15 Pape Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4M
A 5-storey, 77-unit social housing building built in 1988.
- Property manager
- Ywca
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
6 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.
- Repairs and upkeep 6
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 160926 PRS 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 153907 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 114722 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 260134 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 101022 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 236144 PRS 00 IR
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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.
- Fire and life safety 4
- Balcony repair 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Alterations 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Sep 2026
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Not Started
Proposal to upgrade the fire alarm panel in an existing apartment building.
Permit 26 241364 FSU
- Jul 2022
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Localized concrete repairs at balcony slab edges, wholesale waterproofing removal and replacement at balcony slab surfaces and upturns, localized brick and mortar repairs, wholesale balcony guardrail removal and replacement.
Permit 22 183142 BLD · est. $218,500
- Sep 2012
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
REVISION: This is to add eleven (11) new pull stations on the ground floor. REVISION - to relocate smoke detectors within the suites. Proposal to install fire alarm system throughout existing apartment building for YWCA (6 levels including…
Permit 11 184540 FSU
- Aug 2011
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
REVISION - to relocate smoke detectors within the suites. Proposal to install fire alarm system throughout existing apartment building for YWCA (6 levels including penthouse). See related building permit for penthouse addition under file 1…
Permit 11 184540 FSU
- Apr 2011
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Proposal to install fire alarm system throughout existing apartment building for YWCA (6 levels including penthouse). See related building permit for penthouse addition under file 11-184532 BLD.
Permit 11 184540 FSU · est. $180,000
- Apr 2011
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal to construct penthouse addition on roof for mechanical equipment (18.2m2) for existing YWCA apartment building. Also see related fire-alarm permit under file 11-184540 FSU.
Permit 11 184532 HVA
Show 2 older permits
- Apr 2011
Alterations · Addition(s) · Closed
Construct mechanical penthouse addition on roof and replace heating system in building for existing YWCA apartment building. Also see related fire-alarm permit under file 11-184540 FSU. Heating system replacement charged under 11 184532 HV…
Permit 11 184532 BLD · est. $300,000
- Mar 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Permit for backflow valve in existing apartment building - all residential
Permit 10 134729 PSA · est. $5,700
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
43/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit38
28.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Pape (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.4 km.
- Parks & trees12
6.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 460 m. 307 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling83
Within 1 km: 2.7 km of protected lanes, 5.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.95 km of shared routes. 6 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby29
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Bruce Jr Public School, 290 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities95
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 3 community centres, 8 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety19
7 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
South Riverdale
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.7× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.2 km away
38.1 tonnes a year from 8 facilities, mostly City Of Toronto Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment 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
- Street Health, 2.7 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) (x807)- Height limit
- 13 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
- 1
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
65-87 Heward Ave · 220 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2025-10-01
Official Plan Amendment (OPA) to re-designate the subject site from Core Employment Areas to Mixed Use Areas to permit future mixed-use development. The OPA would also introduce a new Site and Area Specific Policy that mandates a minimum of
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.
| Bedrooms | Riverdale | Toronto (East) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,213 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,656 | $1,692 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $1,869 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $1,876* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,593* | $1,685 | $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.
90 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 77
- Built
- 1988
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Ywca
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- Main floor, 7AM-11PM
- Pets
- Allowed - more than 2 dogs
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 6 outdoor
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room, outdoor rec facilities, child play area
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 14
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