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Building Review

1139 Royal York Rd

Toronto, Ontario M9A

A 10-storey, 90-unit private rental building built in 1963.

Living score
33/100
Built
1963
Units
90
Storeys
10
City inspection
98/100
Property manager
Princess Management

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Issues & maintenance

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

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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.

  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Feb 2010

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

    installation of one backflow prevention device

    Permit 10 118537 PSA

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

33/ 100

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

  • Transit15

    13 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Royal York (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.5 km.

  • Parks & trees78

    27.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 180 m. 333 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling50

    Within 1 km: 0.5 km of protected lanes, 3.6 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.85 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby7

    2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Lambton Kingsway Jr Mdl School, 590 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities5

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 2 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

Edenbridge-Humber Valley

  • AssaultAmong the lowest

    Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (51% of the city median).

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the lowest

    Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (44% of the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest

    Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (88% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (30% of the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (50% 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 kmModerate

207 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Gibson's Cleaners Company Limited

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
Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 9.1 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 Detached

Category
Low-rise residential
Zone label
RD (f15.0; a555; d0.45) (x28)
Height limit
9.5 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
1
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 4241 Dundas St W · 300 m away

    Site plan · OMB Appeal · submitted 2023-10-10

    The proposed plan consists of a 10 storey residential mixed use mid-rise, with retail at grade. A total of 19,084 m2 residential GFA and 606 m2 non-residential retail GFA are included, along with 1 below grade parking level. 274 residential

    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
BedroomsEdenbridge-Humber ValleyEtobicoke (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,693$1,491
1 bed$1,809$1,874$1,761
2 beds$2,062$2,200$2,045
3+ beds$2,593$2,529$2,294
All units$2,080$2,162$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, November 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
10
Units
90
Built
1963
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Ground floor, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, ground level garage, surface parking, parking deck
Visitor parking
Free
Bike parking
5 outdoor
Amenities
Outdoor pool
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
2

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

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