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Building Review

121 Fourth St

Toronto, Ontario M8V

A 3-storey, 10-unit private rental building built in 1983.

Living score
28/100
Built
1983
Units
10
Storeys
3
City inspection
86/100
Property manager
Ipg Management Group

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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

4 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2026; 1 notice or order 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 3
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2026· Order Issued

    • Throughout Building: Guard is less than 1,070 millimetres high. (open)
    • Throughout Building: The stair guard when measured vertically from the stair nosing is less than 900 millimetres high. (open)
    • Throughout Building: Guard does not prevent the passage of a spherical object having a diameter of 100 millimetres (open)
    • Throughout Building: The required guard has members, attachments or openings that will facilitate climbing. (open)

    Case 26 242016 PRS 00 IV

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 241992 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172059 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172058 000 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

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

  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Alterations 1
  • Jun 2018

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC - Proposed interior alterations to create an additional suite in the basement of an existing multiple dwelling building.

    Permit 18 170991 HVA

  • Jun 2018

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Proposed interior alterations to create an additional suite in the basement of an existing multiple dwelling building.

    Permit 18 170991 BLD · est. $15,000

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

28/ 100

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

  • Transit13

    12.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes.

  • Parks & trees25

    6.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 120 m. 603 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling54

    Within 1 km: 2.3 km of protected lanes, 1.25 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.25 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby18

    3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Second Street Jr Mdl School, 220 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities53

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 6 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety31

    4 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

New Toronto

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

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

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Higher than most

    Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× 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

3.6 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Dominion Colour Corporation

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, 10.0 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 (f7.5; a230; d0.4)
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
4
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 66 X Third St · 140 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-03-13

    Site Plan application for a four-storey municipal shelter containing 51 beds.

    City record
  • 66 Y Third St · 140 m away

    Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2025-04-29

    Proposal to amend the Zoning By-law to allow for a new 4-storey municipal shelter with approximately 50 beds.

    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
BedroomsNew TorontoEtobicoke (South) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,502$1,491
1 bed$1,426$1,493$1,761
2 beds$1,655$1,762$2,045
3+ beds--$2,294
All units$1,512$1,630$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.

2020
0.52% lower rent · tenants notified

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 2024). Not resident reviews.

86 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
3
Units
10
Built
1983
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 24 HRS
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
5 outdoor
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
3

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

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