160 Balmoral Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4V
A 12-storey, 89-unit private rental building built in 1965.
- Property manager
- Glen Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
5 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2025; 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 5
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 209636 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 206237 PRS 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 159587 PRS 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 158359 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 240111 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.
- Parking garage repair 3
- Roof and cladding 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Sep 2025
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal for replacement and waterproofing boiler room roof slab after repairing concrete, replacing asphalt at the on grade parking spot at north side of building.
Permit 25 230613 BLD · est. $341,137
- Aug 2025
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposed concrete slab repairs for garage roof.
Permit 25 217232 BLD · est. $221,000
- Apr 2019
Roof and cladding · Re-Roofing/Re-Cladding · Closed
Proposed installation of exterior metal cladding at existing building parapet wall perimeter
Permit 19 142154 BLD · est. $30,000
- Apr 2016
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal to repair concrete and waterproofing throughout garage of existing apartment building.
Permit 16 146754 BLD
- May 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install 1 backflow prevention device to the existing water line.
Permit 09 136025 PSA · est. $4,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
55/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit61
12.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Clair (1 Yonge-University Line), 770 m.
- Parks & trees56
13.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 260 m. 605 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling76
Within 1 km: 1.8 km of protected lanes, 4.5 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.85 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby29
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Brown Jr Public School, 50 m), plus 12 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities53
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 13 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety51
3 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
Casa Loma
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% of the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (51% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× 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
No expressway within 2 km
212 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Avenue Collision Inc
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, 2.5 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) (x814)- 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
- 5
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
135 St Clair Ave W · 200 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-12-24
Proposed 49 storey mixed-use, 544-unit residential tower containing 46,009sqm residential GFA and 920sqm non-residential GFA, with a total height of 164.3 metres.
City record440 Avenue Rd · 50 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-08-10
Proposed development of the site for a 24-storey residential building
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 | Casa Loma | Toronto (North) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,560 | $1,570 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,001 | $1,892 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,476 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $2,985 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,677* | $2,057 | $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.
- 2014
- 0.58% 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 2017). Not resident reviews.
94 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 12
- Units
- 89
- Built
- 1965
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Glen Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed - no pets on front lawn
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 15 indoor
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 12
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