292 Spadina Ave

01What’s planned near 292 Spadina Ave

2 planning proposals within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk), both in progress. That's about typical for Toronto (the typical address has 1).

In progress

1. 1
   Consent

   33 Kensington Ave · 131 m away

   Committee of Adjustment · Consent: permission to split a lot or change property lines

   The hearing was postponed. A new date hasn't been published yet.

   Section 57(1) of the Planning Act allows the assignment of authority to the Secretary-Treasurer, Committee of Adjustment or his/her designate to approve a Validation of Title.

   File B0039/20TEY · submitted Jun 1, 2020 · look it up on the City’s Application Information Centre
2. 2
   Split the lot

   130 D'Arcy St · 179 m away

   Committee of Adjustment · Consent: permission to split a lot or change property lines

   A public hearing is set for Dec 9, 2026 at Delegated. Neighbours can send comments or speak at the hearing.

   To obtain consent for the technical severance of the property for the purpose of re-establishing two lots which merged on title.

   File B0053/26TEY · submitted Aug 18, 2026 · look it up on the City’s Application Information Centre

Development Applications and Committee of Adjustment Applications, City of Toronto. A proposal that covers several addresses or City files is listed once. Inactive: the City’s file is still open but marked inactive. Decided: development files submitted in the last 4 years; Committee of Adjustment decisions in the last 2 years.

Noise permits nearby

• 182-184 Spadina Ave · 182 Spadina Ave
  Construction · Manga Hotels (Spadina)Sept 15, 2025 to May 28, 2027 · 6 am to midnight
  396 m away
• Toronto Climate Week Official Celebration · 192 Spadina Ave
  Amplified soundJune 5, 2026 to June 5, 2027 · 3 to 11 pm
  342 m away
• 333 College Student Residences · 333 College St
  Continuous concrete pour · Hsre Parallax I LPOct 15, 2026 to Apr 11, 2027
  580 m away

City of Toronto Noise Exemption Permits: permits that let a site go past the noise bylaw’s limits for a set time (amplified sound for an event, construction outside normal hours, a concrete pour). Upcoming and current permits within 600 m. Events run by individuals show their name only for street parties, festivals and markets.

02Street work near 292 Spadina Ave

12 City road or sidewalk projects are planned within 500 m. The closest: laneway rebuild on Huron St, Dundas St W to D'arcy St, Q3 2026 to Q4 2027.

Utility digs within 250 m

• Toronto Water · Chamber repair at 594 Dundas St W · 206 m · Jun 16, 2026 to Dec 16, 2026

Source: City of Toronto Road Reconstruction, Road Resurfacing and Sidewalk Construction programs (planned work within 500 m), and Utility Cut Permits. Dates are the City’s plan and can move. “Carried over” means the work was due earlier and is still listed.

03Safety near 292 Spadina Ave

Police recorded 321 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's more than at almost all Toronto addresses. The table compares the neighbourhood's rates with Toronto's.

Source: Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal, Major Crime Indicators (Oct 5, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026) and Neighbourhood Crime Rates. Reported incidents only; police place each incident at the nearest intersection. Five-year trends for Kensington-Chinatown

Traffic safety

12 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 8 involved pedestrians, 1 involved cyclists and 2 were fatal. Most were on Spadina Ave and Dundas St W. Kensington-Chinatown has more of these collisions per resident than most neighbourhoods.

• Spadina Ave at Dundas St W · Passenger, seriously injured · Jun 27, 2026 · 33 m
• Queen St W at Spadina Ave · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Apr 14, 2026 · 496 m
• Beverley St at Grange Ave · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Nov 24, 2025 · 407 m
• Grange Ave at Spadina Ave · Pedestrian, seriously injured · May 24, 2024 · 153 m

Source: Toronto Police Service, collisions in which someone was killed or seriously injured (since 2021, within 500 m); City of Toronto School Safety Zones and Traffic Calming Database.

Other crimes near this address

Toronto Police Service: Shootings and Firearm Discharges, Bicycle Thefts and Theft From Motor Vehicle, June 2025 to June 2026. Police place each incident at the nearest intersection.

04Getting around from 292 Spadina Ave

The nearest subway station is St Patrick Station (Line 1), about a 13‑minute walk (0.8 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 9 TTC stops served by the 505 and 510 streetcars, with about 2,808 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Union Station GO, 1.7 km away, with 354 train stops on a weekday.

TTC and GO Transit schedules for a typical weekday (Nov 18, 2026). Walking times are estimates. Bike Share Toronto station data; City of Toronto Cycling Network and Permit Parking Areas.

How reliable are your routes?

TTC Bus and Streetcar Delay Data, September 2025 to September 2026: incidents the TTC logged as delaying service. Per 1,000 trips uses each route’s weekday schedule, so busy routes aren’t penalized for running more vehicles. A typical route: 4.0.

Charging and bike parking

• EV charging: 10 Soho St
  City-run (Green P): 4 Level 2 ports. Next: 10 Portland St, 650 m.504 m
• Indoor bike station: City Hall
  Secure parking for 300 bikes.1.2 km

City of Toronto: City-operated EV charging stations (private chargers aren’t included); indoor bike stations, shown within 1.5 km.

05Schools and child care near 292 Spadina Ave

The closest public and Catholic schools. They may not be the ones assigned to this address; check with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) or Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB).

The red tick on each bar is the Toronto average. Private schools within 1 km: Cornerstone Preparatory School - Main Campus, Braemar College Private Secondary School, Westside Montessori Elementary School, Ronald Mcdonald House. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): five licensed child care centres and four EarlyON centres.

Source: City of Toronto Licensed Child Care Centres, EarlyON Child and Family Centres, and ChildCareSafe (Toronto Public Health inspections).

06Parks, trees and libraries near 292 Spadina Ave

There are 5 parks and 4 playgrounds within 500 m. The nearest pool is Alexandra Park, 533 m away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Bellevue Square Park · outdoor fitness equipment, playground, washroom · 5 Bellevue Ave · 319 m
• Randy Padmore Park · playground · 47 Denison Ave · 401 m
• Glasgow Street Parkette · 11 Glasgow St · 421 m
• Julius Deutsch Park · outdoor fitness equipment, playground · 40 Cecil St · 426 m
• Sonya's Park · playground · 63 Oxford St · 440 m

Pools, courts and more

Also nearby

Source: City of Toronto Parks and Recreation Facilities, Registered Programs and Drop-In Programs, Tennis Courts, Outdoor and Indoor Ice Rinks, Washroom Facilities, Off-Leash Areas, Street Tree Data; Toronto Public Health SwimSafe and Beach Water Quality; Toronto Public Library branches.

Park space

Park projects nearby

• New Park at 464-470 Queen Street West
  A new park is coming to 464-470 Queen St. W., at the corner of Queen Street West and Augusta Avenue in the Alexandra Park neighbourhood.In progress · 547 m
• New Park on Dundas Street West
  A new park is coming to 129 McCaul St as part of the Relic Linear Park System. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 591 m
• New Park on St. Patrick Street
  A new park is coming to 234 Simcoe St as part of the Relic Linear Park System. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 744 m
• New Park at 105 Spadina Avenue
  A new 1,000 m2 park is coming to 105 Spadina Ave., at the southeast corner of Spadina Avenue and Adelaide Street.In progress · 750 m
• New Park at 229 Richmond Street West
  A new 2,600m2 park is coming to 229 Richmond St. W. The park site is currently leased to a restaurant and used as an outdoor patio.In progress · 808 m

City of Toronto: Green Spaces (parks, natural areas and conservation land; hydro corridors, golf courses, cemeteries and road verges aren’t counted); Park and Recreation Facility Projects within 1.5 km.

07The building at 292 Spadina Ave

There are no building orders, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 292 Spadina Ave. Here is what the City does have.

The lot

Green roof and solar permits

No green roof or solar hot water permits at this address. Within 500 m: 10 with a green roof.

City of Toronto Building Permits: Green Roofs, and Solar Hot Water Heaters.

08What can be built at 292 Spadina Ave

CR (Commercial Residential) zoning allows shops and offices on the ground floor with homes above, typical of main streets. The numbers below are the main limits; the full rules depend on the lot.

Special areas

Source: City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 (zone, height and lot coverage overlays), Heritage Conservation Districts, Major Transit Station Areas, Secondary Plans and Archaeological Potential. This is a summary, not a zoning review. Read the by-law and see the City’s map.

09Around the block

Source: Affordable Housing Pipeline, Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion applications, Short Term Rentals Registration, Multi-Tenant (Rooming) House Licences, Business Licences and Permits (storefront types; owners’ personal names are never shown), POPS, and Daily Shelter Occupancy (Nov 10, 2026). Confidential shelter locations are not published.

Traffic on your street

There’s no recent count on this street. The nearest, on a similar street:

City of Toronto Transportation Services: speed, volume and classification counts since 2016.

Parking tickets on this block

1,380 tickets in 2025 on Spadina Ave between numbers 242 and 342: 814 for unpaid parking, 392 for stopping where it’s not allowed.

City of Toronto Parking Tickets, 2025. Placed by the street address the officer recorded.

Main street business area

Chinatown BIA, which includes this address. Business Improvement Areas are local business associations that run street events and improvements.

City of Toronto Business Improvement Areas, within 400 m.

What neighbours report to 311

In the last 12 months, 4,311 service requests came from postal area M5T, which includes 292 Spadina Ave. The most common:

City of Toronto 311 Service Requests, October 2025 to October 2026. 311 publishes only the first three characters of the postal code, so this covers the wider postal area. Counts reflect how often people call as well as how often problems happen.

10Risks and environment at 292 Spadina Ave

TRCA mapping is for screening, not site-specific decisions. Lead results are voluntary samples from homes in the postal area, not this address.

11The neighbourhood: Kensington-Chinatown

Kensington-Chinatown had 18,120 residents in 2021. The median household income was $62,000, lower than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 68% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 44% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 24% of workers commuted by transit and 50% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Mandarin (12.7%), Cantonese (10.9%) and Spanish (2.2%). Source: 2021 Census; the next census was taken in 2026.

Rents aren't published for single neighbourhoods. Across central Toronto (the old City of Toronto, before the 1998 amalgamation), a two-bedroom in a purpose-built rental building averaged $2,457 a month in October 2025, up 6% from a year earlier. The Toronto average was $2,055. The vacancy rate was 3.2%. These averages include long-term tenants; new listings usually cost more.

Source: CMHC, Rental Market Survey (October 2025), purpose-built rental apartments, central Toronto (the old City of Toronto, before the 1998 amalgamation). CMHC doesn’t publish rents for single neighbourhoods. Adapted by My Address in Toronto.