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Building Review

1055 Victoria Park Ave

Toronto, Ontario M4B

A 6-storey, 52-unit private rental building built in 1962.

Living score
42/100
Built
1962
Units
52
Storeys
6
City inspection
98/100

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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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.

  • Plumbing and drains 2
  • Alterations 1
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Nov 2025

    Alterations · Fire Damage · Closed

    Fire Damage Repairs Ceiling:Remove and replace all damaged ceilings with fire-rated gypsum board.Remove and rebuild interior walls. Windows and Doors:Remove and replace all fire-damaged windows and doors to match existing.

    Permit 25 253901 BLD

  • Sep 2021

    Plumbing and drains · Inside and Outside Drains · Inspection

    Proposed underground water main replacement.

    Permit 21 207894 STS

  • Aug 2021

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Boiler/Furnace: SFD/Semi/TH · Permit Issued

    Proposed demolition of the existing and installation of replacement of boiler and domestic hot water heaters and all associated equipment.

    Permit 21 206619 MSA

  • Apr 2009

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

    Install 1 backflow preventer

    Permit 09 127232 PSA · est. $6,000

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

42/ 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: Warden (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.3 km.

  • Parks & trees9

    6.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 220 m. 242 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling20

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.65 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: Our Lady Of Fatima Catholic Elementary School, 390 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities74

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 6 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety64

    2 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 2017). Not resident reviews.

98 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
6
Units
52
Built
1962
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Ground level, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed - no large dogs
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
20

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

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