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Building Review

1085 Steeles Ave W

Toronto, Ontario M2R

A 15-storey, 100-unit private rental building built in 1969.

Living score
21/100
Built
1969
Units
100
Storeys
15
City inspection
90/100

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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

4 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 2025.

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
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Snow and ice 1
  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 203415 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173416 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173415 000 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Snow and iceBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 266660 SNI 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

21/ 100

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

  • Transit44

    32.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Finch (1 Yonge-University Line), 2.9 km.

  • Parks & trees1

    2.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 610 m. 157 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling13

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby9

    2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Rockford Public School, 670 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities9

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 4 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety31

    4 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Westminster-Branson

  • AssaultAbout typical

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

  • Break and enterAmong the lowest

    Lower than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (39% of the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the lowest

    Lower than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (33% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (84% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Lower than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% 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

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, 14.7 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 (f30.0; au113.0) (x132)
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
1
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 6200 Bathurst St · 150 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-03-24

    OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of two residnetial towers, 43-storey and 39-storeys. A total of 1,021 residential units are proposed, being a mix of 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom units. A paved access from Fishervil

    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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsWestminster-BransonNorth York (N.Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,471$1,491
1 bed$1,782$1,771$1,761
2 beds$2,106$2,039$2,045
3+ beds$2,370$2,324$2,294
All units$2,082$1,989$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.

90 / 100City inspection score, July 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
15
Units
100
Built
1969
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Second floor, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
6

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

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