300 Bloor St W

01What’s planned near 300 Bloor St W

At this address: a 34‑storey building with 339 homes and shops, approved. 2 planning proposals within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk) including this address: one in progress and one decided recently. A proposal that covers several addresses or City files is listed once. That's about typical for Toronto (the typical address has 1).

In progress

1. 2
   28-storey building · 398 homes

   145 St George St · 162 m away

   2 City files for one project: Site plan · Subdivision

   398 homes · affordable rental

   It has been appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal (formerly the OMB), which will make the final decision.

   Site plan application to facilitate the development of the site for a 96-metre (28-storey) mixed-use building containing 398 dwelling units (including 130 rental replacement units and 12 new affordable units), and a maximum of 150 square…

   File 21 155930 STE 11 SA (site plan) · submitted May 17, 2021 · City record and how to commentFile 21 220624 STE 11 SB (subdivision) · submitted Oct 1, 2021 · City record and how to comment

Decided recently

1. 1
   34-storey building · 339 homes and shops

   This address 300 Bloor St W

   Condominium: a request to divide a building into condominium units

   339 homes

   It has been approved.

   Draft Plan of Standard Condominium to create 339 residential units and 1 retail unit within a 34-storey building.

   File 26 130612 STE 11 CD · submitted Mar 17, 2026 · City record and how to comment

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

• University of Toronto Academic Tower · 100 Devonshire Pl
  Construction · PomerleauJune 1 to Dec 31 · 6 am to 6 pm
  316 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 300 Bloor St W

1 City road or sidewalk project is planned within 500 m. The closest: road resurfacing on Brunswick Ave, Bloor St W to Lowther Ave, Q3 2025 to Q2 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 300 Bloor St W

Police recorded 233 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's more than at 98% of 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 Annex

Traffic safety

3 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 2 involved cyclists. Most were on St George St and Sussex Ave. Annex has more of these collisions per resident than most neighbourhoods.

• St George St at Sussex Ave · Cyclist, seriously injured · Dec 9, 2024 · 346 m
• Spadina Rd at Bernard Ave · Driver, seriously injured · Oct 14, 2024 · 473 m
• Bloor St W at St George St · Cyclist, seriously injured · Aug 9, 2023 · 194 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 300 Bloor St W

The nearest subway station is Spadina Station (Line 1 and 2), about a 4‑minute walk (0.3 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 11 TTC stops served by the 510 and 506 streetcars and the 127 and 26 buses, with about 2,194 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Union Station GO, 3.0 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: 19 Spadina Rd
  City-run (Green P): 6 Level 2 ports. Next: 365 Lippincott St, 657 m.173 m

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 300 Bloor St W

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: Howlett Academy School, University Of Toronto Schools, Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School & Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, Taddle Creek Montessori School, The Shire School and 8 more. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): 12 licensed child care centres and one EarlyON centre.

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

06Parks, trees and libraries near 300 Bloor St W

There are 8 parks and 4 playgrounds within 500 m. The nearest pool is Christie Pits Park, 1.5 km away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Paul Martel Park · 10 Madison Ave · 101 m
• Huron-Washington Parkette · playground · 420 Huron St · 136 m
• Matt Cohen Park · 725 Spadina Ave · 160 m
• Huron Street Playground · dog off-leash area, playground · 495 Huron St · 214 m
• Bloor-Bedford Parkette · 248 Bloor St W · 330 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

• Huron-Washington Parkette Playground Improvements
  The City is improving the playground at Huron-Washington Parkette. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 152 m
• New Park at 51 Sussex Avenue
  A new park is coming to 51 Sussex Avenue. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 347 m
• Queen's Park North Revitalization
  The City is proposing enhancements to Queen's Park, building on improvements completed in 2019.In progress · 764 m
• New Park at Macpherson Avenue
  A new park is coming to Macpherson Avenue. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 1.0 km
• Ramsden Park Ice Rink Improvements
  The City is improving the artificial ice rink at Ramsden Park with state-of-good-repair upgrades to the building’s change rooms and washrooms, as well as repairs to the rink’s refrigeration systems and dasher boards.In progress · 1.3 km

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 300 Bloor St W

There are no building orders, by-law investigations or short-term rental registrations on record for 300 Bloor St W. Here is what the City does have.

The lot

Green roof and solar permits

Building permits at this address included a green roof (2026). Within 500 m: 11 with a green roof.

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

08What can be built at 300 Bloor St W

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

780 tickets in 2025 on Bloor St W between numbers 250 and 350: 347 for standing where it’s not allowed, 211 for unpaid parking.

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

Main street business area

Bloor Annex BIA, about 70 m away. 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, 2,827 service requests came from postal area M5S, which includes 300 Bloor St W. 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 300 Bloor St W

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: Annex

Annex had 29,300 residents in 2021. The median household income was $85,000, about the same as the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 59% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 46% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 24% of workers commuted by transit and 32% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Mandarin (2.5%), Spanish (2.2%) and Cantonese (1.8%). 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.