http://www3.ttc.ca/Subway/interactivemap.jsp

700 University Avenue is just south of College street so you would be looking at Queen's Park Subway stop. Look at the map, it is on the Yonge-Univerity-Spadina line which is the yellow one, so called because it runs along (roughlly) Yonge street in the right then kopps round and up University on the left and then up Spadina then off into the northern wilderness of the city.

You could probably get anywhere on the yellow line in around 30 minutes (maybe a bit more if you went right up to Finch) as it involves no train changes, so popular areas like Davisville and Yonge/Eglington or anywhere downtown near a subway stop would be in scope. All depends what you are looking for rental wise. You could probably make it out as far west as High Park and Bloor West Village in half an hour with the train change at St George station and any walking to the subway stop. You are more likely to find a house, or floor of a house, in that kind of area than downtown where you are more likley looking at condos or apartments, unless you have a few million dollars for a house.

There are a multitude of buses and streetcars linking other areas of the city not on the subway but buses and streetcars are slow depending on the route so hard to know commute times. I live just north of Dufferin & St Clair West in Corso Italia and work at Avenue/Bloor and I can get to work in 30 miuntes by TTC but it involves a bus and the subway, or if they ever finish the construction a street car and subway. I can also ride my bike to work in about 25 minutes in the summer. I moved to this area paticularly because house prices are still reasonable and the area is quiet and unassuming as it were.

The college streetcar stops at the door of 700 so that's another option.

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I'd say your best options are along that line or on Yonge subway. That's most of the city. When I was first working at Hydro I lived by the St. Lawrence market and walked, that'd be pretty good for someone new to Toronto, the market's central and allows easy exploration out from there. Obvious places for dog owners are the Beach or High Park but, really, you have a huge choice of locations. I think this is a pretty good guide to areas: http://www.boldts.net/Toronto.shtml


Are you going to be working for OPG?

This may well be true, but if potential landlord asks if you have pets and you so declare, you could be refused the rental. I would not recommend you say NO and then move in with, in your case, dogs. Problems with a very unhappy landlord will almost definitely ensue, to say nothing of other tenants.