1220 Bayview Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4G
A 6-storey, 48-unit private rental building built in 1954.
- Property manager
- Arcanos Property Management Corporation
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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
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Jul 2025; 1 notice or order to comply.
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 4
- Not enough heat 1
- Zoning 1
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170820 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170819 000 00 IR
- Jan 2026
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 26 108481 ZON 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 104830 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2025· Closed
- Front: Exterior steps, not maintained. Namely, The Front Entrance Exterior Stairs. (open)
- Front – Building: The (stairs, treads, risers, guards, handrails, and/or other appurtenant attachments) and/or their supporting structural members are not maintained in good repair. Namely, the Front Exterior Stairs Railing(s). (open)
- Front – Building: Exterior landing not maintained. Namely, the Front Exterior Stairs Landing. (open)
Case 25 215432 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 195829 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
12 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 6
- Fire and life safety 2
- Balcony repair 2
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Oct 2025
Alterations · Other(BA) · Inspection
Proposed building alteration to install a new overhead garage door and a new vertical swing door on the basement level of an existing apartment as per Toronto Fire Services Notice of Violation.See also BA 21 -236331
Permit 25 244552 BLD · est. $10,000
- May 2025
Alterations · Other(BA) · Inspection
Proposal for podium deck and landscaping repairs.
Permit 25 158865 BLD · est. $750,000
- Nov 2021
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Proposal to install a new overhead garage door on the basement parking level in an existing apartment building as per Toronto Fire Services, Notice of Violation.
Permit 21 236331 BLD
- Jul 2020
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Revision #01 - Replace only the firm alarm control panel and annunciator.Installation of a new fire alarm control panel, add smoke detectors for elevator modernization
Permit 20 136548 FSU
- Apr 2020
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Installation of a new fire alarm control panel, add smoke detectors for elevator modernization
Permit 20 136548 FSU
- Apr 2017
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
UPGRADE OF EXISTING EAST STAIRWELL AT LEVELS 5 & 6, IN ORDER TO RECTIFY EXITING DEFICIENCIES FROM THE EXISTING 7TH FLOOR UNIT, AS REQUESTED BY TORONTO FIRE SERVICES.
Permit 17 149156 BLD · est. $10,000
Show 6 older permits
- Apr 2017
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Cancelled
UPGRADE OF EXISTING EAST STAIRWELL AT LEVELS 5 & 6, IN ORDER TO RECTIFY EXITING DEFICIENCIES FROM THE EXISTING 7TH FLOOR UNIT, AS REQUESTED BY TORONTO FIRE SERVICES.
Permit 17 139743 BLD · est. $10,000
- Apr 2016
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install a 3" backflow prevention device.
Permit 16 134420 PSA · est. $8,000
- Aug 2012
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
29 Balcony/Guard Repairs to a 6 storey Apartment Building
Permit 12 231549 BLD
- Sep 2011
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Melberg Properties-Concrete patching only
Permit 11 284036 BLD · est. $1,500
- Aug 2011
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Replace stairwell guard railing
Permit 11 249378 BLD · est. $13,400
- Mar 2011
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Add on /Ductwork · Closed
Installation of ventilation system within parking garage
Permit 11 151607 MSA
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
29/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit8
9.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Leaside (5 Eglinton Line), 1.7 km.
- Parks & trees57
16 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 40 m. 366 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling39
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 3.2 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.9 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby18
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Bennington Heights Elementary School , 380 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities5
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 0 community centres, 6 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety80
1 collision 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
Leaside-Bennington
- AssaultAmong the lowest
Lower than 100 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (29% of the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAmong the lowest
Lower than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (27% of the city median).
- Auto theftHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (81% of the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% 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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.2 km away
None reported
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, 3.1 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
Residential Detached
- Category
- Low-rise residential
- Zone label
RD (f12.0; a370; d0.6)- Height limit
- 8.5 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
- 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 | Leaside-Bennington | East York zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,339 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,713 | $1,578 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,055 | $1,820 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $2,178 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,809 | $1,715 | $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.
- 2017
- 0.64% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 0.62% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2019
- 0.51% 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 2017). Not resident reviews.
97 / 100City inspection score, July 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 6
- Units
- 48
- Built
- 1954
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Arcanos Property Management Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- 2nd floor and 4th floor, 8.00 AM - 11.00 PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 15
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