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1496 Victoria Park Ave

Toronto, Ontario

A 92-unit condominium registered in 2005 (TSCC 1690).

Living score
49/100
Units
92

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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

2 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 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.

  • Not enough heat 2
  • Jul 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 195077 HEA 00 IR

  • Nov 2024

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 245204 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

13 permits 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 8
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 4
  • Alterations 1
  • Aug 2017

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection

    REPAIR TO RESIDENTIAL BUILDING UNITS 239, 240, 241, 242, 243 & 117 DUE TO FIRE DAMAGE.

    Permit 17 223226 BLD

  • Mar 2016

    Plumbing and drains · Fixtures/Roof Drains: SFD · Closed

    Proposal to install a floor drain in the 2nd floor of an existing SFD-townhouse (stacked) - Unit 255

    Permit 16 124728 PSA

  • Oct 2010

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

    Installation of backflow preventor and expansion tanks

    Permit 10 284065 PSA

  • Dec 2004

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Revision to sanitary drain/sewer and storm drain/sewer.

    Permit 03 164548 PLB

  • Aug 2004

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection

    Plumbing - To construct a 28 unit three and a half storey townhouse ("Block A"). 03 165430 Block B, and 03 164530 Block C - 03 165438 for partial foundation parking garage - New Building

    Permit 03 165435 PLB

  • Aug 2004

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection

    HVAC - To construct a 28 unit three and a half storey townhouse ("Block A"). 03 165430 Block B, and 03 164530 Block C - 03 165438 for partial foundation parking garage - New Building

    Permit 03 165435 HVA

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  • Aug 2004

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection

    Plumbing - To construct a 24 unit stacked townhomes ("Block B") 03 165435 Block A, 03 164530 Block C - 03 164548 partial foundation permit for parking garage - New Building

    Permit 03 165430 PLB

  • Aug 2004

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection

    HVAC - To construct a 24 unit stacked townhomes ("Block B") 03 165435 Block A, 03 164530 Block C - 03 164548 partial foundation permit for parking garage - New Building

    Permit 03 165430 HVA

  • Aug 2004

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection

    Plumbing - To construct a 40 unit three and a half storey townhouse ("Block C"). 03 165435 Block A, 03 165430 Block B, - 03 164548 partial permit foundation for parking garage - New Building

    Permit 03 164530 PLB

  • Aug 2004

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection

    HVAC - To construct a 40 unit three and a half storey townhouse ("Block C"). 03 165435 Block A, 03 165430 Block B, - 03 164548 partial permit foundation for parking garage - New Building

    Permit 03 164530 HVA

  • May 2004

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Proposed drains for underground parking garage for 3 Townhouse blocks

    Permit 04 133671 PLB

  • May 2004

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Plumbing -for underground garage.

    Permit 03 164548 PLB

  • Aug 2003

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection

    HVAC FOR PARKING GARAGE - To construct a parking garage for 3 blocks of townhouses - 03 165435 Block A, 03 165430 Block B, and 03 164530 Block C. - Partial Permit - Foundation

    Permit 03 164548 HVA

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

49/ 100

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

  • Transit83

    49.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: O'Connor (5 Eglinton Line), 100 m.

  • Parks & trees29

    10.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 90 m. 307 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling44

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 3.75 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.7 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby5

    2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: O'Connor Public School, 850 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities35

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 3 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety80

    1 collision 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

Victoria Village

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (84% of the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (60% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (20% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× 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

74.1 tonnes a year from 6 facilities, mostly Griffith Foods Limited

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, 8.6 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

Open Space

Category
Open space
Zone label
O
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
11
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 1880 O'Connor Dr · 170 m away

    Rezoning · Appeal Received · submitted 2024-12-20

    City-Initiated Official Plan Amendment for the properties at 1871, 1875, 1880, 1885, and 1888 O'Connor Drive, and 1460, 1468 and 1474 Victoria Park Avenue, to implement the preferred alignment for the O'Connor Drive Reconfiguration, which i

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
BedroomsVictoria VillageNorth York (Southeast) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,251$1,188*$1,491
1 bed$1,608$1,638$1,761
2 beds$1,816$1,890$2,045
3+ beds$1,834$2,238$2,294
All units$1,688$1,842$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 inventory of condominiums registered 2002–2018. Not resident reviews.

Type
Condominium
Units
92
Unit mix
16 one-bed · 71 two-bed · 5 three-bed+
Condo plan
TSCC 1690
Registered
July 2005

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

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