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Building Review

2 Glen Elm Ave

Toronto, Ontario M4T

A 6-storey, 49-unit private rental building built in 1934.

Living score
62/100
Built
1934
Units
49
Storeys
6
City inspection
94/100
Property manager
Glen Elm Investments

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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

1 bylaw investigation at this address since Feb 2026.

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 1
  • Feb 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 116430 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

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

  • Alterations 4
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Nov 2025

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed

    Revision 1: revision for the north foundation wall at 2 Glen Elm Avenue.Proposed underpinning for the north side of the wall of 2 GLEN ELM AVE. (Party Wall Admin Permits - Related to underpinning work at 1639 Yonge Street 24 125008 BLD 00…

    Permit 24 186607 BLD

  • Dec 2024

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

    Proposal for backflow device.

    Permit 24 250293 PSA · est. $5,876

  • Jul 2024

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed

    Proposed underpinning for the north side of the wall of 2 GLEN ELM AVE. (Party Wall Admin Permits - Related to underpinning work at 1639 Yonge Street 24 125008 BLD 00 BA.)

    Permit 24 186607 BLD · est. $30,000

  • Feb 2018

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection

    Proposal for interior alterations within recycling and garbage discharge room, work room, and storage rooms to replace combustible construction with non-combustible fire rated construction as required Areas of work include recycling and ga…

    Permit 18 115185 BLD

  • Dec 2017

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Cancelled

    Proposed interior alterations to existing apartment building in the basement.

    Permit 17 274117 BLD · est. $1,000

  • Jun 2016

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    fire alarm audibility upgrade -add new fire alarm mini horn to each unit

    Permit 16 169957 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

62/ 100

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

  • Transit90

    68 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Clair (1 Yonge-University Line), 450 m.

  • Parks & trees45

    12.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 40 m. 391 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling78

    Within 1 km: 2.05 km of protected lanes, 4.1 km of bike lanes and trails, 4.2 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby29

    3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Deer Park Jr & Sr Public School, 330 m), plus 5 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities74

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 10 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety24

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

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Safety

Rosedale-Moore Park

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Higher than most

    Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.0× the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).

  • HomicideLower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (67% 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

Traffic pollutionLow

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmLow

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, 2.8 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 2.5 (c1.0; r1.5) SS2 (x2413)
Height limit
14 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
45
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 1 Heath St E · 180 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-06-16

    Mixed use development consisting of three towers organized around a central publicly accessible open space (POPS), along with a new 1,560 m² public park at the northwest corner of the site. The development would include 661 residential unit

    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
BedroomsMoore ParkToronto (North) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,570$1,491
1 bed$2,063$1,892$1,761
2 beds$2,552$2,476$2,045
3+ beds-$2,985$2,294
All units$2,222$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.

94 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
6
Units
49
Built
1934
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Basement, 9-9
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Both
Bike parking
3 indoor
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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