550 Front Street W Ph17

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 St. Andrew Subway1.4 km
• 🚇 Osgoode Subway1.5 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.6 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 16 grocery stores, 235 cafés and restaurants, 32 parks, 14 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Farm Boy (100 m). Nearest park: Victoria Memorial Square (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Jean Lumb Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 93%, math 65%7 min walk
• Bishop Macdonell Catholic Elementary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 97%, math 64%8 min walk
• ALPHA Alternative Junior School8 min walk
• St. Mary Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 38%10 min walk

Secondary

• Oasis Alternative Secondary School8 min walk
• City School
  EQAO: literacy test 58%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 M5V

Owners / renters

42% / 58%

Median household income

$91,000

Average age

35

Children under 15

6%

Homes

0% detached, 97% high-rise

Commute by transit

23%

Population

59,912

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 3.7%, Spanish 1.5%, Yue (Cantonese) 1%, Hindi 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 Wellington Place (2025): 31% above the Toronto average, down 8% from the year before.

• Assault52% above average
• Break and enter55% above average
• Auto theft57% below average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings30% 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

• 689 KING ST W · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Application Received · applied 2026
  Proposed 30-storey mixed-use development, comprised of hotel uses on the first 13-storeys, including a restaurant and 251 hotel suites, and residential uses…
  Application details
• 150 QUEENS WHARF RD · 50 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
  The 2025 Proposal is a 37-storey tower with a total of 268 units and ~350m2 of ground floor non-residential GFA. Of the 268 units, over 50% of the units are…
  Application details
• 539 KING ST W · 350 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2025
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for 439 units.
  Application details
• 451 ADELAIDE ST W · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2025
  Zoning By-law Amendment for a 17-storey (59.65m including mechanical penthouse) hotel containing 144 suites.
  Application details
• 71 PORTLAND ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Proposed mixed-use building containing 1,058 units, 23-storey and 27-storey towers atop a nine-storey base building.
  Application details
• 71 PORTLAND ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Proposed 40-storey, 123 metre, mixed-use building containing 413 residential units.
  Application details

25 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

• 🚧 King West GO Transit350 m
• 🚧 Chinatown 850 m
• 🚧 Osgoode 1.5 km

Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.

Noise 2 sources nearby

• 🛣️ Gardiner Expressway350 m
• 🚆 Rail line (Union Station Rail Corridor)50 m

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

What can be built CRE

Commercial Residential Employment (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

• Multiple Projects · 2025 · Permit Issued
  Proposal to replace a deteriorated structural beam supporting a raised porch.
• Garage Repair/Reconstruction · 2024 · Permit Issued
  Locally regrading for existing retaining wall and localized concrete repairs within the underground parking garage,
• Fire Alarm · 2024 · Closed
  Addition of new fire alarm control components, field devices and control relays for CSA B44 intelligent elevator recall capabilities
• Interior Alterations · 2023 · Closed
  Proposal for interior alterations to construct a demising wall in existing medical clinc to create 2 units. New space to be used as a…
• Balcony/Guard Repairs · 2022 · Closed
  In general the scope of work includes wholesale replacement of the existing wood guard rails at the lower terraces of Block A1 - Unit 4.1,…

6 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

39 City street trees within 100 m. That’s about 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