Neighbourhood profile
Dufferin Grove
Dufferin Grove holds 2,637 addresses across 1.39 km², and ranks 1st of 158 Toronto neighbourhoods for grocery shopping close to home.
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 — 1st of 158, top 10% of Toronto.
- No subway stop inside the boundary, but streetcars run along College St, Dundas St West.
- $114M of construction value on record across 594 building permits.
How Dufferin Grove compares
Each measure is a rank against all 158 City of Toronto neighbourhoods. Lower is better.
Transit access
15thProximity to TTC subway, streetcar and bus, weighted by walking distance.
19.8 / 20 · top 10% of Toronto
Schools nearby
4thWalking distance to TDSB and TCDSB schools. Proximity only — no ratings are used.
13.1 / 15 · top 10% of Toronto
Everyday shopping
1stGrocery stores and supermarkets within a short walk.
10.0 / 10 · top 10% of Toronto
Neighbourhood character
143rdReported incident volume, severity-weighted using the Statistics Canada method.
2.7 / 25 · bottom quarter
By the numbers
What’s here
Rapid transit
Streetcar service along College St, Dundas St West.
Schools
- St Helen Catholic Elementary School · Toronto Catholic District School Board · Elementary
- Saint Frere Andre Secondary School · Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud · Secondary
- St Mary Catholic Academy Secondary School · Toronto Catholic District School Board · Secondary
- Toronto Ouest Secondary School · Conseil scolaire Viamonde · Secondary
- Bloor C.i. & Alpha Ii Alternative · Toronto District School Board
- Brock Jr Public School · Toronto District School Board
Groceries
- Kibo Market · supermarket
- No Frills · supermarket
- Walmart Supercentre · supermarket
Where the money is going
Toronto publishes every cleared building permit with its estimated construction cost. These are the largest on record in Dufferin Grove — a read on where the neighbourhood is being rebuilt, not on what homes are worth.
| Address | Type | Construction value |
|---|---|---|
| 90 Croatia St | Secondary School | $35M |
| 158 Sterling Rd | Multiple Unit Building | $8M |
| 875 Dufferin St | Other | $6M |
| 900 Dufferin St | Multiple Use/Non Residential | $4M |
| 72 Sterling Rd | — | $3M |
| 447 Lansdowne Ave | 2 Unit - Semi-detached | $3M |
| 57 Hepbourne St | 3+ Unit - Semi-detached | $2M |
| 330 Lansdowne Ave | Secondary School | $1M |
Next door
Neighbourhoods that share a boundary with Dufferin Grove.
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.