78 Mowat Ave

01What’s planned near 78 Mowat Ave

3 planning proposals within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk), all in progress. A proposal that covers several addresses or City files is listed once. That's more than at most Toronto addresses (the typical address has 1).

In progress

1. 1
   37-storey building with shops

   1179 King St W and 1 more address · 123 m away

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

   City planners have been reviewing it since June. Residents can comment before a decision is made.

   The proposed development consists of a 37-storey mixed-use building containing hotel and residential uses. Office and commercial uses will be maintained on Site, and 100 Liberty Street will be rebuilt with new retail, office, and…

   Public notice · Jul 24, 2026Notice of Application - Under the Planning Act - Toronto Carpet Factory. Read the notice, which explains any meeting or appeal dates.

   All 2 addresses

   1179 King St W · 1187 King St W

   File 26 183202 STE 10 OZ · submitted Jun 12, 2026 · City record and how to comment
2. 2
   Site plan

   99 R Sudbury St and 1 more address · 151 m away

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

   359 m² of floor space

   City planners have been reviewing it since 2023. Residents can comment before a decision is made.

   Construction of the King-Liberty SmartTrack station, including three station entrances outside the rail corridor, two pedestrian bridges and an island platform to serve Kitchener Corridor tracks inside the rail corridor

   All 2 addresses

   99 R Sudbury St · 121 Sudbury St

   File 23 224338 STE 09 SA · submitted Nov 9, 2023 · City record and how to comment
3. 3
   Three towers, up to 29 storeys · 768 homes

   340 Dufferin St · 229 m away

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

   768 homes

   City planners have been reviewing it since 2022. Residents can comment before a decision is made.

   Proposal for a mixed-use development consisting of three buildings at 9, 26 and 29 storeys and incorporating portions of the existing buildings. The development consists of a total of 768 residential units with 46,713.05 m² residential…

   File 22 198104 STE 04 SA · submitted Aug 31, 2022 · 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.

02Street work near 78 Mowat Ave

3 City road or sidewalk projects are planned within 500 m. The closest: road repairs on Snooker St, Hanna Ave to Atlantic Ave, Q2 to Q4 2027.

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 78 Mowat Ave

Police recorded 168 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's more than at 96% 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 South Parkdale

Traffic safety

4 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 2 involved pedestrians and 1 involved cyclists. Most were on King St W and Gwynne Ave. South Parkdale has more of these collisions per resident than almost anywhere in Toronto.

• King St W at Gwynne Ave · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Jul 13, 2026 · 239 m
• Dufferin St at Dufferin St Bridge · Driver, seriously injured · Apr 15, 2026 · 433 m
• Queen St W at Dufferin St · Cyclist, seriously injured · Aug 24, 2023 · 488 m
• King St W at Gwynne Ave · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Jul 6, 2022 · 237 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 78 Mowat Ave

The nearest subway station is Dufferin Station (Line 2), 2.6 km away. Within a 5‑minute walk there are 8 TTC stops served by the 504 and 503 streetcars and the 29 and 929 buses, with about 4,360 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Exhibition GO, 0.6 km away, with 74 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: 1224 King St W
  City-run (On-Street): 2 Level 2 ports. Next: 45 Abell St, 413 m.205 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 78 Mowat 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. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): two licensed child care centres and no 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 78 Mowat Ave

There are 8 parks, 6 playgrounds and 1 community centre within 500 m. The nearest pool is Parkdale Community Recreation Centre, 1.1 km away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Dufferin-King Park · playground · 256 Dufferin St · 131 m
• Rita Cox Park · playground · 14 Machells Ave · 212 m
• Lamport Stadium Park · outdoor ping pong/table tennis, playground · 1155 King St W · 227 m
• Lamport Stadium · sports field, washroom · 1155 King St W · 233 m
• Melbourne Avenue Parkette · playground · 7 Melbourne Ave · 300 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

• Allan A. Lamport Stadium Park Playground Improvements
  The City is improving the playground in Allan A. Lamport Stadium Park as part of an ongoing program to enhance playgrounds and play spaces across the city.In progress · 230 m
• New Park at 34 Hanna Avenue
  A new 4,900 m² park is coming to 34 Hanna Ave. – currently a parking lot at the southeast corner of Hanna Avenue and Liberty Street.In progress · 506 m
• Masaryk Park Playground Improvements
  The City is improving the playground in Masaryk Park as part of an ongoing program to enhance playgrounds and play spaces across the city.In progress · 617 m
• New Parkette at 1071 King Street West
  A new parkette is coming to 1071 King St. W. as part of a mixed-use development project at King Street West and Douro Street.In progress · 770 m
• New Park at 55B Brock Avenue
  A new park is coming to 55B Brock Ave. as a result of a residential development project near Brock Avenue and Queen Street West in the Parkdale neighbourhood.In progress · 827 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 78 Mowat Ave

There are no building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 78 Mowat 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: 9 with a green roof and 1 with solar hot water.

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

08What can be built at 78 Mowat Ave

This lot isn’t covered by the citywide zoning by-law (569-2013). It is still under a former municipal by-law from before amalgamation, which the City’s map shows in grey.

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.

Heritage evaluation needed before redevelopment

City of Toronto: Properties Requiring a Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report under OPA 720.

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

51 tickets in 2025 on Mowat Ave between numbers 28 and 128: 30 for parking on a boulevard or private property, 11 for unpaid parking.

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

Main street business area

Liberty Village 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, 5,718 service requests came from postal area M6K, which includes 78 Mowat 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 78 Mowat 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: South Parkdale

South Parkdale had 20,495 residents in 2021. The median household income was $57,200, lower than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 85% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 42% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 42% of workers commuted by transit and 20% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Tibetan (6.7%), Pilipino, Filipino (3.0%) and Portuguese (2.5%). 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.