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Building Review

1700 Bloor St W

Toronto, Ontario M6P

A 9-storey, 115-unit social housing building built in 1982.

Living score
77/100
Built
1982
Units
115
Storeys
9
City inspection
96/100
Property manager
Vilnius Manor

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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 Jan 2025.

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
  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 103858 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 258824 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 104480 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

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

  • Alterations 6
  • Plumbing and drains 2
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
  • Jun 2024

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    REV#2 scope: Two corridor doors in basement removed.REV#1: INTERIOR 3RD FLOOR ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING CORRIDOR DOORS WITH OUTSWINGING DOORS AND RECESSED DOOR ALCOVES OF FIRE RATED PARTITIONSProposal to construct interior alterations to an…

    Permit 23 146643 BLD

  • Feb 2024

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    REV#1: INTERIOR 3RD FLOOR ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING CORRIDOR DOORS WITH OUTSWINGING DOORS AND RECESSED DOOR ALCOVES OF FIRE RATED PARTITIONSProposal to construct interior alterations to an existing retirement community.

    Permit 23 146643 BLD

  • Jan 2024

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Plumbing - Proposed interior alterations to two clinical exam rooms and a medical instrument processing room (WTCHS Chiropody Renovation) - to create 3 rooms

    Permit 24 107599 PLB

  • Jan 2024

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC - Proposed interior alterations to two clinical exam rooms and a medical instrument processing room (WTCHS Chiropody Renovation) - to create 3 rooms

    Permit 24 107599 HVA

  • Jan 2024

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Proposed interior alterations to two clinical exam rooms and a medical instrument processing room (WTCHS Chiropody Renovation) - to create 3 rooms

    Permit 24 107599 BLD · est. $100,000

  • May 2023

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC - Proposal to construct interior alterations to an existing retirement community.

    Permit 23 146643 HVA

Show 4 older permits
  • May 2023

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Proposal to construct interior alterations to an existing retirement community.

    Permit 23 146643 BLD

  • Oct 2009

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

    Proposal to install 1 backflow in existing building.

    Permit 09 180556 PSA · est. $5,000

  • Apr 2009

    Alterations · Addition(s) · Closed

    Proposal to install a rooftop telecommunications site for BELL CANADA.

    Permit 09 124809 BLD · est. $50,000

  • Feb 2004

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Interior alterations to Community Helath Centre on ground floor

    Permit 04 107389 BLD · est. $28,000

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

77/ 100

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

  • Transit99

    123.8 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 11 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Keele (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 120 m.

  • Parks & trees88

    36.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 210 m. 576 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling69

    Within 1 km: 2.3 km of protected lanes, 3.45 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.85 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby85

    5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Keele St Jr School, 350 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities31

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 15 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety51

    2 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

High Park North

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesLower than most

    Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (67% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Lower than most

    Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (60% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the lowest

    Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (35% of the city median).

  • HomicideLower than most

    Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (60% 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, 1.8 km 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, 4.5 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

Utility and Transportation

Category
Utility & transportation
Zone label
UT
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
9
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 28 Mountview Ave · 260 m away

    Rezoning · Appeal Received · submitted 2025-09-09

    Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment application for two residential tall buildings (41-storey and 39-storey respectively) with a 6-storey podium. The proposed development contemplates a total of 873 (including 11 rental replace

    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
BedroomsHigh Park North/JunctionToronto (West) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,422$1,410$1,491
1 bed$1,863$1,798$1,761
2 beds$2,338$2,252$2,045
3+ beds-$3,238$2,294
All units$2,008$1,945$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.

96 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Social housing
Storeys
9
Units
115
Built
1982
Elevators
2
Managed by
Vilnius Manor
Heating
Electric
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Basement of building, 24/7
Pets
Allowed - dogs must be leased when outside the apartment.
Parking
Ground level garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Amenities
Indoor recreation room, outdoor rec facilities, indoor exercise room, sauna
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
4

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

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