1296 Weston Rd
Toronto, Ontario M6M
A 5-storey, 24-unit social housing building built in 1995.
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City building permits
9 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 4
- Alterations 3
- Fire and life safety 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Jan 2020
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Permit Issued
Proposal for the replacement of the fire alarm control panel.
Permit 20 100755 FSU
- Nov 2017
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Proposal for interior alterations to unit 306.Women shelter.
Permit 17 263524 BLD
- Mar 2016
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to replace existing door to electrical closet with fire rated door to the second floor, existing child care facility
Permit 16 133768 PLB
- Mar 2016
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to replace existing door to electrical closet with fire rated door to the second floor, existing child care facility
Permit 16 133768 HVA
- Mar 2016
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal for interior alterations to replace existing door to electrical closet with fire rated door to the second floor and to operate a Day Nursery.
Permit 16 133768 BLD · est. $450,000
- Jul 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Revision re; Revised Backflow Prevention Device size from 2" to 3" . ****Proposed backflow prevention device to be installed in meter room of existing apartment building.****
Permit 10 146965 PSA
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- Apr 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Pr oposed backflow prevention device to be installed in meter room of existing apartment building.
Permit 10 146965 PSA · est. $10,000
- Nov 2006
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Interior alterations to convert 7 four-bedroom units, located on the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th floor of the apartment building, into 24 self-contained units + alterations in the basement level.
Permit 06 194536 PLB
- Nov 2006
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Interior alterations to convert 7 four-bedroom units, located on the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th floor of the apartment building, into 24 self-contained units + alterations in the basement level.Revised to 21 self-contained unit February 15, 200…
Permit 06 194536 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
66/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit82
48.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 9 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Mount Dennis (5 Eglinton Line), 720 m.
- Parks & trees90
43.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 110 m. 329 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling44
Within 1 km: 0.45 km of protected lanes, 3.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.3 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Bala Avenue Community School, 240 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities40
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 8 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety24
6 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
Mount Dennis
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 50 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (79% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftLower than most
Lower than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (49% of the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.7× the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher 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
No expressway within 2 km
151.5 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Irving Consumer Products
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, 8.3 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 Multiple Dwelling
- Category
- Low-rise residential
- Zone label
RM (x475)- 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
- 28
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
3650 Eglinton Ave W · 280 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-07-31
Proposed standalone facility designed to accommodate critical equipment required to supplytraction power to the transit line. At street level, the building is conceived as a single-storey structure.
City record1246 Weston Rd · 210 m away
Site plan · Application Received · submitted 2026-04-24
The proposed development consists of a 14-storey mixed-use building comprising 149 residential dwelling units (including 20 rental replacement units), 152.50m² of retail space at grade, and 3,221.95 m² of community/non-profit office space o
5 Denarda St · 290 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-07-14
Site Plan Application in relation to rezoning application, file #23 174322 WET 05 OZ.
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 | Mount Dennis | York zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,381 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,634 | $1,706 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,067 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $2,547 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,875* | $1,864 | $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.
94 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 24
- Built
- 1995
- Elevators
- 1
- Heating
- Forced air gas
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- Each floor two washers and two dryers, 24HRS
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Parking
- Ground level garage
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 5
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