronto. The proposal would increase its youth crisis and supportive housing capacity…
  Application details
• 349 GEORGE ST · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Lift the Hold application related to a new 10-storey building, containing 80 emergency shelter beds, 100 transitional shelter beds, 124 long-term care beds, 70…
  Application details
• 2 CARLTON ST · 500 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan application for an 80-storey tower containing 69,448 square metres of residential GFA and 10,037 square metres of non-residential GFA (Non-res GFA…
  Application details
• 412 CHURCH ST · 200 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Application for Site Plan Control Approval for a proposed 33-storey mixed-use building.
  Application details
• 295 JARVIS ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposal to facilitate the redevelopment of the site with a 60-storey residential building with a 9-storey podium along Jarvis Street. Overall, the proposal…
  Application details

30 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 850 m
• 🚧 Queen 900 m
• 🚧 Osgoode 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 · 2022 · Inspection
  Proposal to convert existing office to a new restaurant, new kitchen exhaust and make-up air.
• Other · 2021 · Inspection
  New fire pumps to replace existing, new backflow preventer with bypass and meter; tandem pressure reducing valves; pump feed to the FSP…
• Garage Repair/Reconstruction · 2019 · Permit Issued
  Proposed underground vault room concrete repairs adjacent to an existing apartment building.
• Fire Alarm · 2019 · Inspection
  Proposed upgrade to existing fire alarm system in student residence and hotel
• Other · 2017 · Permit Issued
  Relpacement of existing deisel generators with a new generator for existing apartment building.

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

66 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.