109 Pembroke St
Toronto, Ontario M5A
A 4-storey, 20-unit private rental building built in 1889.
- Property manager
- Vivian Raitsinis
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
11 bylaw investigations at this address since May 2025; 3 notices or orders 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 10
- Not enough heat 1
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172238 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172237 000 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 164495 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 132387 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 260688 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jun 2025· Closed
- Apartment: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely, ceilings in the kitchen, livingroom and bathroom. (open)
- Living Room: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely, the walls of the living room has several areas of damage. (open)
- Apartment: Previously finished wall(s) in the public area of the property is not maintained in good repair.Namely, the window sil in the living room is damaged. (open)
- Kitchen: The supplied facility in or on the property is not kept in a satisfactory working condition.Namely, the stove and the fridge. (open)
- Bathroom: The plumbing system is not kept free from leaks or defects.Namely, the shower head is leaking and the vanity needs to be sealed. (open)
- Apartment: The supplied facility in or on the property is not available for use by the occupants and other users of the property in accordance with the standards.Namely, the intercom box and the smoke detector are missing. (open)
- Apartment: The property is not being kept free of pests.Namely, there are gaps in the apartment that allow pests to travel. (open)
Case 25 169229 PRS 00 IV
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- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2025· Closed
- Exterior: Exterior steps, not maintained.Namely, stairs to the basement are loose and uneven. (closed)
- Basement: Previously finished wall(s) have marks, stains, graffiti, smoke damage, painted slogans and/or other defacements.Namely, paint peeling and plaster chipping along the baseboards in the basement. Along the piping near apartment 12. (closed)
- Laundry Room: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely, the walls in the laundry room are damaged. (closed)
- Laundry Room: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely, the ceiling in the laundry room is damaged and outside apartment 12. (closed)
- 2nd Floor: Window that is capable of being opened, has a defective locking/latching mechanism.Namely, the window on the 2nd floor landing has no safety device. (closed)
- Building: Floor and/or floor covering not kept free from holes, stains, rubbish and debris.The carpets are stained and appear to not have been vacuumed recently. (substantially complete)
- Exterior Of Building: Guard does not prevent the passage of a spherical object having a diameter of 100 millimetres.Namely, the fire exit. (closed)
- Exterior Of Building: The stair guard when measured vertically from the stair nosing is less than 900 millimetres high.Namely, the exterior fire exit. (closed)
- Exterior Of Building: The required guard has members, attachments or openings that will facilitate climbing.Namely, the exterior fire exit. (closed)
- Exterior Of Building: An exterior door has a defective locking mechanism.Namely, the basement door to the back yard does not close on its own. (closed)
Case 25 167429 PRS 00 IV
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2025· Closed
- Apartment: An exterior door has a defective locking mechanism.Namely, the entrance and a large portion of the door frame at the locking mechanism has been damaged and not properly repaired. (closed)
- Apartment: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Walls throughout the apartment have damage to them. Cracks poorly patched in entranceway. Holes in the wall near bed. Unrepaired cracks in the bathroom. (closed)
- Apartment: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely, cracks, plaster peeling etc. throughout the apartment. (closed)
- Apartment: The property is not being kept free of pests.Namely, there is evident signs of mice in the apartment. Feces and urine along the baseboards and inside the stove top. M Carnovale #6417 (closed)
- Kitchen: The cupboard is not maintained in good repair and good working order.Namely, there is a hole in the cupboard in the kitchen. (closed)
Case 25 167393 PRS 00 IV
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 167356 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 167290 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 167140 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.
City building permits
1 permit the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Fire and life safety 1
- Aug 2005
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Inspection
To install new sprinkler system to apartment building. Inlcudes basement to 3rd floors. Ontario Fire Code Retrofit.
Permit 05 175678 FSU · est. $15,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
70/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit79
40 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: TMU (1 Yonge-University Line), 790 m.
- Parks & trees41
11.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 130 m. 384 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling92
Within 1 km: 8.85 km of protected lanes, 1.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.65 km of shared routes. 9 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
11 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Ecole Elementaire Gabrielle Roy, 400 m), plus 8 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities98
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 5 community centres, 20 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety1
14 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 3 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Map
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About 1.2 km around the building. Select anything on the map for details. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Also worth knowing
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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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.4 km away
15.3 tonnes a year from 1 facility, mostly Toronto Metropolitan University
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, 280 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
Residential
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d1.0) (x865)- Height limit
- 13 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
- 23
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
339 George St · 120 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-10-15
Lift the Hold application related to a new 10-storey building, containing 80 emergency shelter beds, 100 transitional shelter beds, 124 long-term care beds, 70 supportive housing units, and a 2,269 square metre community hub. The proposal w
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.
- 2014
- 0.63% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2016
- 0.62% lower rent · tenants notified
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 2023). Not resident reviews.
83 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 20
- Built
- 1889
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Vivian Raitsinis
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 1 outdoor
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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