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Building Review

1 A Bansley Ave

Toronto, Ontario M6E

A 4-storey, 19-unit private rental building built in 1954.

Living score
67/100
Built
1954
Units
19
Storeys
4
City inspection
90/100

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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City bylaw and health cases

9 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 2024; 1 still open.

A case starts with a complaint or an officer’s visit, so it is not a finding against the building. In a condo, a complaint about one unit is filed under the building’s address.

  • Repairs and upkeep 5
  • Not enough heat 2
  • Zoning 2
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 237501 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172496 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172495 000 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 149345 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 248292 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 248253 ZON 00 IR

Show 3 older cases
  • Apr 2025

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 144805 ZON 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 109296 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2024

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 252907 HEA 00 IR

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Bylaw investigation activity (open cases, and those closed in the last two years) and residential health hazards.

City building permits

6 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Plumbing and drains 2
  • Alterations 2
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Jul 2026

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Permit Issued

    Proposed repalcement of the exisitng fire alarm control panel.

    Permit 26 205606 FSU · est. $4,500

  • Dec 2022

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection

    Plumbing - Proposal to conver the exising basement storage to a dwelling unit and an elec room.

    Permit 22 225846 PLB

  • Dec 2022

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC - Proposal to conver the exising basement storage to a dwelling unit and an elec room.

    Permit 22 225846 HVA

  • Nov 2022

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Proposal to convert the exising basement storage to a dwelling unit and an elec room.

    Permit 22 225846 BLD · est. $5,000

  • Feb 2022

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection

    Proposal for interior alterations to remove non load bearing wall

    Permit 22 116622 BLD · est. $5,000

  • Jun 2018

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed

    PROPOSED: INSTALLATION OF 1.5" DCVA BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE WITH EXPANSION TANK

    Permit 18 184289 PSA · est. $3,500

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Cleared permits and active permits. Contractors are named only on permits filed since 2017.

From City of Toronto open data

Neighbourhood

Living score

67/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit65

    17.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Oakwood (5 Eglinton Line), 510 m.

  • Parks & trees32

    9.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 310 m. 461 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling59

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 5.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.25 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby85

    5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: D'Arcy Mcgee Catholic Elementary School, 100 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities95

    Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 3 community centres, 9 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety80

    1 collision with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Oakwood Village

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (88% of the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (81% of the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (54% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesLower than most

    Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the lowest

    Lower than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (49% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

How often police recorded each crime for every resident of the whole neighbourhood, averaged over 2023–2025. Places many people visit but few live in, like downtown, rank high for that reason alone, so this is not part of the living score.

Air

Traffic pollutionLow

Allen Road, 770 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

410 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly IAG Collision Centre

Bands: traffic is high within 150 m of an expressway and moderate within 500 m; industrial is moderate under a tonne a year and high above. The industrial bands are ours, for orientation only: ChemTRAC totals mix substances of very different toxicity. Releases are self-reported to the City’s ChemTRAC program. For today’s readings see Air Quality Ontario.

Supervised consumption services

Nearest site
Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 5.1 km
Sites within 1 km
0

Sites currently offering services, from Health Canada, updated 2026-09-15. Sites open and close; check the list for current status.

Zoning

Commercial Residential

Category
Mixed use
Zone label
CR 2.0 (c1.0; r2.0) SS2 (x983)
Height limit
15 m

Zoning By-law 569-2013, from City of Toronto open data. Exceptions (“x” numbers) and site-specific amendments can change what is allowed; check the City’s zoning map before relying on it.

Nearby change

Open planning applications within 300 m
9
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 503 Oakwood Ave · 110 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-06-06

    Combined Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment for a 13-storey mixed-use building, containing 161 residential dwelling units, 84 vehicle parking spaces, 184 bicycle parking spaces, and 360.2 square metres of commercial-retail space at g

    City record

Rezonings, site plans and subdivisions submitted in the last five years and still open.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Data as of 2026-10-03. Transit from TTC weekday schedules; parks, trees, cycling, schools, libraries, community centres, child care, collisions, crime, expressways, ChemTRAC releases, planning applications and short-term rental registrations from open.toronto.ca; Bike Share stations from Bike Share Toronto; supervised consumption sites from Health Canada.

From CMHC and the City of Toronto

Rent

Average rents nearby

Monthly rent in purpose-built rental apartments, October 2025.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsOakwood-VaughanYork zoneToronto region
Studio$1,354$1,381$1,491
1 bed$1,757$1,706$1,761
2 beds-$2,067$2,045
3+ beds-$2,547$2,294
All units$1,788$1,864$1,917

Averages over every unit, including long tenancies under rent control, so they run below what a new lease costs today. Condominium units rented out by their owners are not included. “-” means too few units were surveyed to publish. Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey, under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Rent reductions after property-tax cuts

When a rental property’s tax falls by more than 2.49%, Ontario law cuts its rents by a matching share, and the City writes to the tenants.

The City’s lists for 2014–2025 have no rent-reduction notices for this address.

Source: City of Toronto, Tenant Notification for Rent Reduction, 2014–2025.

Building facts

From the City of Toronto’s RentSafeTO registry, as reported by the landlord (registered 2017). Not resident reviews.

90 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
19
Built
1954
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Second floor
Pets
Not allowed
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
12

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

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