Moss Park

Around the Neighbourhood

Cultural landmarks: the Allan Gardens Conservatory, a glass-domed 1910 palm house free and open year-round, anchors the northwest corner, with the King East Design District’s showrooms running along King Street East and the historic Distillery District a short walk southeast.

Hot local spots: King East is the food and design strip, with Gusto 501 for Italian and Pearl Diver for oysters at the Corktown edge, plus the cafes and furniture showrooms that come with a design district.

Parks & green space: Moss Park itself is being rebuilt as a year-round green and recreation hub through the More Moss Park project, with Allan Gardens just to the northwest and the Lower Don trails a short ride east.

Your Typical Neighbour

Mixed, in the truest sense. Moss Park is one of the most economically diverse neighbourhoods downtown: in the 2021 Census, about 23% of residents reported under $20,000 in individual income while roughly 26% reported more than $80,000, a city-built community and a new-condo community sharing the same blocks. It skews young and single, renters outnumber owners (65%), and the population turns over as new buildings open. It is not tidy or uniform, and people who choose it tend to like that.

Source: City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profile, Moss Park, 2021 Census

What We Love

The location and the value. You are steps from St. Lawrence Market, the Distillery and the streetcar, paying less than you would a few blocks in any direction. The King East Design District has brought real restaurants, cafes and showrooms, Allan Gardens is a free year-round escape on a grey day, and the More Moss Park rebuild is a rare case of the City pouring serious money into the public realm. For buyers who want downtown and can see where this is heading, the upside is real.

What We Don’t Love

We will be straight with you: parts of Moss Park are rough, with concentrated poverty, shelters and the visible strain of the housing and drug crises, and that is daily life here, not a detail. Greenspace is limited while the park is under construction, the everyday-retail mix is uneven, and the contrast between new towers and long-standing public housing is stark. This is a neighbourhood you should walk at different hours before you buy.

Real Estate

Moss Park is mostly condos and lofts, from converted King East warehouses to new towers along the major streets, with a thin band of freehold Victorians on the Cabbagetown and Corktown edges. Prices sit below the neighbours on most days, which is the whole appeal, and the spread between a budget one-bedroom and a design-district loft is wide. With the community-centre and park rebuild underway and condos still completing, this is a watch-this-space market more than a settled one. New to buying? Start with our First-Time Buyer guide.

(Current prices and days on market appear in the live statistics block below, updated quarterly.)

Transit

Hard to beat for getting around. The King, Dundas and Queen streetcars run through and along the neighbourhood, the Financial District and St. Lawrence are a short ride or walk, and drivers reach the DVP and Gardiner quickly at the east and south edges. There is no subway stop inside the boundaries, but the streetcar network more than covers it.

Schools

There are a TON of public, private and Catholic school options around this neighbourhood.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Nelson Mandela Park Public School
École élémentaire Gabrielle-Roy
Church Street Junior Public School
Dundas Junior Public School
Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior Public School
Queen Alexandra Middle School
Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School
Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School

SENIOR SCHOOLS

Jarvis Collegiate
Collège français secondaire

CATHOLIC & PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Liberty Prep School Corktown Campus
TAIE International
École élémentaire catholique du Sacré-Coeur
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School

St. Michael Catholic School

For school rankings and Fraser Institute scores, see our interactive Toronto school map.