101 Ontario St
Toronto, Ontario M5A
A 8-storey, 52-unit social housing building built in 2005.
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Issues & maintenance
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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 4
- Fire and life safety 2
- Feb 2023
Plumbing and drains · Piping: Other Buildings · Closed
Proposal to replace the existing hot and cold water kitec piping with PEX piping in an existing shelter/hostel.
Permit 23 112775 PSA
- Oct 2017
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Inspection
Proposed backflow prevention device.
Permit 17 252694 PSA
- Jun 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Cancelled
Proposal to install 1 backflow prevention device in an existing apartment building.
Permit 10 187559 PSA · est. $3,000
- Oct 2005
Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Closed
Install mag locks at door # D103, 104, 201, 202, 228, 301, 302, 401, 402, 501, 502, 601, 602, 701, 702, 801, 802 for stairwell #1 and #1 (from ground floor to 8th floor)
Permit 05 197113 FSU
- Jun 2005
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed
Install sprinklers and standpipe to apartment building.
Permit 05 140168 FSU · est. $10,000
- Mar 2005
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related (DR) · Closed
Site service including fixtures in connection with permit #03-141429 BLD Pumbing and Drainage system for the Entire Building)
Permit 05 116465 PLB
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
68/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit73
70.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 9 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Queen (1 Yonge-University Line), 1.1 km.
- Parks & trees39
12.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 280 m. 276 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling97
Within 1 km: 10.05 km of protected lanes, 2.4 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 11 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby85
13 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Paul Catholic Elementary School, 410 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities98
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 6 community centres, 18 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety10
8 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Safety
Moss Park
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.4× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.6× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (7.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).
- HomicideHigher than most
Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× 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
Gardiner Expressway, 820 m away
598 kg a year from 2 facilities, mostly Downtown Acura
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
- Street Health, 540 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 1
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 SS1 (x339)- Height limit
- 90 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
- 56
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
134 Parliament St · 200 m away
Site plan · OMB Appeal · submitted 2023-08-14
Site Plan Application for a 46 storey (156.3 metres including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with 419 dwelling units and 328 square metres of commercial uses at grade.
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 | Moss Park/Regent Park | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,278* | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,987 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,484 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,904 | $2,163 | $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; * marks an estimate CMHC rates poor. 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.
92 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 8
- Units
- 52
- Built
- 2005
- Elevators
- 2
- Heating
- Forced air gas
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- 2nd floor and 8th floor, 7PM - 6 AM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Carport
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 5 outdoor
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room, child play area
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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