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Building Review

1845 Gerrard St E

Toronto, Ontario M4L

A 3-storey, 20-unit social housing building built in 1950.

Living score
42/100
Built
1950
Units
20
Storeys
3
City inspection
95/100
Property manager
St. Jude Community Homes

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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

5 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2026; 1 notice or order to comply; 2 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 4
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2026· Order Issued

    • Throughout Building: Guard is less than 1,070 millimetres high. (open)
    • Throughout Building: Height of handrail on stairs or ramp is less than the minimum 800mm (open)

    Case 26 243223 PRS 00 IV

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 241931 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 232234 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 207613 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171394 000 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.

  • Roof and cladding 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • May 2026

    Roof and cladding · Re-Roofing/Re-Cladding · Permit Issued

    Brick repointing of deteriorated bricks and installation of new EIFS wall assembly including air/water barrier, insulation, flashings, trims, sealants and associated exterior building envelope rehabilitation work. Proposed EIFS assembly su…

    Permit 26 163820 BLD

  • Sep 2024

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Permit Issued

    Proposal to Installation of a 2" DCVA backflow preventer valve with an expansion tank for premise isolation

    Permit 24 218038 PSA · est. $7,000

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

42/ 100

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

  • Transit11

    11.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Woodbine (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 850 m.

  • Parks & trees42

    10.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 230 m. 497 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling61

    Within 1 km: 3.4 km of protected lanes, 0.75 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.6 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Bowmore Road Jr & Sr Public School , 330 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities74

    Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 1 community centre, 10 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety51

    3 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

Woodbine Corridor

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (81% of the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (46% of the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (61% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (82% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Lower than most

    Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 74 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 kmModerate

2 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly St John's Norway Cemetery Crematorium

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, 5.1 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 (d1.0) (x7)
Height limit
11 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
BedroomsWoodbine Corridor/Greenwood-CoxwellToronto (East) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,525$1,213$1,491
1 bed$1,702*$1,692$1,761
2 beds$1,907$1,869$2,045
3+ beds-$1,876*$2,294
All units$1,746$1,685$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.

2014
0.54% 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 (registered 2017). Not resident reviews.

95 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Social housing
Storeys
3
Units
20
Built
1950
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Basement, TENANTS HAVE KEYS TO LAUNDRY ROOM
Pets
Allowed - cats only
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
19

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

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