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1650 Sheppard Ave E

Toronto, Ontario M2J

A 15-storey, 149-unit private rental building built in 1969.

Living score
65/100
Built
1969
Units
149
Storeys
15
City inspection
86/100

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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City bylaw and health cases

8 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 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
  • Not enough heat 3
  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 221583 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 216890 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 178484 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 132463 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 138838 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 107820 HEA 00 IR

Show 2 older cases
  • Jan 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 107818 HEA 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 107806 HEA 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 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Alterations 1
  • Balcony repair 1
  • Apr 2026

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Inspection

    Proposed garage roof deck waterproofing and restoration project.

    Permit 26 143242 BLD · est. $600,000

  • Apr 2020

    Fire and life safety · Other(FS) · Closed

    replace existing Fire Department connections from street to building

    Permit 20 140615 FSU · est. $140,000

  • Aug 2009

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed

    Installing one back flow preventer

    Permit 09 160953 PSA · est. $1,500

  • Oct 2006

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection

    make interior alterations to portion of 1st floor for 3 additional dwelling units.see PPR.

    Permit 06 182955 BLD

  • Jun 2003

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed - Dormant

    Balcony concrete repairs and guard rail replacement. 140 balconies

    Permit 03 145080 BLD

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

65/ 100

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

  • Transit97

    89.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 11 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Don Mills (4 Sheppard Line), 210 m.

  • Parks & trees46

    13 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 390 m. 377 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling22

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 3 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Timothy Catholic Elementary School, 160 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities91

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 11 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety31

    4 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Also worth knowing

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Safety

Don Valley Village

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (88% of the city median).

  • Break and enterLower than most

    Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftLower than most

    Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 50 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about 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

Highway 404, 730 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
Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 12.0 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

Residential Apartment Commercial

Category
Apartment
Zone label
RAC (f30.0; a1375; d1.5)
Height limit
Set by the zone

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
4
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 2600 Don Mills Rd · 130 m away

    Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2024-12-31

    Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for four buildings with heights of 47, 42, 42 and 42-storeys, together with an onsite public park occupying 1,096.8 m2. The total residential gross floor area (GFA) of the four buildings is 1

    City record
  • 2500 Don Mills Rd · 90 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2022-04-19

    OLT APPEALED: Proposal consistents of 49 and 44 storey mixed use building atop of a six-storey podium consisting of 1,196 residential units, 73,900 m2 of GFA (72,897 residential GFA and 1003 m2 of commercial GFA. There will be 4-levels o

    City record
  • 2500 Don Mills Rd · 90 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-19

    Proposal for a mixed use development consists of two towers, at 30 and 39 storeys, atop a four-storey podium, and consists of 823 residential units, 50,082 m2 of residential gross floor area (GFA) and 982m2 of retail GFA at grade. The propo

    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
BedroomsDon Valley Village/Pleasant ViewNorth York (Northeast) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,467$1,498$1,491
1 bed$1,758$1,815$1,761
2 beds$2,017$2,156$2,045
3+ beds$2,152$2,342$2,294
All units$1,976$2,081$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.

2014
0.66% 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.

86 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
15
Units
149
Built
1969
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
First floor, 8AM - 10PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Bike parking
10 indoor
Amenities
Outdoor pool
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
17

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

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