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Building Review

190 Colin Ave

Toronto, Ontario M5P

A 6-storey, 40-unit private rental building built in 1935.

Living score
70/100
Built
1935
Units
40
Storeys
6
City inspection
81/100

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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

7 bylaw investigations at this address since Aug 2025; 2 notices or orders to comply; 1 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 6
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 189379 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 141725 HEA 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Dec 2025· Closed

    • Stairway – Throughout Building: The guard is designed that a member, attachment or opening located between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level being protected facilitates climbing. (closed)
    • Stairway Landing(s) – Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (closed)
    • Stairway – Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 920 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard from a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosings. (closed)
    • Stairway – Throughout Building: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (closed)
    • Stairway – Throughout Building: Required handrails on stairs or ramps are less than 865mm or more than 965mm high (closed)

    Case 25 264510 PRS 00 IV

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 264167 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 218697 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2025· Closed

    Case 25 217873 PRS 00 IV

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  • Aug 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 217705 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

4 permits 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 3
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Feb 2023

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Proposal to modify the fire alarm system and exit signs as part of an approved Alternative Solution.

    Permit 23 114621 FSU

  • Aug 2020

    Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed

    Proposal for new sprinklers in the lobby of an existing residential apartment building.

    Permit 20 179932 FSU · est. $15,000

  • Aug 2018

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

    Proposal to install a 2 inch backflow prevention device.

    Permit 18 204494 PSA · est. $2,000

  • Oct 2017

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Proposed fire alarm control panel replacement in existing residential apartment building.

    Permit 17 243908 FSU · est. $10,000

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.

  • Transit92

    70.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 8 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Eglinton (1 Yonge-University Line), 360 m.

  • Parks & trees31

    10.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 110 m. 357 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling62

    Within 1 km: 1.8 km of protected lanes, 2.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 4.5 km of shared routes. 5 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby93

    8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Marshall Mcluhan Catholic Secondary School, 600 m), plus 8 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities91

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 12 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety19

    5 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Yonge-Eglinton

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest

    Lower than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (53% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the highest

    Higher than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.6× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.9× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower 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

Traffic pollutionLow

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

654 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Ashford Cleaners

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, 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

Residential

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (x158)
Height limit
13 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
22
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 50-60 Eglinton Ave W · 220 m away

    Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2024-04-12

    The application proposes to increase the permitted height and density from the approved heights of 35 and 37-storeys as per By-law 1263-2022 (OLT), to 46 and 58-storeys This height increase would result in a total gross floor area of 73,305

    City record
  • 23 Henning Ave · 180 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-07-25

    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
BedroomsYonge-EglintonToronto (North) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,443*$1,570$1,491
1 bed$1,605$1,892$1,761
2 beds$2,215$2,476$2,045
3+ beds-$2,985$2,294
All units$1,728$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; * 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.

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.

81 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
6
Units
40
Built
1935
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Lower level, 24 HOURS
Pets
Not allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
No
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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