1680 Ellesmere Rd
Toronto, Ontario M1H
A 8-storey, 145-unit social housing building built in 1994.
- Property manager
- Aykler Management
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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
3 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024.
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 2
- Long grass and weeds 1
- Jul 2025
Long grass and weedsBylaw· Closed
Case 25 203205 LGW 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 203201 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 227926 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
2 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 2
- Jul 2020
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Permit Issued
Parking garage repairs
Permit 20 164083 BLD
- Jan 2018
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Inspection
BUILD A NEW ROOF OVER THE EXISTING PARKING GARAGE ACCESS RAMP.
Permit 18 110796 BLD · est. $22,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
47/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit67
62 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 14 routes.
- Parks & trees59
18 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 190 m. 249 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling21
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.5 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: North Bendale Jr Public School , 300 m), plus 8 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities22
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 4 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety19
7 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
Woburn North
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (61% of the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 53 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
Highway 401, 940 m 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
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 15.5 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
Not in the city-wide by-law
This site is still governed by a former municipality’s zoning by-law, which the city-wide data does not cover.
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
- 11
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1720 Ellesmere Rd · 160 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-02-19
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is proposing to redevelop the existing TTC McCowan Yard into a new two-storey Administration Building with accompanying surface parking. The proposed Administration Building will support future TTC operatio
City record40 Bushby Dr · 220 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-01-09
A city-initiated official plan amendment and zoning by-law amendment by CreateTO has been resubmitted to facilitate a mixed use development. The property is currently being used as a parking lot. The proposal consists of three (3) residenti
City record1712 Ellesmere Rd · 140 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-06-23
Site Plan Approval for two (2) residential towers above a 6-storey podium. Tower A is proposed at 49-storeys total and features approximately 499 residential units, and Tower B is proposed at 53-storeys total and features approximately 561
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 | Woburn | Scarborough (East) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,429 | $1,460 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,663 | $1,633 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,867 | $1,852 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $1,937 | $2,072 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,811 | $1,816 | $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.
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, September 2024. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 8
- Units
- 145
- Built
- 1994
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Aykler Management
- Heating
- Forced air gas
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- Main floor, 8AM - 10PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room, outdoor rec facilities, indoor exercise room, child play area
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 24
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