1212 Bloor St W
Toronto, Ontario M6H
A 3-storey, 16-unit private rental building built in 1923.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
8 bylaw investigations at this address since Mar 2024; 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.
- Graffiti 2
- Not enough heat 2
- Repairs and upkeep 2
- Garbage 1
- Zoning 1
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 190411 PRS 00 IR
- May 2026
GraffitiBylawNotice to comply · Jun 2026· Closed
Case 26 176269 GRA 00 IV
- May 2026
GraffitiBylaw· Closed
Case 26 166532 GRA 00 IR
- Aug 2025
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 25 214983 ZON 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 134305 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Not enough heatBylawNotice to comply · Jan 2025· Closed
- Dwelling Unit: The heat supplied to the dwelling unit is below twenty-one (21) degrees Celsius. (open)
Case 25 108115 HEA 00 IV
Show 2 older cases
- Jan 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 107070 HEA 00 IR
- Mar 2024
GarbageBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 24 127594 WST 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.
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Sep 2001
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
install on 1st floor: 2 w.c., 1 urinal, 2 w.b., cost included in 01-157623.
Permit 01 176867 PLB
- Jul 2001
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
install fixtures on 1st floor- 2 2-compt. k.s., 2 w.c., 2 w.b., 2 b.t. see bp# 01-157623
Permit 01 157635 PLB
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
62/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit93
75.1 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Lansdowne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 290 m.
- Parks & trees33
9 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 500 m. 507 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling85
Within 1 km: 2.65 km of protected lanes, 5.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.8 km of shared routes. 8 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
10 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Bloor C.I. & Alpha Ii Alternative, 200 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities53
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 10 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety31
5 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
Junction-Wallace Emerson
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (61% of the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (54% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.5× 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
No expressway within 2 km
12.1 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Nitta Gelatin Canada 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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 2.9 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 3.0 (c1.0; r2.0) SS2 (x1556)- Height limit
- 16 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
- 20
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
90 Croatia St · 140 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-02-27
Site Plan Administrative Amendment to 22 129491 STE 09 SA.
90 Croatia St · 140 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-02-27
Site Plan Administrative Amendment to 22 129524 STE 09 SA.
1167 Bloor St W · 60 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-02-09
Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a 14-storey mixed-use building includes programing space for Safehaven, retail at grade, 52 residential dwelling units and 14 supportive group living suites.
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.
| Bedrooms | Dovercourt/Davenport/Junction | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,633* | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,054* | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,410* | $1,945 | $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.
- 2017
- 1.62% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 1.08% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2019
- 1.05% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2020
- 1.32% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2021
- 1.06% 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 2018). Not resident reviews.
79 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 16
- Built
- 1923
- Elevators
- 0
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- None on site
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 9
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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