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Building Review

131 Minerva Ave

Toronto, Ontario M1M

A 6-storey, 83-unit private rental building built in 1964.

Living score
33/100
Built
1964
Units
83
Storeys
6
City inspection
92/100

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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

3 bylaw investigations and 1 public health case at this address since Jan 2026.

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 2
  • Bedbugs 1
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 204442 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171186 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171185 000 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    BedbugsPublic health· Under Investigation

    Case 10867038

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.

  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Alterations 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Aug 2009

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

    To install a backflow preventor.

    Permit 09 158993 PSA · est. $5,000

  • Feb 2008

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Inspection

    Exterior brick repair

    Permit 08 109522 BLD · est. $70,000

  • Jan 2002

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Inspection

    FIRE ALARM SYSTEM UPGRADE

    Permit 02 106176 FSU

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

33/ 100

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

  • Transit37

    27.5 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Kennedy (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.0 km.

  • Parks & trees30

    10.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 310 m. 310 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling15

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0.75 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.15 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: R H King Academy, 480 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities9

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 4 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety51

    2 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Cliffcrest

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (82% of the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 50 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

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

  • Bicycle theftLower than most

    Lower than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (34% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% 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

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmLow

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, 12.4 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 (au80.0) (x626)
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
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
BedroomsCliffcrestScarborough (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,520$1,491
1 bed$1,657$1,610$1,761
2 beds$1,866$1,843$2,045
3+ beds$2,132$1,932$2,294
All units$1,813$1,754$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.

92 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
6
Units
83
Built
1964
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
First floor, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Ground level garage
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Amenities
Outdoor pool
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
20

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

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