163 Portland St
Toronto, Ontario M5V
A 4-storey, 46-unit social housing building built in 1991.
- Property manager
- Par-med Property Services Inc.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
14 bylaw investigations and 1 public health case at this address since Aug 2023; 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 10
- Garbage 3
- Bedbugs 1
- Not enough heat 1
- Aug 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 224980 WST 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172757 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172756 000 00 IR
- May 2026
BedbugsPublic health· Under Investigation
Case 10873134
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 153020 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 146462 PRS 00 IR
Show 9 older cases
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 119788 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 119781 WST 00 IR
- Nov 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 258397 WST 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 214911 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 181452 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 143399 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 119141 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 101909 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2023
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 23 190973 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
3 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 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Aug 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install 1 back flow prevention device on 3" pipe.
Permit 09 159077 PSA
- Jul 2008
Heating, cooling and ventilation · HVAC: Other Group C Buildings · Closed - Dormant
Replace exiting make-up air handler with new air handler including gas-fired heating section and refrigerant cooling section. Provide power to new make-up air handler
Permit 08 178322 MSA · est. $60,000
- Mar 2007
Plumbing and drains · Fixtures/Roof Drains: Other · Closed - Dormant
1 DISHWASHERS IN THE COMMON KITCHEN AREA MAIN FLOOR
Permit 07 113381 PSA · est. $750
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
53/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit56
46.2 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Osgoode (1 Yonge-University Line), 1.2 km.
- Parks & trees13
6 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 100 m. 384 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling91
Within 1 km: 5.45 km of protected lanes, 5.75 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.6 km of shared routes. 13 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Alpha Alternative & Oasis Alternative, 280 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 2 community centres, 15 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety8
11 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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About 1.2 km around the building. Select anything on the map for details. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Also worth knowing
Shown for context. None of this is part of the living score.
Safety
Wellington Place
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (6.7× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% 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, 1.0 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
Commercial Residential Employment
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CRE (x76)- Height limit
- 23 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
- 36
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 1
445 Adelaide St W · 220 m away
Rezoning · Appeal Received · submitted 2025-05-02
Zoning By-law Amendment for a 17-storey (59.65m including mechanical penthouse) hotel containing 144 suites.
City record47 Camden St · 250 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-08-10
Site plan control resubmission for a 18-storey (57.85m including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with retail space on the ground floor and 255 residential units above at 35-47 Camden Street.
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 | Waterfront Communities-The Island | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $2,092 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,489 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $3,114* | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,681 | $2,163 | $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 2020). Not resident reviews.
95 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 46
- Built
- 1991
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Par-med Property Services Inc.
- Heating
- Electric
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Basement, MON-FIR 8AM-8PM SAT/SUN 10-8
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Amenities
- Outdoor rec facilities
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 10
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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