189 Vaughan Rd
Toronto, Ontario M6C
A 4-storey, 16-unit private rental building built in 1955.
- Property manager
- Anchor Property Managers Inc
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
7 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 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 5
- Not enough heat 2
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 183277 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 172464 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 172463 000 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 106809 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Mar 2025· Closed
- Stairway – Throughout Building: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres.Namely, the openings on the guards. (closed)
- Stairway – Throughout Building: A window in a stairway that extends to less than 1,070 millimetres above the landing is protected by a guard that is less than 1,070 millimetres high measured to the top of the guard from the surface of the landing. Namely, the windows nee… (closed)
Case 25 135631 PRS 00 IV
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 135615 PRS 00 IR
Show 1 older case
- Oct 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 224341 HEA 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
9 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 3
- Alterations 3
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Balcony repair 1
- Mar 2025
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection
Plumbing - Proposed interior alterations to 13 of 16 units in building. Alterations to include relocation of kitchens and bathrooms as well as new bathrooms in 8 of the 13 units. Fire separations between units and common areas of the build…
Permit 22 225995 PLB
- Mar 2025
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - Proposed interior alterations to 13 of 16 units in building. Alterations to include relocation of kitchens and bathrooms as well as new bathrooms in 8 of the 13 units. Fire separations between units and common areas of the building…
Permit 22 225995 HVA
- Nov 2022
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Proposed interior alterations to 13 of 16 units in building. Alterations to include relocation of kitchens and bathrooms as well as new bathrooms in 8 of the 13 units. Fire separations between units and common areas of the building to be m…
Permit 22 225995 BLD
- Feb 2020
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Cancelled
Plumbing - Proposal to alter the existing four-storey apartment building by creating four new dwelling units in the basement for a total of 20 dwelling units.
Permit 20 113567 PLB
- Feb 2020
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Cancelled
HVAC - Proposal to alter the existing four-storey apartment building by creating four new dwelling units in the basement for a total of 20 dwelling units.
Permit 20 113567 HVA
- Feb 2020
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Cancelled
Proposal to alter the existing four-storey apartment building by creating four new dwelling units in the basement for a total of 20 dwelling units.
Permit 20 113567 BLD · est. $500,000
Show 3 older permits
- May 2018
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposed interior alterations to existing unit 1 on the ground floor of an existing 16-unit, 4-storey apartment builiding.
Permit 18 152799 BLD · est. $50,000
- Jun 2013
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Proposal to replace 4 balconies in existing apartment bulding.
Permit 13 187609 BLD · est. $25,000
- Jun 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
permit for backflow valve in existing apartment building
Permit 09 150992 PSA · est. $3,000
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
68/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit70
24.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Clair West (1 Yonge-University Line), 570 m.
- Parks & trees70
19.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 320 m. 585 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling63
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 5.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.25 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Humewood Community School , 490 m), plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 11 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety80
1 collision 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
Humewood-Cedarvale
- AssaultLower than most
Lower than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% of the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (25% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (75% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 54 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
Allen Road, 1.7 km 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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 3.7 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 Apartment
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RA (x777)- Height limit
- 24 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
- 3
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
146 Vaughan Rd · 160 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-06-24
Site Plan Control application to allow a 57.25-metre (17 storeys) mixed-use apartment building containing 110 residential units (including 6 affordable rental units) and a 59.6-square metre ground floor commercial-retail space.
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 | Humewood-Cedarvale | York zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,394 | $1,381 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,817 | $1,706 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,419 | $2,067 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $2,547 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,015 | $1,864 | $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.
- 2016
- 1.14% 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.
88 / 100City inspection score, July 2024. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 16
- Built
- 1955
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Anchor Property Managers Inc
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Basement, 8:00 AM -9:00 PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 12
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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