31 Aitken Pl

01What’s planned near 31 Aitken Pl

8 planning proposals within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk): five in progress and three decided recently. Some cover several addresses; each proposal is listed once. That's more than at 96% of Toronto addresses.

In progress

1. 1
   Site plan

   250 Front St E · 72 m away

   Site plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building

   City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.

   for Corktown station

   File 23 142019 STE 13 SA · submitted May 5, 2023 · City record and how to comment
2. 2
   42-storey building · 449 homes and shops

   298 King St E · 150 m away

   Site plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building

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

   Site Plan Application for a 42-storey (139.90 metres including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with 1,188 square metres of commercial uses at grade and 449 dwelling units.

   File 23 188669 STE 13 SA · submitted Aug 14, 2023 · City record and how to comment
3. 3
   50-storey building · 1,065 homes and shops

   281 Front St E · 175 m away

   Rezoning: a request to change the Official Plan or zoning so something new can be built

   City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.

   The application proposes to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a mixed-used building consisting of two residential towers (54- and 50-storeys), 1,065 residential dwelling units, 643 square metres of retail space on the…

   File 26 163623 STE 13 OZ · submitted May 20, 2026 · City record and how to comment

Decided recently

1. 6
   Split the lot

   33 Parliament St · 236 m away

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

   The Committee of Adjustment approved it on Jul 9, 2025.

   To obtain consent to sever the property into three lots with a strata severance and to create various easements/rights-of-ways within the 33-storey mixed-use building which is currently under construction.

   File B0019/25TEY · submitted Mar 26, 2025 · look it up on the City’s Application Information Centre
2. 7
   Consent

   31 Parliament St · 243 m away

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

   The Committee of Adjustment approved it on Jul 15, 2026.

   To obtain consent to create new stratified easements/rights-of-way and to maintain existing easements/rights-of-way.

   File B0058/25TEY · submitted Sep 23, 2025 · 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 is listed once. Decided: development files submitted in the last 4 years; Committee of Adjustment decisions in the last 2 years.

02Safety near 31 Aitken Pl

Police recorded 150 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's more than at 95% 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 2, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026) and Neighbourhood Crime Rates. Reported incidents only; police place each incident at the nearest intersection. Five-year trends for St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands

03Getting around from 31 Aitken Pl

The nearest subway station is King Station (Line 1), about a 17‑minute walk (1.1 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 15 TTC stops served by the 504 and 503 streetcars and the 75, 65 and 121 buses, with about 3,043 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Union Station GO, 1.4 km away, with 354 train stops on a weekday.

TTC and GO Transit schedules for a typical weekday (Nov 11, 2026). Walking times are estimates.

04Schools and child care near 31 Aitken Pl

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: Voice Integrative Private School, Liberty Prep School, Keystone International Schools. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

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

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

05The building at 31 Aitken Pl

No building permits, building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registration on record for 31 Aitken Pl.

06Around the block

Source: 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 6, 2026). Confidential shelter locations are not published.

07Risks and environment at 31 Aitken Pl

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

08The neighbourhood: St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands

St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands had 31,285 residents in 2021. The median household income was $87,000, about the same as the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 60% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 39% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 22% of workers commuted by transit and 37% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Mandarin (5.7%), Spanish (2.8%) and Cantonese (2.8%). 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.