166 Carlton St
Toronto, Ontario M5A
A 11-storey, 92-unit private rental building built in 1960.
- Property manager
- Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
4 bylaw investigations at this address since Sep 2025; 1 notice or order to comply.
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 3
- Not enough heat 1
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Dec 2025· Closed
- Apartment – Bedroom: The dwelling does not have a heating system capable of maintaining a room temperature of twenty-one degrees Celsius(21 C), specifically, the bedroom within unit #1101. (open)
Case 25 267352 PRS 00 IV
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 267331 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 266356 HEA 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 220093 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
6 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Balcony repair 2
- Parking garage repair 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Alterations 1
- Jul 2024
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Proposal for repairing deteriorated balconies, columns and shear walls, locally replace sealants, and repair brick masonry.
Permit 24 181736 BLD · est. $600,000
- Feb 2016
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal for repairs to an underground parking garage including garage roof repairs.
Permit 16 114732 BLD
- Sep 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Inspection
permit for backflow valve in existing apartment building
Permit 09 170437 PSA · est. $5,000
- Oct 2002
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
make balcony repairs and railing replacement on all floors. (100 balconies, 765 lm balcony rails) SITE REVIEW REPORT UP TO JULY 24/08.
Permit 02 184568 BLD · est. $280,000
- Dec 1996
Fire and life safety · Unknown · Closed
CARRY OUT REMEDIAL WORK TO COMPLY WITH THE RETROFIT PROVISIONS OF THE FIRE CODE. EDC
Permit 96 023631 FSU · est. $12,000
- May 1996
Alterations · Unknown · Closed
MAKE ALTERATION TO 1ST FLOOR: FIRE CODE RETROFIT. ALSO MAKE WINDOW OPENING ON NORTH-EAST ELEVATION OF BLDGS INTO EXIT DOOR. EDC
Permit 96 015772 BLD · est. $5,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
64/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit73
29.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: College (1 Yonge-University Line), 800 m.
- Parks & trees22
8.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 60 m. 293 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling87
Within 1 km: 6.55 km of protected lanes, 2.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.95 km of shared routes. 11 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
14 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Elementary School, 310 m), plus 9 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities98
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 3 community centres, 20 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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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Cabbagetown-South St.James Town
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (46% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.5× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% 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, 1.4 km away
15.3 tonnes a year from 1 facility, mostly Toronto Metropolitan University
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, 600 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 2
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) (x877)- Height limit
- 18 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
- 3
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 1
405 Sherbourne St · 150 m away
Site plan · Application Received · submitted 2026-03-09
Site Plan Control Application for a 35-storey (112.6) metre building (excluding mechanical penthouse) 25,069 square metres of residential gross floor area and 388 square metres of non-residential gross floor area and a landscaped mid-block
City record383 Sherbourne St · 100 m away
Site plan · Appeal Received · submitted 2023-07-06
The proposal will introduce a 39 storey residential building representing an F.S.I. of 13.58 and lot coverage of 69%. The total GFA will be 20,328 sq. m. incorporating 378 units, and 1,384 sq. m. of indoor and outdoor amenity space.
City record410 Sherbourne St · 160 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2021-11-07
Site Plan Approval Application for a 42-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 240 square metres and a residential gross floor area of 31,273 square metres.
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 | Cabbagetown-South St. James Town | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,349 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,903 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,331 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,829 | $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 2017). Not resident reviews.
98 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 11
- Units
- 92
- Built
- 1960
- Elevators
- 2
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Ground floor, M-F 7AM-10PM, S-S 8AM-11PM
- Pets
- Allowed - as listed on lease
- Parking
- Underground garage, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 35 indoor
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
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