1191 Ellesmere Rd
Toronto, Ontario M1P
A 4-storey, 27-unit private rental building built in 1976.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
8 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2025; 2 notices or orders to comply; 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 1
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2026· Order Issued
- Throughout Building: In a dwelling unit, a window located more than 2,000 millimetres above grade opens within 1,500 millimetres of the floor not leading to a balcony does not employ a controlled sash operation to restrict, when engaged, the opening of the ope… (open)
- Throughout Building: Dwelling unit window that is capable of being opened has screen that is not maintained in good repair and free from defects or missing components. (open)
Case 26 203735 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 203728 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170540 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170539 000 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 198868 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2025· Closed
- Dining Room: The electrical receptacle are not maintained in good working order.Namely: The dining room outlet located behind the bed has no power. (closed)
- Throughout Dwelling Unit: The property is not being kept free of pests.Namely: Cockroach infestattion throughout unit. (closed)
Case 25 188098 PRS 00 IV
Show 2 older cases
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 186620 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 179154 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
6 permits 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 2
- Alterations 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Jun 2018
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install a 2 inch backflow prevention device.
Permit 18 176789 PSA · est. $5,000
- Sep 2004
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
fire alarm retrofit
Permit 04 173096 FSU · est. $15,000
- Sep 2003
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
MAKE ALTERATIONS FOR NEW GARBAGE CHUTE DOOR OPENING.
Permit 03 171154 BLD · est. $2,000
- Aug 2003
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO CONVERT THREE RECREATIONAL SPACES INTO THREE BACHELOR APARTMENTS - Interior Alterations
Permit 03 170025 PLB
- Aug 2003
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO CONVERT THREE RECREATIONAL SPACES INTO THREE BACHELOR APARTMENTS - Interior Alterations
Permit 03 170025 HVA
- Aug 2003
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO CONVERT THREE RECREATIONAL SPACES INTO THREE BACHELOR APARTMENTS. REF. FILE #03-171154
Permit 03 170025 BLD · est. $50,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
42/ 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 & trees46
14.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 110 m. 192 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling24
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 2.1 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, 300 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 safety64
2 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
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
Highway 401, 1.1 km away
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
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR 0.33 (c0.33; r0.0) SS3 (x417)- Height limit
- 17 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
- 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.
| Bedrooms | Bendale | Scarborough (Central) zone | Toronto 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.
88 / 100City inspection score, July 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 27
- Built
- 1976
- Elevators
- 1
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 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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