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Building Review

190 Cosburn Ave

Toronto, Ontario M4J

A 6-storey, 47-unit private rental building built in 1959.

Living score
37/100
Built
1959
Units
47
Storeys
6
City inspection
90/100

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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

13 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2024; 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 13
  • Oct 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 248569 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 168337 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawNotice to comply · Mar 2026· Closed

    • Garbage and/or refuse is not being stored in receptacles.Namely: Various waste items at South and West sides of property. (Mattress, construction materials, luggage bags, clothing items.) (open)

    Case 26 135386 PRS 00 IV

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 134758 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 107545 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2025· Closed

    • Stairway: The location and size of openings present a hazard as they are designed with members or attachments between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level protected by the guard which facilitate climbing. (open)
    • 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. (open)
    • Stairway – landing: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (open)
    • Stairway: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (open)

    Case 25 195766 PRS 00 IV

Show 7 older cases
  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 195741 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 195490 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 160018 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 142973 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 133507 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 109692 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 239859 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

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

  • Alterations 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Balcony repair 1
  • Feb 2019

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed

    relocate laundry room door on main floor

    Permit 19 119534 BLD · est. $5,000

  • Jun 2009

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

    Proposal for the installation of one(1) backflow prevention device in the basement.

    Permit 09 149925 PSA · est. $4,800

  • Mar 2006

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Proposed balcony repairs for 10 balconies on west elevation (6 storey high building)

    Permit 06 118146 BLD

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

37/ 100

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

  • Transit48

    37.9 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Pape (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.1 km.

  • Parks & trees5

    3.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 160 m. 395 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling55

    Within 1 km: 1.3 km of protected lanes, 3 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.45 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby37

    4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: William Burgess Elementary School, 290 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities53

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

  • Road safety24

    5 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

Old East York

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the lowest

    Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (45% of the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (87% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Lower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× 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

Don Valley Parkway, 760 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

467 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Bestway Donlands 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, 3.6 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 (d2.0)
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
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
BedroomsEast York zoneToronto region
Studio$1,339$1,491
1 bed$1,578$1,761
2 beds$1,820$2,045
3+ beds$2,178$2,294
All units$1,715$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
0.87% lower rent · tenants notified
2018
0.59% lower rent · tenants notified
2019
0.56% lower rent · tenants notified
2020
0.55% 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.

90 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
6
Units
47
Built
1959
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Main floor, 7:30 AM TO 9:30 PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Ground level garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
14

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

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