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1243 Dundas St W

Toronto, Ontario

A 39-unit condominium registered in 2015 (TSCC 2498).

Living score
56/100
Units
39

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Issues & maintenance

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City building permits

10 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 3
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 3
  • Alterations 2
  • Construction 1
  • Demolition 1
  • Apr 2017

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Revision 1: to the washroom and to add an exterior patioProposal for tenant fit out for a new cafe on the ground floor of the existing multiple use building.

    Permit 17 118315 BLD

  • Feb 2017

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Plumbing - Proposal for tenant fit out for a new cafe on the ground floor of the existing multiple use building.

    Permit 17 118315 PLB

  • Feb 2017

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

    HVAC - Proposal for tenant fit out for a new cafe on the ground floor of the existing multiple use building.

    Permit 17 118315 HVA

  • Feb 2017

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Proposal for tenant fit out for a new cafe on the ground floor of the existing multiple use building.

    Permit 17 118315 BLD · est. $100,000

  • Feb 2015

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

    Revision to install below grade stair pressurization fans.

    Permit 12 209746 HVA

  • Jul 2012

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection

    Plumbing - Proposal to construct a 8 sty condo with 39 residential units, commercial at grade, and 1 level of below grade parking. 1243-1245 DUNDAS ST W. See Demo and Site Plan.

    Permit 12 209746 PLB

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  • Jul 2012

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

    HVAC - Proposal to construct a 8 sty condo with 39 residential units, commercial at grade, and 1 level of below grade parking. 1243-1245 DUNDAS ST W. See Demo and Site Plan.

    Permit 12 209746 HVA

  • Jul 2012

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related (DR) · Inspection

    Drain - Proposal to construct a 8 sty condo with 39 residential units, commercial at grade, and 1 level of below grade parking. 1243-1245 DUNDAS ST W. See Demo and Site Plan.

    Permit 12 209746 DRN

  • Jul 2012

    Construction · Closed

    Proposal to construct a 8 sty condo with 39 residential units, commercial at grade, and 1 level of below grade parking. 1243-1245 DUNDAS ST W. See Demo and Site Plan.

    Permit 12 209746 BLD

  • Jul 2012

    Demolition · Demolition · Closed

    Proposal to demolish 1 sty commercial building. See BLD for new condo. 1243-1245 DUNDAS ST W

    Permit 12 209735 DEM

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

56/ 100

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

  • Transit30

    23 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Ossington (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.5 km.

  • Parks & trees53

    12.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 70 m. 613 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling66

    Within 1 km: 0.05 km of protected lanes, 5.25 km of bike lanes and trails, 5 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby68

    7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Pope Francis Catholic Elementary School, 340 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities91

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 15 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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Safety

Trinity-Bellwoods

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the highest

    Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

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

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (51% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Higher than most

    Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (6.5× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (70% 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

Traffic pollutionLow

Gardiner Expressway, 1.5 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

6.6 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Mondelez Canada Inc Gladstone Plant

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, 1.8 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

Commercial Residential

Category
Mixed use
Zone label
CR 2.5 (c1.0; r2.0) SS2 (x2264)
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
2
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 1117-1125 Dundas St W · 250 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-04-01

    Site Plan Approval for a 10 storey residential building with 74 dwelling units, 23 of which will be affordable housing and a one-storey ancillary building at the rear of the site.

    City record
  • 108 Harrison St · 260 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-02-02

    Site Plan Approval for renovations to the existing building at 108 Harrison Street to serve as a municipal shelter.

    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
BedroomsToronto (West) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,410$1,491
1 bed$1,798$1,761
2 beds$2,252$2,045
3+ beds$3,238$2,294
All units$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. 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 inventory of condominiums registered 2002–2018. Not resident reviews.

Type
Condominium
Units
39
Unit mix
30 one-bed · 8 two-bed · 1 three-bed+
Condo plan
TSCC 2498
Registered
December 2015

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

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