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Building Review

1043 Victoria Park Ave

Toronto, Ontario M4B

A 3-storey, 11-unit private rental building built in 1960.

Living score
47/100
Built
1960
Units
11
Storeys
3
City inspection
81/100

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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

10 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 3 notices or orders to comply; 3 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 9
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 212024 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Order Issued

    • Throughout Building: In a dwelling unit, a window located more than 2,000 millimetres above grade opens within 1,500 millimetres of the floor not leading to a balcony does not employ a controlled sash operation to restrict, when engaged, the opening of the ope… (open)

    Case 26 213846 PRS 00 IV

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 211848 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171134 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171133 000 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 254607 PRS 00 IR

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  • Oct 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Nov 2025· Closed

    • Living Room: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely Wall(s) in the Living room the wall(s) found in a state of disrepair (closed)
    • Living Room: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: Ceiling in living room found in a state of disrepair (closed)
    • Living Room: Interior door(S), frames(s), glass pane(s), and/or hardware not maintained in good repair.Namely Closet doors fond in a state of disrepair missing doorknobs (closed)
    • Kitchen: The kitchen fixture(s) and/or fitting is not maintained in good repair and good working order.Namely : kitchen tap found in a state of disrepair ( tap loose and movable ) (closed)
    • Kitchen: The electrical fixtures are not maintained in good working order.Namely : Kitchen light fixture found in a state of disrepair (closed)
    • Kitchen: The supplied appliance(s) is not maintained in good repair and good working order. Namely: Fridge found in a state of disrepair (missing handle) (closed)
    • Bedroom: The floor and every appurtenance, surface cover and finish is not maintained. Namely: master bedroom floor found in a state of disrepair (closed)
    • Bedroom: The floor and every appurtenance, surface cover and finish is not maintained. Namely: Floors in secondary bedroom found in a state of disrepair (closed)
    • Bedroom: Interior door(s), frames(s), glass pane(s), and/or hardware not maintained in good repair.Namely: Primary bedroom door frame found in a state of disrepair (closed)
    • Throughout Dwelling Unit: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely : Baseboard found in a state of disrepair (closed)
    • Hall: The floor and every appurtenance, surface cover and finish is not maintained. Floor in hallway outside Bedrooms Found in a state of disrepair (closed)

    Case 25 252039 PRS 00 IV

  • Oct 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 246480 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Oct 2024· Closed

    • Interior of Building – Exit Stairway: Height of the guard for exit ramps and landings is less than 1,070 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard fromthe ramp surface where the difference in elevation between the adjacentground or floor level and the ramp is mor… (closed)
    • Interior of Building – Exit Stairway: The guard is designed that a member, attachment or opening located between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level being protected facilitates climbing. (closed)
    • Interior of Building – Exit 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)
    • Interior of Building – Exit Stairway: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (closed)
    • Interior of Building – Exit Stairway: A window in a stairway that extends to less than 1,070 millimetres above the landing is protected by a guard that is less than 1,070 millimetres high measured to the top of the guard from the surface of the landing. (closed)

    Case 24 223607 PRS 00 IV

  • Oct 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 223071 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.

From City of Toronto open data

Neighbourhood

Living score

47/ 100

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

  • Transit43

    32.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Victoria Park (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.3 km.

  • Parks & trees33

    11.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 260 m. 232 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling26

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 2.25 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Regent Heights Public School, 440 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities53

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 6 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety95

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

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Safety

Clairlea-Birchmount

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftLower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× 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

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmLow

None reported

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, 7.9 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 (au67.0) (x480)
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
BedroomsClairlea-BirchmountScarborough (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,520$1,491
1 bed$1,484$1,610$1,761
2 beds$1,771$1,843$2,045
3+ beds-$1,932$2,294
All units$1,630$1,754$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 2019). Not resident reviews.

81 / 100City inspection score, July 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
3
Units
11
Built
1960
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
First floor
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Ground level garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
20

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

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