1 Havelock St
Toronto, Ontario M6H
A 3-storey, 18-unit private rental building built in 1905.
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- Havelock Apartments
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
3 bylaw investigations at this address since Jul 2025; 1 notice or order to comply.
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 3
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 143086 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2025· Closed
- Throughout Building – Stairwell: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. Namely, throughout the building stairwells. (closed)
- Throughout Building – Stairwell: Required handrails on stairs or ramps are less than 865mm or more than 965mm high. Namely, throughout the building stairwells. (closed)
- Throughout Building – Balcony: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. Namely, throughout the building common area balcony guards. (closed)
Case 25 193372 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 192475 PRS 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
9 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 3
- Alterations 3
- Fire and life safety 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Aug 2026
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Permit Issued
Proposed replacement of fire alarm control panel, annunciators, and initiating field devices.
Permit 26 224675 FSU · est. $15,000
- Sep 2011
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related (DR) · Closed
Drain - Proposal to convert existing basement area to four dwelling units. Proposal includes construction of two rear basement walkouts and underpinning. See 10-225428.
Permit 11 142782 DRN
- Jul 2011
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal to convert existing basement area to four dwelling units. Proposal includes construction of two rear basement walkouts and underpinning. See 10-225428.
Permit 11 142782 HVA
- May 2011
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal to convert existing basement area to four dwelling units. Proposal includes construction of two rear basement walkouts and underpinning. See 10-225428.
Permit 11 142782 PLB
- Mar 2011
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal to convert existing basement area to four dwelling units. Proposal includes construction of two rear basement walkouts and underpinning. See 10-225428.
Permit 11 142782 BLD · est. $60,000
- May 2010
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposal to re-construct existing stairs/landing to a basement walkout of an existing 34-unit apartment building.
Permit 10 172394 BLD · est. $25,000
Show 3 older permits
- Feb 2010
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to two basement dwelling units in existing 34 unit apartment building
Permit 10 115395 PLB
- Feb 2010
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal for interior alterations to two basement dwelling units in existing 34 unit apartment building
Permit 10 115395 BLD · est. $40,000
- Jun 1998
Fire and life safety · Unknown · Closed
INSTALL FIRE ALARM SYSTEM COST 200.00
Permit 98 018395 FSU · est. $10,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
55/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit42
31.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Dufferin (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 930 m.
- Parks & trees39
9.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 340 m. 538 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling83
Within 1 km: 1.65 km of protected lanes, 6.1 km of bike lanes and trails, 5.25 km of shared routes. 7 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
12 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Dewson Street Jr Public School, 500 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 2 community centres, 14 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety24
5 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Dufferin Grove
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (9.3× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.4× 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
No expressway within 2 km
6.6 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Mondelez Canada Inc Gladstone Plant
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, 2.1 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
Residential
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d1.0) (x424)- Height limit
- 11 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
- 1
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
976 College St · 110 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2025-07-10
Site Plan Approval for a 6-storey mass timber residential building for 19 affordable dwelling units.
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.
| Bedrooms | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,945 | $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.
81 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 18
- Built
- 1905
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Havelock Apartments
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 10AM-10PM
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 12 outdoor
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 9
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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