How walkable is The Annex?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
The Annex has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Toronto, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,428 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of The Annex. The nearest grocery is Fresh and Wild Food Market, about a minute away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Fortinos6 min
- Metro8 min
- Madison Pub6 min
- Pub Chess Toronto6 min
- Piano Professor6 min
- Givuil7 min
- The Sweets Boulevard7 min
- Second Cup Café7 min
- Scotiabank12 min
- BMO Bank of Montreal12 min
- Huron Street Playground5 min
- Jean Sibelius Square5 min
- Huron Street Junior Public School4 min
- Keystone School7 min
- Resistance Press Bookroom8 min
- Thunderstruck Bookstore9 min
- One Little Goat Theatre Co6 min
- Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir8 min
Measured from the mapped centre of The Annex at 43.6703, -79.4053. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 66 street intersections per km², and blocks average 122 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across The Annex
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of The Annex. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Toronto
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkville | 1.2 km | 95 |
| Downtown Toronto | 2.4 km | 97 |
| Financial District | 3.1 km | 100 |
| Distillery District | 4.3 km | 95 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Toronto page.
Questions about walking in The Annex
Is The Annex walkable?
Yes. The Annex in Toronto has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is The Annex more walkable than the rest of Toronto?
The Annex is more walkable than Toronto as a whole: it scores 95, against 82 for the 5 km around Toronto's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Toronto neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Toronto?
Of the 5 Toronto neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Financial District (100), Downtown Toronto (97) and The Annex (95).
How is the walkability score of The Annex calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For The Annex it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.