169 John St
Toronto, Ontario
A 45-unit condominium registered in 2017 (TSCC 1827).
- Living score
- 70/100
- Units
- 45
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City building permits
4 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
- Construction 2
- Jun 2019
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install a premise isolation backflow device
Permit 19 177895 PSA · est. $5,500
- May 2006
Construction · Closed
Alter plans previously approved under 04-202491 by changing cladding on north wall and on portion of south wall (south wall 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors only) to ECO block insulated foam non-combustible cladding.
Permit 04 202491 BLD
- Dec 2004
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Build new 11 storey 45 unit condominium. - New Building
Permit 04 202491 PLB
- Dec 2004
Construction · Closed
Build new 11 storey 45 unit condominium with 24 stack parking spaces. HOLD for Section 37 Agreement and Conditions in the Undertaking agreement. - jc
Permit 04 202491 BLD · est. $7,000,000
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
70/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit91
69.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Osgoode (1 Yonge-University Line), 340 m.
- Parks & trees42
11.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 100 m. 397 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling97
Within 1 km: 8.55 km of protected lanes, 3.2 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.9 km of shared routes. 20 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby85
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Ogden Jr Public School, 330 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 23 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety6
12 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Safety
Kensington-Chinatown
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.3× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.1× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (14× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% 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, 1.2 km away
178.7 tonnes a year from 5 facilities, mostly Walton Street Steam Plant
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, 1.2 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (f4.5; d1.0) (x459)- 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
- 11
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
180 Simcoe St · 260 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-08-18
Proposed development for the Canada Life Campus include: Retention of the existing office buildings with minor alterations at 330 University Avenue, 180 Simcoe Street, and 180 Queen Street West. Demolition of the office building and parking
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 | Kensington-Chinatown | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | - | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,497* | $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.
- 2017
- 0.50% lower rent · 13 of 18 units notified
- 2018
- 0.52% lower rent · 14 of 17 units notified
- 2019
- 0.42% lower rent · 9 of 16 units notified
- 2020
- 0.94% lower rent · 1 of 16 units notified
Where several units are listed, the cut shown is the median. Source: City of Toronto, Tenant Notification for Rent Reduction, 2014–2025.
Building facts
From the City of Toronto’s inventory of condominiums registered 2002–2018. Not resident reviews.
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 45
- Unit mix
- 22 studio · 18 one-bed · 5 two-bed
- Condo plan
- TSCC 1827
- Registered
- January 2017
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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