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171 St Clair Ave E

Toronto, Ontario M4T

A 4-storey, 36-unit private rental building built in 1960.

Living score
62/100
Built
1960
Units
36
Storeys
4
City inspection
66/100

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Issues & maintenance

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City bylaw and health cases

32 bylaw investigations at this address since Apr 2025; 7 notices or orders to comply; 8 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 24
  • Not enough heat 3
  • Garbage 2
  • Fences 1
  • Graffiti 1
  • Zoning 1
  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Oct 2026· Order Issued

    • Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)

    Case 26 247589 PRS 00 IV

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 228803 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 177276 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 158764 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 158749 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 158743 PRS 00 IR

Show 26 older cases
  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2026· Order Issued

    • Bathroom: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
    • Washroom: Previously finished surface(s) in the public area of the property are not renewed or refinished, when necessary, to maintain a similar appearance.Namely : Washroom ceiling patch job. (closed)
    • Bathroom: Previously finished wall(s) in the public area of the property is not maintained in good repair.Namely: Washroom ceiling in disrepair and previous repair work incomplete. (open)
    • Bathroom: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
    • Living Room: Interior door(s), frames(s), glass pane(s), and/or hardware not maintained in good repair.Namely: Living room closet doors. (open)
    • Living Room: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
    • Kitchen: The kitchen fixture(s) and/or fitting is not maintained in good repair and good working order. (open)
    • Kitchen: The cupboard is not maintained in good repair and good working order. (open)
    • Kitchen: The floor and every appurtenance, surface cover and finish is not maintained. Namely: Kitchen flooring/tiles cracking and shifting. (open)
    • Bedroom: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: Bedroom wall area by window and surrounding areas cracking and deteriorated (open)

    Case 26 157705 PRS 00 IV

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 155904 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 149293 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    GraffitiBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 126558 GRA 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 126084 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    GarbageBylawNotice to comply · May 2026· Closed

    Case 26 155951 WST 00 IV

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2026· Order Issued

    • Rear: Exterior door is not maintained in good repair. (open)
    • Front: The exterior walls and their components are not being maintained in good repair. (open)
    • Front: Exterior window missing. (open)
    • Throughout Property: The fence, screen and/or other enclosure around or on the property is not being maintained in good repair. (open)
    • Parking Area: Exterior yard that is used for the parking or storage of motorized vehicles or surfaced with a material impervious to water is not maintained so as parking space marking are to be clearly visible. (open)
    • Front: Curb stops or restraining devices are not positioned to prevent vehicles from causing injury, damage or encroaching on to property. (open)
    • Front East: Exterior walkway not maintained. (open)
    • Screening of garbage and refuse on a property shall be a visual screen or fence, of uniformconstruction and appropriate to the nature of the adjacent use (open)

    Case 26 155941 PRS 00 IV

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2026· Order Issued

    • Stairway – 3rd Floor: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
    • Stairway – 2nd Floor: Interior door(s), frames(s), glass pane(s), and/or hardware not maintained in good repair. (open)
    • 1st Floor – Garbage Chute Corridor: The electrical fixtures are not maintained in a safe and complete condition. (open)
    • Elevator(s) is not maintained in a clean condition. (open)
    • Throughout Building: Garbage chute is not maintained in a clean and odour free condition. (open)
    • Hall – 3rd Floor: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
    • Hall – 3rd Floor: The floor and every appurtenance, surface cover and finish is not maintained. (open)

    Case 26 155907 PRS 00 IV

  • Mar 2026

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 123050 ZON 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 123049 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 123048 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 123047 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 123046 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    FencesBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 123045 FEN 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 123044 WST 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 260852 HEA 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 259718 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 256294 HEA 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 252214 HEA 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Nov 2025· Closed

    • 1st Floor – 1st Floor: An exterior door has a defective locking mechanism. (open)

    Case 25 249908 PRS 00 IV

  • Nov 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 248632 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 248168 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 170785 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jun 2025· Closed

    • Dwelling Unit – Living Room: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely, wall around the window is not free of cracks and is deteriorated. (closed)
    • Dwelling Unit – Living Room: The supplied facility in or on the property is not constructed, installed and/or maintained so that it will function safely and effectively.Namely, window trim sash not free of rust and is deteriorated. (closed)
    • Dwelling Unit – Living Room: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely, wall to the right of the balcony door under the window is not free of holes, cracks and is deteriorated. (closed)
    • Dwelling Unit – Kitchen: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely, wall where the kitchen countertop and the wall meet is not free of holes. (closed)
    • Dwelling Unit – Kitchen: Repair(s) does not reasonably match existing wall(s)Namely, the wall where the kitchen countertop and the wall meet is not reasonably paint matched. (closed)
    • Dwelling Unit – Kitchen: The supplied facility in or on the property is not constructed, installed and/or maintained so that it will function safely and effectively.Namely, kitchen sink is not free of gaps ontop of the countertop. (closed)
    • Dwelling Unit – Bedroom: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely, bedroom ceiling is not free of holes, cracks, and is deteriorated. (closed)
    • Dwelling Unit – Bedroom: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely, walls are cracking, deteriorated and are not paint matched. (closed)
    • Dwelling Unit – Bedroom: Repair(s) does not reasonably match existing wall(s)Namely, previously repaired walls are not reasonably matched with the current paint. (closed)

    Case 25 175701 PRS 00 IV

  • May 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 167833 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 144208 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

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

  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Aug 2026

    Fire and life safety · Multiple Projects · Not Started

    Proposal for new fire alarm system and garbage chute sprinkler.

    Permit 26 215667 FSU

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

62/ 100

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

  • Transit72

    29.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Clair (1 Yonge-University Line), 570 m.

  • Parks & trees79

    24.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 170 m. 676 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling81

    Within 1 km: 1.8 km of protected lanes, 5.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 4.4 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby22

    3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Catholic Elementary School, 340 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities26

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 0 community centres, 9 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety95

    0 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

Rosedale-Moore Park

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

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

  • Theft over $5,000Higher than most

    Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.0× the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).

  • HomicideLower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (67% 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

No expressway within 2 km

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, 2.4 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 (u4; d0.6) (x728)
Height limit
12 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
0
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0

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
BedroomsMoore ParkToronto (North) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,570$1,491
1 bed$2,063$1,892$1,761
2 beds$2,552$2,476$2,045
3+ beds-$2,985$2,294
All units$2,222$2,057$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.

2017
0.81% lower rent · tenants notified
2018
0.56% lower rent · tenants notified
2019
0.53% lower rent · tenants notified
2020
0.51% 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. Not resident reviews.

66 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
36
Built
1960
Elevators
1
Ward
11

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

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