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Building Review

126 Coxwell Ave

Toronto, Ontario M4L

A 4-storey, 14-unit social housing building built in 1989.

Living score
59/100
Built
1989
Units
14
Storeys
4
City inspection
90/100

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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

6 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2024; 2 notices or orders 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.

  • Garbage 3
  • Repairs and upkeep 3
  • Jun 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 182545 WST 00 IR

  • Apr 2025

    GarbageBylawNotice to comply · Apr 2025· Closed

    • Premises: Owner of land failed to clean and clear refuse that has been thrown, placed, dumped or deposited, including but not limited to bulk garbage, cans, cardboard, plastic, lighters. (open)

    Case 25 151746 WST 00 IV

  • Apr 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 149085 WST 00 IR

  • Dec 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylawNotice to comply · Dec 2024· Closed

    Case 24 249896 PRS 00 IV

  • Dec 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 249113 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 239007 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
  • Jan 2010

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

    permit for backflow valve in existing apartment building

    Permit 10 107521 PSA · est. $1,500

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

59/ 100

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

  • Transit43

    32 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Coxwell (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.6 km.

  • Parks & trees78

    25.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 100 m. 495 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling81

    Within 1 km: 1.95 km of protected lanes, 5.75 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.45 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby41

    4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Duke Of Connaught Jr & Sr Public School, 490 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities74

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 11 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety51

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

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Safety

Greenwood-Coxwell

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

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

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the lowest

    Lower than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (54% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.0× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

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

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Lower 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 kmModerate

2 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly St John's Norway Cemetery Crematorium

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
Street Health, 4.3 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

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (d1.0) (x407)
Height limit
13 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
BedroomsWoodbine Corridor/Greenwood-CoxwellToronto (East) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,525$1,213$1,491
1 bed$1,702*$1,692$1,761
2 beds$1,907$1,869$2,045
3+ beds-$1,876*$2,294
All units$1,746$1,685$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.

90 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Social housing
Storeys
4
Units
14
Built
1989
Elevators
0
Heating
Electric
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Basement, 24/7
Pets
Allowed
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Amenities
Indoor recreation room
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
14

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

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