1903 Bayview Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4G
A 5-storey, 27-unit private rental building built in 1965.
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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
3 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2024; 1 notice or order to comply.
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 2
- Not enough heat 1
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Dec 2025· Closed
- Dwelling Unit: The window(s) that is capable of being opened has defective hardware.Namely, windows throughout the unit are missing the window guards. (closed)
- Dwelling Unit: The window(s) that is capable of being opened has defective hardware.Namely, the window and window tracks do not function as intended. (closed)
Case 25 263002 PRS 00 IV
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 254052 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 239878 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
3 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Parking garage repair 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Sep 2021
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Parking garage concrete restoration
Permit 21 212427 BLD
- Nov 2020
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install a backflow prevention device in the existing apartment building.
Permit 20 214113 PSA · est. $5,000
- May 2019
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
New Balcony Restoration 16 Balcony
Permit 19 158278 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
47/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit55
6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 1 route. Nearest subway or LRT: Leaside (5 Eglinton Line), 540 m.
- Parks & trees79
28 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 290 m. 346 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling44
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 3.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 2 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby20
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Northlea Elementary & Mdl School , 650 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities3
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 0 community centres, 5 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety64
2 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
Leaside-Bennington
- AssaultAmong the lowest
Lower than 100 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (29% of the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAmong the lowest
Lower than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (27% of the city median).
- Auto theftHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (81% of the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% 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
No expressway within 2 km
4.9 tonnes a year from 1 facility, mostly Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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, 5.2 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 Multiple Dwelling
- Category
- Low-rise residential
- Zone label
RM (f30.0; a930; d1.25)- Height limit
- 16 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
- 12
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1840 Bayview Ave · 240 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-09-29
Proposal for a 34-storey mixed use building with 24,103 square meters of residential area and 202 square meters of ground floor retail area fronting Bayview Avenue for a total of 24,305 square meters with a 14.75 FSI.
City record2 Glazebrook Ave · 270 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-07-14
Propose 34-storey (109.9 metre) residential and commercial mixed-use building. 434 residential units are proposed with 314 square metres of retail. The total gross floor area of the project is 29,600 squaremetres (FSI 13.78). In total, 9
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 | Leaside-Bennington | East York zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,339 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,713 | $1,578 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,055 | $1,820 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $2,178 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,809 | $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.
- 2016
- 2.98% 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.
96 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 27
- Built
- 1965
- Elevators
- 1
- Heating
- Electric
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Main floor, 8:30 A.M. - 9:30 P.M.
- Pets
- Allowed - 0
- Parking
- Underground garage, ground level garage, carport, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 15
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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