103 Avenue Rd
Toronto, Ontario M5R
A 11-storey, 124-unit private rental building built in 1959.
- Property manager
- Hollyburn Properties Ltd
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Mar 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 4
- Zoning 2
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 226587 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 104737 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Oct 2025· Closed
- Throughout Building – Stairway: 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)
- Stairwell Landing: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (closed)
- Stairway: 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. (closed)
- Stairway: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (closed)
- Stairway: Required handrails on stairs or ramps are less than 865mm or more than 965mm high. (closed)
Case 25 234382 PRS 00 IV
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 234339 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 25 128599 ZON 00 IR
- Mar 2025
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 25 128594 ZON 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
4 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 2
- Balcony repair 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Aug 2016
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Proposal to repair 27 balconies, guard replacement and waterproofing in existing apartment building.
Permit 16 205314 BLD · est. $250,000
- Jul 2016
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposal for upgrades to emergency lighting system in building corridors only.
Permit 16 197221 BLD · est. $75,000
- Jul 2016
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Proposal to replace existing fire alarm panel and annunciator.
Permit 16 191881 FSU · est. $110,000
- Dec 2005
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Repair and replace existing weeping tile and waterproofing for portion of existing foundation wall
Permit 05 207504 BLD · est. $40,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
52/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit74
32.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St George (1 Yonge-University Line), 490 m.
- Parks & trees42
11.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 320 m. 454 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling92
Within 1 km: 7.2 km of protected lanes, 4.15 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.55 km of shared routes. 8 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby29
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Jesse Ketchum Jr & Sr Public School, 260 m), plus 8 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities53
Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 0 community centres, 14 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety3
12 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 3 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Annex
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (6.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% of 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
No expressway within 2 km
212 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Avenue Collision Inc
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
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 1.4 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 3.0 (c2.0; r3.0) SS1 (x2112)- Height limit
- 30 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
- 5
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 1
126 Avenue Rd · 170 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2023-03-02
Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit an 11-storey mixed-use building, containing 60 dwelling units (of which 11 are replacement rental units) and 169 square metres of non-residential gross floor area.
City record116 Avenue Rd · 120 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2022-10-20
The proposal is for a 9-storey (38 metres plus mechanical) mixed-use building with a total of 55 residential dwelling units. The gross floor area is 5,056 square metres, including a retail floor area of 333 square metres proposed at-grade d
City record183 Avenue Rd · 280 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2021-10-25
Site Plan Approval for an 11-storey mixed-use building containing 18 dwelling units and 400 square metres of non-residential gross floor area.
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 | University/Annex | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,553 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,050 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,199* | $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.
86 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 11
- Units
- 124
- Built
- 1959
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Hollyburn Properties Ltd
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Every floor but 9 & 2, 24/7
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 20 indoor
- Amenities
- Outdoor rec facilities
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 11
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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