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Building Review

1 Newholm Rd

Toronto, Ontario M8Y

A 4-storey, 27-unit private rental building built in 1957.

Living score
37/100
Built
1957
Units
27
Storeys
4
City inspection
96/100

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Issues & maintenance

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City bylaw and health cases

2 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 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 2
  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Dec 2025· Closed

    • The location and size of openings present a hazard as they are designed with members or attachments between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level protected by the guard which facilitate climbing. (closed)
    • Throughout Building: The guard is designed that a member, attachment or opening located between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level being protected facilitates climbing. (open)
    • Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (open)
    • Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 920 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard from a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosings. (open)
    • Throughout Building: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (open)

    Case 25 268054 PRS 00 IV

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 265107 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

2 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 1
  • Balcony repair 1
  • Dec 2019

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

    INSTALL BACKFLOW PREVENTOR

    Permit 19 257105 PSA · est. $3,200

  • Sep 2018

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Proposal to repair concrete and replace guards on 12 balconies.

    Permit 18 225505 BLD

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

37/ 100

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

  • Transit2

    5 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 1 route. Nearest subway or LRT: Jane (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.5 km.

  • Parks & trees94

    49.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 130 m. 407 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling45

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 4.1 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.55 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby14

    3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Etienne Brule Jr School, 180 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities22

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 4 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

Stonegate-Queensway

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (58% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

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

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Lower than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (84% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Lower than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Lower than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% of 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

Gardiner Expressway, 1.0 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

16.1 tonnes a year from 1 facility, mostly City Of Toronto Humber Wastewater Treatment 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, 7.2 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 Apartment

Category
Apartment
Zone label
RA (f24.0; au139.0) (x153)
Height limit
Set by the zone

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
0
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0

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
BedroomsStonegate-QueenswayEtobicoke (South) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,244$1,502$1,491
1 bed$1,620$1,493$1,761
2 beds$2,003$1,762$2,045
3+ beds--$2,294
All units$1,845$1,630$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.

2014
0.62% lower rent · tenants notified
2016
0.60% lower rent · tenants notified

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.

96 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
27
Built
1957
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement level, 8AM TO 10PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Ground level garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
3

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

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