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Building Review

145 St George St

Toronto, Ontario M5R

A 12-storey, 130-unit private rental building built in 1960.

Living score
54/100
Built
1960
Units
130
Storeys
12
City inspection
94/100

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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

16 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 2025; 2 notices or orders to comply; 2 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
  • Not enough heat 4
  • Garbage 2
  • Zoning 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 239230 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2026· Closed

    • Boiler Room: Hot water supply does not have equipment installed to provided every dwelling unit with an adequate supply of service hot water.Namely: The water heating system is not supplying hot water. (open)
    • Building: Supplied hot water is not provided with a temperature range from 45 degrees Celsius to 60 degrees Celsius. (open)

    Case 26 236535 PRS 00 IV

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 236421 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 228061 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 225651 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 215024 PRS 00 IR

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  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172621 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172620 000 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 147383 WST 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Not enough heatBylawNotice to comply · Jan 2026· Closed

    • 1st Floor – Dwelling Unit - Bedroom: The heat supplied to the dwelling unit is below twenty-one (21) degrees Celsius. (open)

    Case 26 111227 HEA 00 IV

  • Jan 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 110081 HEA 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 104821 WST 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 251060 HEA 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 221870 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2025

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 133554 ZON 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 110530 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

5 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Balcony repair 2
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Alterations 1
  • Parking garage repair 1
  • Sep 2009

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

    permit for one backflow valve in existing apartmentbuilding

    Permit 09 170433 PSA · est. $5,000

  • Feb 2007

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Inspection

    Proposal to repair east wall of existing Apartment Building (brick repairs, localized caulking, etc.)

    Permit 07 111885 BLD

  • Mar 2005

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed

    Make repairs and partial slab re-construction to parking garage roof.

    Permit 05 112178 BLD · est. $150,000

  • Oct 2002

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    alter plans approved under bp 02-177338, by revising railing replacement.

    Permit 02 177338 BLD

  • Sep 2002

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Make repairs to balconies on all elevations (143 balconies) and replace railings (914.4 m)

    Permit 02 177338 BLD · est. $390,000

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

54/ 100

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

  • Transit97

    93.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St George (1 Yonge-University Line), 140 m.

  • Parks & trees12

    4.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 90 m. 489 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling94

    Within 1 km: 7.5 km of protected lanes, 4.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.9 km of shared routes. 10 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby29

    3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Huron Street Jr Public School , 270 m), plus 12 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities53

    Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 0 community centres, 16 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety12

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

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Safety

Annex

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the highest

    Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • RobberyHigher than most

    Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the highest

    Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.8× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (6.2× the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the lowest

    Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% of the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Lower than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% 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 kmHigh

61.5 tonnes a year from 6 facilities, mostly University Of Toronto Central Steam Plant

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, 1.4 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

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (d2.0) (x902)
Height limit
14 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
0
Registered short-term rentals at this address
1

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
BedroomsUniversity/AnnexToronto (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,553$1,606$1,491
1 bed$2,050$2,042$1,761
2 beds-$2,776$2,045
3+ beds-$3,580*$2,294
All units$2,199*$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.

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, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
12
Units
130
Built
1960
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 8AM TO 10 PM
Pets
Allowed - as per lease agreement
Parking
Underground garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Both
Bike parking
15 indoor
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
11

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

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