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Building Review

1477 Bayview Ave

Toronto, Ontario M4G

A 3-storey, 105-unit private rental building built in 1941.

Living score
38/100
Built
1941
Units
105
Storeys
3
City inspection
90/100

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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

12 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 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 7
  • Not enough heat 3
  • Long grass and weeds 2
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 235199 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 170818 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 170817 000 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 265871 HEA 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 261706 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 252298 PRS 00 IR

Show 6 older cases
  • Oct 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 237507 HEA 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Long grass and weedsBylawNotice to comply · Jul 2025· Closed

    Case 25 193320 LGW 00 IV

  • Jul 2025

    Long grass and weedsBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 192864 LGW 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 171544 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Nov 2024· Closed

    • The stair guard when measured vertically from the stair nosing is less than 900 millimetres high. (closed)
    • The required guard has members, attachments or openings that will facilitate climbing. (closed)
    • Required guard does not prevent the passage of a spherical object having a diameter of 100 millimetres (closed)
    • Height of handrail on stairs or ramp is less than the minimum 800mm (closed)

    Case 24 244762 PRS 00 IV

  • Nov 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 244755 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

8 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 4
  • Alterations 3
  • Parking garage repair 1
  • Mar 2020

    Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed

    Replacement of 17 exterior stairs including foundation walls, concrete repair on balconies, reconstruct drystone wall at the courtyard, replacement of deteriorated bricks

    Permit 20 122029 BLD

  • Jan 2019

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Proposal for interior alterations to construct exit stairs in the basement level of an existing apartment building.

    Permit 19 108735 BLD

  • Sep 2013

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed

    Repairs to the concrete block walls, colums and piers

    Permit 13 240867 BLD

  • May 2003

    Alterations · Window Replacement · Inspection

    REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING WINDOWS WITH VINYL WINDOWS.

    Permit 03 138594 BLD · est. $250,000

  • Apr 2003

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Inspection

    replacement of balcony railings- Buildings A-K

    Permit 03 121690 BLD · est. $226,000

  • Feb 2003

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Inspection

    REPLACE BALCONY RAILINGS ON BUILDING "C", APT 22

    Permit 03 110770 BLD · est. $9,600

Show 2 older permits
  • Feb 2003

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Inspection

    balcony repairs

    Permit 03 108577 BLD · est. $120,000

  • Jul 2002

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Inspection

    restoration of concrete balcony slabs

    Permit 02 155704 BLD · est. $60,000

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

38/ 100

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

  • Transit17

    15 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Leaside (5 Eglinton Line), 900 m.

  • Parks & trees11

    4.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 400 m. 469 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling10

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby79

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Anselm Catholic Elementary School, 310 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities74

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 10 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety64

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

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Safety

Leaside-Bennington

  • AssaultAmong the lowest

    Lower than 100 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (29% of the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the lowest

    Lower than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (27% of the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

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

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Lower than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (81% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the lowest

    Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% 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

Don Valley Parkway, 1.7 km away

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, 3.8 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 Multiple Dwelling

Category
Low-rise residential
Zone label
RM (f30.0; a930; d1.25)
Height limit
16 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
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
BedroomsLeaside-BenningtonEast York zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,339$1,491
1 bed$1,713$1,578$1,761
2 beds$2,055$1,820$2,045
3+ beds-$2,178$2,294
All units$1,809$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.

90 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
3
Units
105
Built
1941
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Each building, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Carport, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Bike parking
10 outdoor
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
15

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

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