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Building Review

12 Buttonwood Ave

Toronto, Ontario M6M

A 4-storey, 40-unit private rental building built in 1977.

Living score
40/100
Built
1977
Units
40
Storeys
4
City inspection
92/100

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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 Feb 2026.

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
  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 214452 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 122422 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.

  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • May 2018

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

    Proposed premise isolation Backflow Prevention Device installation.

    Permit 18 154184 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

40/ 100

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

  • Transit35

    26.9 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Mount Dennis (5 Eglinton Line), 1.2 km.

  • Parks & trees89

    41.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 350 m. 304 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling40

    Within 1 km: 0.25 km of protected lanes, 3.3 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.75 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby18

    3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Bala Avenue Community School, 310 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities7

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 0 community centres, 7 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety40

    4 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

Mount Dennis

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

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

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (79% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftLower than most

    Lower than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (49% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.7× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about 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 kmHigh

141.1 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Irving Consumer Products

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, 8.8 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 Multiple Dwelling

Category
Low-rise residential
Zone label
RM (f12.0; u4; d0.8) (x252)
Height limit
11 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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsMount DennisYork zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,381$1,491
1 bed$1,634$1,706$1,761
2 beds-$2,067$2,045
3+ beds-$2,547$2,294
All units$1,875*$1,864$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.

92 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
40
Built
1977
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
1st floor, 24/7
Pets
Not allowed
Parking
Ground level garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
5

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

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