Neighbourhood profile
Palmerston-Little Italy
Palmerston-Little Italy holds 3,944 addresses across 1.44 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 Bathurst St, College St.
- $131M of construction value on record across 1,007 building permits.
How Palmerston-Little Italy compares
Each measure is a rank against all 158 City of Toronto neighbourhoods. Lower is better.
Transit access
12thProximity to TTC subway, streetcar and bus, weighted by walking distance.
19.8 / 20 · top 10% of Toronto
Schools nearby
9thWalking distance to TDSB and TCDSB schools. Proximity only — no ratings are used.
12.6 / 15 · top 10% of Toronto
Everyday shopping
1stGrocery stores and supermarkets within a short walk.
10.0 / 10 · top 10% of Toronto
Neighbourhood character
145thReported incident volume, severity-weighted using the Statistics Canada method.
2.0 / 25 · bottom quarter
By the numbers
What’s here
Rapid transit
Streetcar service along Bathurst St, College St.
Schools
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Elementary School · Toronto Catholic District School Board · Elementary
- Harbord Collegiate Institute · Toronto District School Board · Secondary
- Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative Sr · Toronto District School Board
- City As School Toronto · None
- Clinton Street Jr Public School · Toronto District School Board
- Dewson Street Jr Public School · Toronto District School Board
- Montrose Jr & Delta Alternative Sr · Toronto District School Board
- West End Alternative School · Toronto District School Board
Groceries
- P.A.T. Central Market · supermarket
Where the money is going
Toronto publishes every cleared building permit with its estimated construction cost. These are the largest on record in Palmerston-Little Italy — a read on where the neighbourhood is being rebuilt, not on what homes are worth.
| Address | Type | Construction value |
|---|---|---|
| 460 Manning Ave | Elementary School | $4M |
| 456 Shaw St | SFD - Townhouse | $3M |
| 686 Ossington Ave | Place of Worship | $3M |
| 548 College St | Restaurant Greater Than 30 Seats | $2M |
| 98 Delaware Ave | SFD - Semi-Detached | $1M |
| 535 Markham St | SFD - Detached | $1M |
| 570 Shaw St | Secondary School | $1M |
| 543 Roxton Rd | 2 Unit - Detached | $1M |
Next door
Neighbourhoods that share a boundary with Palmerston-Little Italy.
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.