15 Gore Vale Ave
Toronto, Ontario M6J
A 3-storey, 10-unit private rental building built in 1926.
- Property manager
- Terrance Goldthorpe
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
19 bylaw investigations at this address since Feb 2025; 3 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 13
- Garbage 2
- Not enough heat 2
- Fences 1
- Zoning 1
- Aug 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 216310 WST 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 201308 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172805 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172804 000 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Mar 2026· Rescheduled
- Fire Escape: The required guard has members, attachments or openings that will facilitate climbing.Panel adjacent to the stairs doesn't restrict climbing. (open)
- Fire Escape: Guard is less than 1,070 millimetres high.Namely, the panel adjacent to the stairs on the platform. (open)
- Entranceway: The retaining wall is not being maintained in a structurally sound and/or plumb condition.Namely, the north retaining wall is tilting to the north. (open)
- Entranceway: Exterior steps not maintained.Namely, main entrance step of 17 Gore Vale is both severely cracked and tilting heavily toward the street. (open)
- Building: Eavestrough, roof gutter, flashing and/or down pipe not maintained in good repair.Namely, the front crown moulding and eavestrough is 3/4 missing. (open)
- Exterior Of Building: Chimney, smoke stack or supporting member is not maintained in good repair and/or free from defects.Namely, there appears to be loose bricks on the stack. (open)
- Exterior: Storm or screen door not maintained in good repair.Namely, southern storm door has a broken screen. (open)
- Exterior Of Building: The exterior walls and their components are not being maintained free from loose or unsecured objects or materials.Namely, the plaster, cement that has been pasted over the bricks is coming loose. (open)
Case 26 137055 PRS 00 IV
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 137044 PRS 00 IR
Show 13 older cases
- Dec 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 268006 HEA 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 140606 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 140582 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 139601 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Apr 2025· Closed
- Interior of Building: Previously finished wall(s) where marks, stains, graffiti, and/or other defacements have been removed have not been refinished.Namely, all walls in all 3 addresses require painting to eliminate defacements. (closed)
- Interior of Building: The property is not maintained and/or kept clean in accordance with the standards.Namely, the walls and floors are not maintained clean. (closed)
- Stairway: Door(s), passageway(s) and/or exit(s), not maintained free from hazardous condition, obstruction and impediments.Namely, many of the landings and outside many of the apartment entrances have hazards and storage. (closed)
- Interior of Building: Interior door(s), frames(s), glass pane(s), and/or hardware not maintained in good repair.Namely, door to apartment D1 does not open fully and freely. (closed)
Case 25 140684 PRS 00 IV
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Apr 2025· Closed
- Exterior Of Building: Chimney, smoke stack or supporting member is not maintained in good repair and/or free from defects.Loose brick on the chimney on the back of the 17 Gore Vale. (open)
- Exterior Of Building: The electrical connections are not maintained in a safe and complete condition.Namely, the back of 17 Gore Vale the electrical connections are loose and insecure. (open)
- Exterior Of Building: The exterior walls and their components are not being maintained free from loose or unsecured objects or materials.Namely, separated concrete, loose brick and paint separating from the building. (open)
- Exterior Of Building: The exterior surface of the building shall be maintained free of graffiti and/or painted slogans.Namely, a large green graffiti tag on the back wall of the building. (closed)
- Entranceway: Exterior door is not maintained in good repair.Namely, the door frame of the entrance of 19 Gore Vale is beginning to rot and deteriorate. (closed)
- Exterior Of Building: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres.Namely, the panel adjacent to the exit stairs on the emergency stairs shared between 15 & 13 Gore Vale. (open)
- Exterior Of Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. Namely, panel adjacent to the stairs shared by 15 and 13 Gore Vale. (open)
- Exterior Of Building: The guard is designed that a member, attachment or opening located between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level being protected facilitates climbing.Namely, the panel adjacent to the stairs shared by 15 & 13 Gore Vale. (open)
- Exterior Of Building: The building, structure and/or parts thereof are not being maintained in good repair.Namely, eaves/crown moulding on the front of the building is missing on half of the building. (open)
- Exterior Of Building: Equipment/attachment appurtenant to the building is not being maintained in good repair, namely, the (canopy, marquee, sign, awning, screen, grille, stairway, pipe, duct, standpipe, air conditioner. Etc).Namely, the screen door is not main… (open)
- Exterior Of Building: Equipment/attachment appurtenant to the building is not properly anchored, namely, the (canopy, marquee, sign, awning, screen, grille, stairway, pipe, duct, standpipe, air conditioner. Etc).Namely, the facia under the eavestrough is no lon… (open)
- Entranceway: Exterior steps, not maintained.Namely, the front step of 15 Gore Vale is cracked and sloping steeply towards the street. (open)
Case 25 140569 PRS 00 IV
- Feb 2025
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 25 115318 ZON 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 115317 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 115316 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 115315 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 115314 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2025
FencesBylaw· Closed
Case 25 115313 FEN 00 IR
- Feb 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 115312 WST 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
65/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit54
45.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Christie (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.0 km.
- Parks & trees81
23 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 50 m. 1,048 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling84
Within 1 km: 2.6 km of protected lanes, 5.4 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.35 km of shared routes. 10 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Charles G Fraser Jr Public School , 290 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 13 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety31
5 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
Shown for context. None of this is part of the living score.
Safety
Trinity-Bellwoods
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (51% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (6.5× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (70% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 1.0 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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 1.3 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d1.0) (x806)- Height limit
- 11 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.
| Bedrooms | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,945 | $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.
- 2017
- 0.77% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 0.53% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2019
- 0.50% 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 2023). Not resident reviews.
45 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 10
- Built
- 1926
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Terrance Goldthorpe
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- None on site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 10
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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