Neighbourhood profile
Little Portugal
Little Portugal holds 3,300 addresses across 1.22 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.
- $95M of construction value on record across 685 building permits.
How Little Portugal compares
Each measure is a rank against all 158 City of Toronto neighbourhoods. Lower is better.
Transit access
14thProximity to TTC subway, streetcar and bus, weighted by walking distance.
19.8 / 20 · top 10% of Toronto
Schools nearby
19thWalking distance to TDSB and TCDSB schools. Proximity only — no ratings are used.
12.0 / 15 · top quarter
Everyday shopping
1stGrocery stores and supermarkets within a short walk.
10.0 / 10 · top 10% of Toronto
Neighbourhood character
137thReported incident volume, severity-weighted using the Statistics Canada method.
4.3 / 25 · bottom quarter
By the numbers
What’s here
Rapid transit
Streetcar service along College St, Dundas St West.
Schools
- Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the Grove · Toronto District School Board
- Shirley St Jr & City View Alternative · Toronto District School Board
Groceries
- A Lota Seafoods · supermarket
- Fairprice Supermarket · supermarket
- FreshCo · supermarket
- HN. Grocery · supermarket
- Metro · supermarket
- No Frills · supermarket
- Our Butcher Shop · supermarket
- Rise Up Foods · supermarket
Where the money is going
Toronto publishes every cleared building permit with its estimated construction cost. These are the largest on record in Little Portugal — a read on where the neighbourhood is being rebuilt, not on what homes are worth.
| Address | Type | Construction value |
|---|---|---|
| 989 College St | Mixed Use/Res w Non Res | $16M |
| 405 Dufferin St | Other | $3M |
| 440 Dufferin St | Other | $2M |
| 11 Peel Ave | Office | $2M |
| 277 Gladstone Ave | Industrial | $2M |
| 12 Gladstone Ave | Medical/Dental Office | $1M |
| 108 Gladstone Ave | Elementary School | $1M |
| 107 Gladstone Ave | Converted House | $1M |
Next door
Neighbourhoods that share a boundary with Little Portugal.
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.