1286 Wilson Ave
Toronto, Ontario M3M
A 8-storey, 124-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1993.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
7 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 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 6
- Not enough heat 1
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173251 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173250 000 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 267242 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Apr 2025· Closed
- Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely: walls throughout the unit are not free of damage. (closed)
- The supplied facility in or on the property is not constructed, installed and/or maintained so that it will function safely and effectively. Namely: kitchen cabinets missing doors. (closed)
Case 25 136122 PRS 00 IV
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 135971 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 237614 PRS 00 IR
Show 1 older case
- Oct 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 233516 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
3 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Parking garage repair 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Dec 2023
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal to perform isolated concrete repairs to the underground garage intermediate slabs,roof slab and exterior ramp. Apply new waterproofing membrane. Replace the overburden to match existing.
Permit 23 235658 BLD · est. $150,000
- Mar 2012
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install one backflow preventor
Permit 12 139422 PSA
- Sep 2011
Heating, cooling and ventilation · HVAC: Other Group C Buildings · Closed
Installation of ground source heating/cooling to supplement existing hvac system
Permit 11 276001 MSA
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
39/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit43
32.1 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes.
- Parks & trees24
10 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 50 m. 228 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling25
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 2.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.3 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Pierre Laporte Mdl School, 160 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities18
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 7 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
Oakdale-Beverley Heights
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.4× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (61% 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
Highway 401, 450 m away
10.3 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Humber River Hospital
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, 10.5 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 Apartment
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RA (f30.0; a1375) (x204)- Height limit
- Set by the zone
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
1222 Wilson Ave · 290 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-11-06
Site Plan Control Application for a 6-storey municipal shelter (HSCIS) containing 80 beds. Council approved July 23, 2025 - By-law 769-2025
City record1222 Wilson Ave · 290 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-04-29
Proposal to amend the Zoning By-law to allow for a new 6-storey municipal shelter with approximately 80 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.
| Bedrooms | Downsview | North York (Northwest) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,169 | $1,167 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,522 | $1,517 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,736 | $1,751 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $1,912 | $1,966 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,665 | $1,700 | $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 RentSafeTO registry, as reported by the landlord (registered 2017). Not resident reviews.
97 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 8
- Units
- 124
- Built
- 1993
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- On site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 6
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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