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Building Review

1181 Ellesmere Rd

Toronto, Ontario M1P

A 4-storey, 32-unit private rental building built in 1976.

Living score
40/100
Built
1976
Units
32
Storeys
4
City inspection
91/100

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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

2 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 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
  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 131563 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 184297 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

3 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Balcony repair 2
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • May 2025

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Revision 01: Proposal for Balcony Replacement in Lieu of RepairProposal to repair of the balcony assemblies, balcony guard replacement with new and repair of exterior walls.

    Permit 24 209995 BLD

  • Sep 2024

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Proposal to repair of the balcony assemblies, balcony guard replacement with new and repair of exterior walls.

    Permit 24 209995 BLD · est. $400,000

  • Jun 2018

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

    Proposal to install a 2 inch backflow prevention device.

    Permit 18 176780 PSA · est. $5,000

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

40/ 100

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

  • Transit72

    69.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 12 routes.

  • Parks & trees45

    14.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 130 m. 173 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling23

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 2 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.35 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby7

    2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Edgewood Public School, 320 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities7

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 3 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety51

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

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Safety

Bendale-Glen Andrew

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Break and enterLower than most

    Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% of the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the highest

    Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.1× the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Higher than most

    Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 50 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • HomicideHigher than most

    Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× 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

Highway 401, 1.1 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

325.4 tonnes a year from 10 facilities, mostly Allied Halo Industries Inc

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, 14.1 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

Not in the city-wide by-law

This site is still governed by a former municipality’s zoning by-law, which the city-wide data does not cover.

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
BedroomsBendaleScarborough (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,520$1,491
1 bed$1,697$1,610$1,761
2 beds$1,664$1,843$2,045
3+ beds$1,659$1,932$2,294
All units$1,666$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.

91 / 100City inspection score, July 2024. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
32
Built
1976
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Main floor, FOB ACCESS - 24 HOURS
Pets
Not allowed
Parking
Carport, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
21

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

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