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Building Review

165 Bathurst St

Toronto, Ontario M5V

A 6-storey, 47-unit private rental building built in 1918.

Living score
58/100
Built
1918
Units
47
Storeys
6
City inspection
79/100
Property manager
Hazelview Properties

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Issues & maintenance

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City bylaw and health cases

10 bylaw investigations at this address since Mar 2024; 2 notices or orders to comply; 3 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 6
  • Graffiti 3
  • Zoning 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 237750 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 234115 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 216406 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 213143 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    GraffitiBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 266185 GRA 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2025· Prosecution Initiated

    • Throughout Building – Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 920 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard from a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosings.Namely, throughout the building stairwells. (open)
    • Throughout Building – Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. Namely, throughout the building stairwells. (open)
    • Throughout Building – Stairway: The location and size of openings present a hazard as they are designed with members or attachments between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level protected by the guard which facilitate climbing.Namely, throughout the buildin… (open)
    • Throughout Building – Stairway: Required handrails on stairs or ramps are less than 865mm or more than 965mm high.Namely, throughout the building stairwells. (open)
    • Throughout Building – Stairway: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres.Namely, throughout the building stairwells. (open)

    Case 25 202376 PRS 00 IV

Show 4 older cases
  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Prosecution Initiated

    Case 25 202374 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2025

    GraffitiBylawNotice to comply · Apr 2025· Closed

    Case 25 140892 GRA 00 IV

  • Apr 2025

    GraffitiBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 140877 GRA 00 IR

  • Mar 2024

    ZoningBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 24 127444 ZON 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

2 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Alterations 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Apr 2013

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed

    Proposal to erect 6 cell antenna's and related equipment on existing building.

    Permit 13 155016 BLD · est. $25,000

  • Aug 2011

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Permit Issued

    This is for the installation of a 1 1/2" Double check valve assembly. This is to be installed within the basement area behind the stairwell. Also, this is a apartment building.

    Permit 11 250615 PSA · est. $3,800

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

58/ 100

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

  • Transit46

    35.9 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Osgoode (1 Yonge-University Line), 1.4 km.

  • Parks & trees49

    13.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 200 m. 407 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling91

    Within 1 km: 5.1 km of protected lanes, 6.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.95 km of shared routes. 10 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby68

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Mary Catholic Elementary School, 130 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, 14 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety12

    9 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.

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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

Traffic pollutionLow

Gardiner Expressway, 950 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmLow

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, 1.1 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 (x81)
Height limit
26 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
27
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 662 King St W · 300 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-04-26

    Ontario Line King-Bathurst

    City record
  • 723 Queen St W · 220 m away

    Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2022-12-29

    To demolish the existing two-storey, 60-bed crisis shelter building and construct a new four-storey shelter building with 63 beds and a total gross floor area of 1,319 square metres.

    City record
  • 156 Bathurst St · 80 m away

    Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2022-04-29

    Site Plan Control application for a 29-storey mixed-use building containing 384 new dwelling units(including 9 affordable units), a total of 22,565 sqm of residential gross floor area (GFA), and 582 sqm of retail GFA. This site was previous

    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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsWaterfront Communities-The IslandToronto (Central) zoneToronto 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. Not resident reviews.

79 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
6
Units
47
Built
1918
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
3 outdoor
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
10

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

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