Neighbourhood profile
Dorset Park
Dorset Park holds 3,505 addresses across 6.01 km². Here is how it measures against the other 157 City of Toronto neighbourhoods on transit, schools, everyday shopping and neighbourhood character.
The overall position is a summary of the four measures below. Those are the useful numbers — a single combined figure compresses most of Toronto into a narrow band and separates very little.
What stands out
- Strongest on everyday shopping — 80th of 158, below the city median.
- Weakest on schools nearby — 116th, which is below the city median.
- No subway stop inside the boundary — 76 surface transit stops serve the area.
- $120M of construction value on record across 315 building permits.
How Dorset Park compares
Each measure is a rank against all 158 City of Toronto neighbourhoods. Lower is better.
Transit access
112thProximity to TTC subway, streetcar and bus, weighted by walking distance.
15.2 / 20 · below the city median
Schools nearby
116thWalking distance to TDSB and TCDSB schools. Proximity only — no ratings are used.
9.0 / 15 · below the city median
Everyday shopping
80thGrocery stores and supermarkets within a short walk.
7.7 / 10 · below the city median
Neighbourhood character
91stReported incident volume, severity-weighted using the Statistics Canada method.
11.9 / 25 · below the city median
By the numbers
What’s here
Rapid transit
No subway or streetcar route inside the boundary. Bus routes serve the area.
Schools
- St Lawrence Catholic Elementary School · Toronto Catholic District School Board · Elementary
- Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute · Toronto District School Board · Secondary
- Dorset Park Public School · Toronto District School Board
- Ellesmere Statton Public School · Toronto District School Board
- Enquiring Minds Montessori and London School of Dance · None
- General Crerar Public School · Toronto District School Board
- Glamorgan Jr Public School · Toronto District School Board
Groceries
- Foody World · supermarket
- Highland Farms · supermarket
- Lone Tai Supermarket · supermarket
- Metro · supermarket
Where the money is going
Toronto publishes every cleared building permit with its estimated construction cost. These are the largest on record in Dorset Park — a read on where the neighbourhood is being rebuilt, not on what homes are worth.
| Address | Type | Construction value |
|---|---|---|
| 1050 Ellesmere Rd | Mixed Use/Res w Non Res | $32M |
| 1333 Kennedy Rd | Medical/Dental Office | $8M |
| 1255 Birchmount Rd | Apartment Building | $8M |
| 41 Antrim Cres | Apartment Building | $5M |
| 1483 Birchmount Rd | Apartment Building | $5M |
| 1100 Ellesmere Rd | Multiple Use/Non Residential | $4M |
| 65 Progress Ave | Industrial Warehouse/Hazardous Building | $3M |
| 8 William Kitchen Rd | Retail Store | $3M |
Next door
Neighbourhoods that share a boundary with Dorset Park.
How this was measured
Everything here is computed from open data: City of Toronto address points, building permits and neighbourhood boundaries; Toronto Police Service major crime indicators; TTC schedules; and TDSB and TCDSB school locations.
School figures are proximity only. No school rating or ranking is used anywhere on this site — a distance to a school is a verifiable fact about a location, while a school rating largely reflects the income and demographics of its catchment.
Neighbourhood character is derived from reported incident volume, severity-weighted using the Statistics Canada Crime Severity Index method, so that offences of very different seriousness are not counted as equivalent.
Last computed today. Data refreshes nightly. Nothing on this page is an appraisal, a valuation, or advice about where to live.