8 Oxford St

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Queen's Park Subway13 min walk
• 🚇 St. Patrick Subway15 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO2.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 12 grocery stores, 385 cafés and restaurants, 18 parks, 27 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: 大統華 T&T Supermarket (150 m). Nearest park: Glasgow Street Parkette (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Lord Lansdowne Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 89%, math 81%4 min walk
• da Vinci School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 80%, math 70%5 min walk
• Westside Montessori School Private5 min walk
• Beverley School6 min walk

Secondary

• Subway Academy II Private6 min walk
• Heydon Park Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 8%7 min walk
• Downtown Vocal Music Academy of Toronto Private10 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 M5T

Owners / renters

32% / 68%

Median household income

$61,600

Average age

42

Children under 15

7%

Homes

1% detached, 56% high-rise

Commute by transit

24%

Population

17,903

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 10.4%, Yue (Cantonese) 9.2%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Spanish 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 Kensington-Chinatown (2025): 126% above the Toronto average, down 13% from the year before.

• Assault163% above average
• Break and enter134% above average
• Auto theft47% below average
• Robbery146% above average
• Theft from vehicles302% above average
• Shootings169% 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 5 active

• 309 AUGUSTA AVE · 200 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Proposed six storey hotel with restaurant components containing 2194sqm of non-residential gross floor area. No parking is proposed.
  Application details
• 199 COLLEGE ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Related App 22 150580 STE 11 OZSite Plan application for proposal for a 31-storey mixed-use building containing 492 purpose-built rental units. The proposed…
  Application details
• 502 SPADINA AVE · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposed nine-storey mixed-use building with a residential gross floor area of 8,213 square metres, including 109 affordable rental units, and a…
  Application details
• 353 COLLEGE ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2018
  Proposal for site plan approval related to a five storey addition to existing hostel with portion of ground floor to be used as retail
  Application details
• 571 DUNDAS ST W · 500 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2017
  Draft Plan of Subdivision to update the Master Plan approved in 2011.
  Application details
• 199 COLLEGE ST · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2026
  Combined Official Plan Amendment (OPA) & Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) application for an increase in height from 31to 45-storeys, with a total of 694 units…
  Application details

9 more within 500 m.

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