Neighbourhood profile
St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands
St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands holds 1,764 addresses across 11.32 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 neighbourhood character — 9th of 158, top 10% of Toronto.
- Weakest on schools nearby — 156th, which is bottom quarter.
- 1 subway stop inside the boundary, including Union Station - Northbound Platform Towards Finch.
- $1.1B of construction value on record across 179 building permits.
How St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands compares
Each measure is a rank against all 158 City of Toronto neighbourhoods. Lower is better.
Transit access
156thProximity to TTC subway, streetcar and bus, weighted by walking distance.
9.0 / 20 · bottom quarter
Schools nearby
156thWalking distance to TDSB and TCDSB schools. Proximity only — no ratings are used.
4.7 / 15 · bottom quarter
Everyday shopping
107thGrocery stores and supermarkets within a short walk.
6.0 / 10 · below the city median
Neighbourhood character
9thReported incident volume, severity-weighted using the Statistics Canada method.
20.2 / 25 · top 10% of Toronto
By the numbers
What’s here
Rapid transit
- Union Station - Northbound Platform Towards Finch · Subway
Streetcar service along Cherry St, Distillery Loop, Queens Quay/Ferry Docks Station, Union Station.
Schools
- St Michael Catholic Elementary School - Bldg 1 · Toronto Catholic District School Board · Elementary
- Downtown Alternative School · Toronto District School Board
- George Brown College - Waterfront Campus · None
- George Brown College - Young Centre for the Performing Arts · None
- Island Public Natural Science School · Toronto District School Board
- Market Lane Jr & Sr Public School · Toronto District School Board
- Voice Integrative Private School · None
Groceries
- Coppa's Fresh Market · supermarket
- Domino's Fine Foods · supermarket
- Farm Boy · supermarket
- Kitchen Table · supermarket
- Loblaws · supermarket
- Longo's · supermarket
- Marché Leo's · supermarket
- Marché Leo’s · supermarket
- Nature's Emporium · supermarket
- Nav’s Grocery · supermarket
Where the money is going
Toronto publishes every cleared building permit with its estimated construction cost. These are the largest on record in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands — a read on where the neighbourhood is being rebuilt, not on what homes are worth.
| Address | Type | Construction value |
|---|---|---|
| 81 Bay St | Multiple Use/Non Residential | $425M |
| 8 the Esplanade | Multiple Unit Building | $157M |
| 1 Edgewater Dr | Mixed Use/Res w Non Res | $113M |
| 425 Cherry St | Mixed Use/Res w Non Res | $100M |
| 1 the Esplanade | Mixed Use/Res w Non Res | $81M |
| 1 York St | Office | $40M |
| 40 Bay St | Arena | $40M |
| 15 York St | Other | $16M |
Next door
Neighbourhoods that share a boundary with St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands.
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.