196 Eglinton Ave E
Toronto, Ontario M4P
A 4-storey, 24-unit private rental building built in 1930.
- Property manager
- Megapro Properties
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
4 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 4
- 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. (open)
- Stairway Landing(s) – Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (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 – Throughout Building: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (open)
- Stairway – Throughout Building: Required handrails on stairs or ramps are less than 865mm or more than 965mm high (open)
Case 25 265092 PRS 00 IV
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 264197 PRS 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 229873 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 239588 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
1 permit 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 1
- Jul 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed - Dormant
Proposal to install 1 backflow prevention device in an existing apartment building with ground floor retail.
Permit 10 229139 PSA · est. $2,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
54/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit71
26.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Mount Pleasant (5 Eglinton Line), 160 m.
- Parks & trees1
2.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 290 m. 294 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling38
Within 1 km: 0.7 km of protected lanes, 0.85 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.1 km of shared routes. 7 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Eglinton Jr Public School, 130 m), plus 12 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 1 community centre, 16 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety40
3 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
North Toronto
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (87% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (29% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest
Lower than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (70% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (45% 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
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
- 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
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR 5.0 (c3.0; r3.0) SS2 (x2497)- Height limit
- 48 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
- 48
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
758 Mount Pleasant Rd · 200 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-04-23
Zoning By-law Amendment application to allow for the development of a 56-storey mixed-use building comprised of a 4-storey podium and a 52-storey tower element. The proposed building includes approximately 65 square metres of non-reisdentia
City record732 Mount Pleasant Rd · 240 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-04-17
Zoning By-law Amendment application to allow for the development of a 36-storey mixed-use building comprised of a 4-storey podium and a 32-storey tower element. The proposed building includes approximately 65 square metres of non-reisdentia
City record250 Roehampton Ave · 170 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-12-08
Zoning By-law Amendment for a 59-storey residential building with a height of 190 m (excluding the mechanical penthouse). The proposed redevelopment consists of a total gross floor area (GFA) of 48,233.4 sq. m., which results in a total Flo
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 | Mount Pleasant West | Toronto (North) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,593 | $1,570 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,973 | $1,892 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,528 | $2,476 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $3,523 | $2,985 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,075 | $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. 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.
80 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 24
- Built
- 1930
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Megapro Properties
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Inside, 24 HRS
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Amenities
- Indoor exercise room
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 12
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