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Building Review

133 Gamble Ave

Toronto, Ontario M4J

A 4-storey, 27-unit private rental building built in 1960.

Living score
37/100
Built
1960
Units
27
Storeys
4
City inspection
77/100
Property manager
Rolin Realty Limited

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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

13 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 2 notices or orders to comply; 1 still open.

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 9
  • Garbage 2
  • Not enough heat 2
  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 197007 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171010 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171009 000 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 231014 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2025· Closed

    • Interior of Building: The electrical connections are not maintained in a safe and complete condition.Namely: The wiring is exposed. (closed)
    • Exterior Of Building – Parking space: The parking or storage garage is used to keep junk or rubbish.Namely: The outside parking space is not free of construction materials, traffic pylons, and ladders. (closed)
    • Exterior Of Building – Parking space: The parking or storage garage is used to keep machinery, boats, motorized and non-motorized vehicles, trailers and/or parts of them that are in a wrecked, discarded, dismantled, inoperative or abandoned condition. Namely: A non-functioning… (closed)
    • Interior of Building: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: The ceiling is damaged, covered with cracks, holes, and peeling paint throughout the property (closed)
    • Interior of Building: Previously finished wall(s) have marks, stains, graffiti, smoke damage, painted slogans and/or other defacements.Namely: Marks and stains on the walls. (closed)
    • Interior of Building: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: The paint is peeling off the walls, and there are several cracks visible in multiple areas. (closed)
    • Interior of Building: Floor and/or floor covering not kept in a clean and sanitary conditionNamely: The floor is covered with the stains. (closed)
    • Interior of Building: The property is not maintained and/or kept clean in accordance with the standards.Namely: The common areas inside the building are not properly maintained; they are covered in dust, spider webs, stains and a loose litter. (closed)
    • Interior of Building: Interior door(s), frames(s), glass pane(s), and/or hardware not maintained in good repair.Namely: The glass in the interior door is broken. (closed)

    Case 25 201643 PRS 00 IV

  • Jul 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 196705 WST 00 IR

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  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 196697 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2025· Closed

    • Unit 401: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: The walls surrounding the windows exhibit extensive cracking and bubbling. (open)
    • Unit 401 – Kitchen: The supplied facility in or on the property is not constructed, installed and/or maintained so that it will function safely and effectively.Namely: The kitchen cabinet doors are damaged- some are hanging off their hinges, while others are… (open)
    • Unit 401 – Inside the unit: The property is not being kept free of pests.Namely: The cockroaches in the unit. (open)
    • Unit 401 – Bathroom: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: The bathroom ceiling is covered with the bubbles. (open)
    • Unit 401 – Bathroom: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: The walls are covered with the cracks. (open)
    • Unit 401 – Bathroom: The ventilation system or unit is not kept in good repair and maintained in good working condition at all times.Namely: The ventilation in the bathroom is not working. (open)
    • Unit 401 – Inside the unit: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: The ceiling is covered with cracks. (open)
    • Unit 401 – Inside the unit: Dwelling unit window that is capable of being opened has screen that is not maintained in good repair and free from defects or missing components.Namely: The window screens are damaged. (open)
    • Unit 401 – Inside the unit: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: The holes in the walls, including the wall behind the radiator in the living room. (open)

    Case 25 209935 PRS 00 IV

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 179125 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 147053 WST 00 IR

  • Feb 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 120719 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 119727 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2024

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 224662 HEA 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.

  • Balcony repair 1
  • May 2017

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Permit Issued

    Proposal to reconstruct slabs and replace railings of 6 balconys in existing apartment building

    Permit 17 163062 BLD · est. $30,000

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

37/ 100

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

  • Transit51

    41 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Pape (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.2 km.

  • Parks & trees10

    5.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 100 m. 369 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling64

    Within 1 km: 1.35 km of protected lanes, 4.35 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.65 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby37

    4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: William Burgess Elementary School, 180 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities44

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 9 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety15

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

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Also worth knowing

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Safety

Old East York

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the lowest

    Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (45% of the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (87% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Lower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× 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

Don Valley Parkway, 750 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

467 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Bestway Donlands Cleaners

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, 3.4 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 Detached

Category
Low-rise residential
Zone label
RD (f6.0; a185; d0.75)
Height limit
8.5 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
1
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 1030 Pape Ave · 140 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-10-22

    Site Plan Approval for the Cosburn Station as part of the Ontario Line Subway

    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
BedroomsEast York zoneToronto region
Studio$1,339$1,491
1 bed$1,578$1,761
2 beds$1,820$2,045
3+ beds$2,178$2,294
All units$1,715$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.

77 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
27
Built
1960
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 8AM TO 8PM
Pets
Not allowed
Parking
Carport, surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
14

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

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