138 Wellesley St E
Toronto, Ontario M4Y
A 3-storey, 26-unit private rental building built in 1928.
- Property manager
- 965441 Ontario 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
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Mar 2025.
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 4
- Not enough heat 2
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 197470 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172240 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172239 000 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 246440 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 155113 HEA 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 131368 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
- Jun 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed - Dormant
Proposal to install 3 backflow prevention devices on the exisitng water line. There are 3 buildings side by side, one device in each building. Convenience addresses are 138, 140 and 142 Wellesley Street E.
Permit 09 146728 PSA · est. $9,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
67/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit68
23 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Wellesley (1 Yonge-University Line), 530 m.
- Parks & trees59
15.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 150 m. 503 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling90
Within 1 km: 6.8 km of protected lanes, 2.95 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.6 km of shared routes. 14 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Jarvis Collegiate Institute, 90 m), plus 10 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 1 community centre, 14 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety12
9 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
North St.James Town
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (26% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.7× the city median).
- ShootingsLower than most
Lower than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (66% 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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.5 km away
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, 260 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 1
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 (d2.0) (x644)- Height limit
- 18 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
- 54
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
120 Isabella St · 300 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-12-11
To permit the construction of two buildings, with building heights of 56 and 60 storeys and approximately 1,362 dwelling units, and a POPS. The project retains portions of the existing heritage listed buildings at 122-124 Isabella Street, 3
City record110 Maitland St · 230 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-09-22
Site Plan Approval for a 56-storey mixed-use building. The proposed building contains a total of 579 dwelling units, of which 36 are rental replacement units, and a total of approximately 4,739 square metres of institutional space for the S
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 | North St. James Town | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,448 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,739 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,164 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,844 | $2,163 | $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.
- 2017
- 0.68% lower rent · tenants notified
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
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 26
- Built
- 1928
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- 965441 Ontario Limited
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- First floor, ANY TIME
- Pets
- Allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 1 outdoor
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
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