Neighbourhood profile
Kensington-Chinatown
Kensington-Chinatown holds 3,389 addresses across 1.54 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.
- $882M of construction value on record across 613 building permits.
How Kensington-Chinatown compares
Each measure is a rank against all 158 City of Toronto neighbourhoods. Lower is better.
Transit access
4thProximity to TTC subway, streetcar and bus, weighted by walking distance.
20.0 / 20 · top 10% of Toronto
Schools nearby
52ndWalking distance to TDSB and TCDSB schools. Proximity only — no ratings are used.
10.9 / 15 · above the city median
Everyday shopping
1stGrocery stores and supermarkets within a short walk.
10.0 / 10 · top 10% of Toronto
Neighbourhood character
154thReported incident volume, severity-weighted using the Statistics Canada method.
0.0 / 25 · bottom quarter
By the numbers
What’s here
Rapid transit
Streetcar service along Bathurst St, College St.
Schools
- Westside Montessori Elementary School · None · Elementary
- Braemar College Private Secondary School · None · Secondary
- Heydon Park Secondary School · Toronto District School Board · Secondary
- Beverley & Subway Academy Two · Toronto District School Board
- Contact Alternative School · Toronto District School Board
- Cornerstone Preparatory School - Main Campus · None
- Kensington Community School · Toronto District School Board
- Ocad University - Aboveground Art Supplies · None
- Ocad University - Annex Building · None
- Ocad University - Inclusive Design Institute · None
- Ocad University - Main Building 416 977-6000 · None
- Ocad University - Rosalie Sharp Pavilion · None
Groceries
- Hua Sheng Supermarket · supermarket
- Kai Wei Supermarket · supermarket
- Lucky Moose Food Mart · supermarket
- Natural Foods · supermarket
- Sun Ming Hong · supermarket
- Vida · supermarket
- 大統華 T&T Supermarket · supermarket
Where the money is going
Toronto publishes every cleared building permit with its estimated construction cost. These are the largest on record in Kensington-Chinatown — a read on where the neighbourhood is being rebuilt, not on what homes are worth.
| Address | Type | Construction value |
|---|---|---|
| 234 Simcoe St | Mixed Use/Res w Non Res | $260M |
| 480 University Ave | Multiple Unit Building | $107M |
| 222 St Patrick St | Other | $85M |
| 255 College St | Mixed Use/Res w Non Res | $60M |
| 426 University Ave | Mixed Use/Res w Non Res | $50M |
| 203 College St | Mixed Use/Res w Non Res | $44M |
| 297 College St | Mixed Use/Res w Non Res | $35M |
| 700 University Ave | Office | $20M |
Next door
Neighbourhoods that share a boundary with Kensington-Chinatown.
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.