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Building Review

143 Eighth St

Toronto, Ontario M8V

A 4-storey, 47-unit private rental building built in 1960.

Living score
42/100
Built
1960
Units
47
Storeys
4
City inspection
92/100
Property manager
Capreit

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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 Oct 2024.

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 5
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172025 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172024 000 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 264621 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 217053 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 136761 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 232123 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.

From City of Toronto open data

Neighbourhood

Living score

42/ 100

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

  • Transit13

    12.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes.

  • Parks & trees71

    19.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 140 m. 554 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling50

    Within 1 km: 2.1 km of protected lanes, 1.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.25 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby37

    4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Seventh Street Jr School, 300 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities53

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 6 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety51

    3 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

New Toronto

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Higher than most

    Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× 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 kmHigh

3.6 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Dominion Colour Corporation

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, 10.3 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 Apartment

Category
Apartment
Zone label
RA (f22.5; d1.5)
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
3
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 124 Birmingham St · 240 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-07-03

    The project proposal seeks to construct 2 one-storey industrial warehouse and distribution buildings with accessory office. The existing unoccupied three-storey building (Heritage) is proposed to remain and be incorporated into the develop

    City record
  • 210 Islington Ave · 110 m away

    Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2023-11-23

    The proposed development consists of a 26-storey mixed use building, containing 352 dwelling units with retail uses at-grade. The proposed net density is 8.83 times the area of the lot. The total building height is 80.47 metres, exclusive o

    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
BedroomsNew TorontoEtobicoke (South) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,502$1,491
1 bed$1,426$1,493$1,761
2 beds$1,655$1,762$2,045
3+ beds--$2,294
All units$1,512$1,630$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, September 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
47
Built
1960
Elevators
0
Managed by
Capreit
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 8 AM - 10PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
2 outdoor
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
3

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

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