111 Chestnut St
Toronto, Ontario M5G
A 15-storey, 144-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1987.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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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
9 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 2025; 2 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 7
- Not enough heat 2
- Aug 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 224831 HEA 00 IR
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 221213 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172777 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172776 000 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 168716 PRS 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 168479 PRS 00 IR
Show 3 older cases
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 269946 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 208480 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 103853 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
8 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 3
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Parking garage repair 1
- Jan 2024
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Permit Issued
Proposal for waterproofing repairs on podium deck, landscaping repairs on podium deck, waterproofing replacement in interior garage, localized concrete repairs, drain repairs, expansion joint repairs
Permit 24 106449 BLD · est. $1,900,000
- Jun 2020
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposed replacement of make-up air unit.
Permit 20 160819 HVA
- Jun 2020
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposed replacement of make-up air unit.
Permit 20 160819 BLD · est. $300,000
- Jul 2019
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal to construct a new overhead door in the garbage compaction room at the ground floor to facilitate moving garbage bins in and out of the room.
Permit 19 196696 BLD · est. $33,849
- Jul 2016
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Alterations to the laundry room, new electrical pane, new lighting, new plumbing and mechanical system
Permit 16 193178 PLB
- Jul 2016
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - Alterations to the laundry room, new electrical pane, new lighting, new plumbing and mechanical system
Permit 16 193178 HVA
Show 2 older permits
- Jul 2016
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Alterations to the laundry room, new electrical pane, new lighting, new plumbing and mechanical system
Permit 16 193178 BLD
- Oct 2014
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install one 3" backflow preventor.
Permit 14 232379 PSA · est. $5,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
68/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit84
51.9 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Patrick (1 Yonge-University Line), 210 m.
- Parks & trees32
10.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 130 m. 323 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling98
Within 1 km: 9.15 km of protected lanes, 2.85 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.05 km of shared routes. 21 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
10 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Contact Alternative School, 410 m), plus 5 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 21 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety19
7 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Yonge-Bay Corridor
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.3× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.2× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.5× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (6.4× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (31× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 66 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
Gardiner Expressway, 1.4 km away
196.2 tonnes a year from 9 facilities, mostly Walton Street Steam Plant
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, 1.3 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 7.8 (c4.5; r7.8) SS1 (x2309)- Height limit
- 61 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
- 40
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
63 Centre Ave · 90 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-02-27
Official Plan Amendment regarding a proposed 41-storey mixed-use building penetrating the protected City Hall View Corridor. An associated Zoning By-law Amendment application (22 204655 STE 10 OZ) is being considered concurrently.
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 | Bay Street Corridor | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $2,048 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,619 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $3,811 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,975 | $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.
90 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 15
- Units
- 144
- Built
- 1987
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- TCH
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Main floor, 7:00 AM- 10:00 PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 10
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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