2 Laxton Ave
Toronto, Ontario M6K
A 4-storey, 52-unit social housing building built in 1967.
- Property manager
- Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.
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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
24 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 6 notices or orders to comply; 6 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 12
- Not enough heat 7
- Rooming house 3
- Garbage 2
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2026· Order Issued
- The exterior garbage storage area is not maintained. (open)
- Parking Area: The grass height exceeds twenty (20) centimetres. (open)
- Dining Room: Driveway(s) and/or similar areas not maintained. (open)
- Parking Area: Exterior yard that is used for the parking or storage of vehicles or surfaced with a material impervious to water is not provided with suitable marking to indicate parking spaces. (open)
- Rear: The exterior walls and their components are not being maintained in good repair. (open)
- West side: Exterior window(s) with broken/cracked glass. (open)
Case 26 208089 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2026· Order Issued
- Throughout Building: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
- Throughout Building: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
- Near Stairway: The electrical fixtures are not maintained in good working order. (open)
- Throughout Building: A window in a stairway that extends to less than 1,070 millimetres above the landing is protected by a guard that is less than 1,070 millimetres high measured to the top of the guard from the surface of the landing. (open)
- Throughout Building: ll exterior doors, windows, skylights and basement hatchways, including storm and screen doors and storm windows, shall be maintained in good repair and free from defects and missing components. (open)
- Stairway: The (stairs, treads, risers, guards, handrails, and/or other appurtenant attachments) and/or their supporting structural members are not maintained in good repair. (open)
Case 26 207850 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 207846 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 207843 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2026· Order Issued
- Bathroom: The ventilation system or unit is not kept in good repair and maintained in good working condition at all times. (open)
- Throughout Dwelling Unit: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
- Kitchen: Floor and/or floor covering not kept free from holes, stains, rubbish and debris. (open)
Case 26 205324 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 195843 PRS 00 IR
Show 18 older cases
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Dec 2025· Closed
- Throughout Building – Stairway: Required handrails on stairs or ramps are less than 865mm or more than 965mm high. (closed)
- Throughout Building – Stairway: 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)
- Throughout Building – Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (closed)
Case 25 262888 PRS 00 IV
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 262503 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 235108 HEA 00 IR
- Jun 2025
GarbageBylawNotice to comply · Jun 2025· Closed
- Owner of land failed to clean and clear refuse that has been thrown, placed, dumped or deposited, including but not limited to (open)
Case 25 171146 WST 00 IV
- Jun 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 171138 WST 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 170041 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 105425 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 105421 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 252179 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 251507 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 250873 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 250789 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 250404 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 250240 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Rooming houseBylawNotice to comply · Feb 2025· Closed
Case 25 111137 RMH 00 IV
- Dec 2024
Rooming houseBylaw· Closed
Case 24 246768 RMH 00 IR
- Oct 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 224462 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2024
Rooming houseBylaw· Closed
Case 24 223948 RMH 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
1 permit the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 1
- Nov 2003
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Add brick veneer to all building elevations and change french balconies to windows with AC units below.
Permit 03 191311 BLD · est. $72,000
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
53/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit49
39.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Lansdowne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.2 km.
- Parks & trees32
8.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 240 m. 563 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling73
Within 1 km: 0.65 km of protected lanes, 4.75 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.75 km of shared routes. 9 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Parkdale Collegiate Institute, 140 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 1 library, 5 community centres, 10 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety12
8 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Map
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About 1.2 km around the building. Select anything on the map for details. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Also worth knowing
Shown for context. None of this is part of the living score.
Safety
South Parkdale
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (56% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 500 m away
134 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Moveable Inc
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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 3.4 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 (d1.0) (x318)- Height limit
- 11 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
- 11
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1501 Queen St W · 250 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-02-17
Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment to develop a 10 and 7 storey mixed use building with 141 affordable rental units, including 54 rental replacement units, and institutional uses. The development includes 8,341 square metres of gross
City record10 Maynard Ave · 290 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2024-12-27
OPA & Rezoning to permit the development of a 13 storey mixed use building with ground-floor retail and daycare uses and a proposed temple with religious residences.
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 | South Parkdale/King West | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,436 | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,826 | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,436 | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $3,747 | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,931 | $1,945 | $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 2025). Not resident reviews.
77 / 100City inspection score, December 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 52
- Built
- 1967
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- First floor, 24HR
- Pets
- Allowed - toronto municipal code chapter 349
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 4
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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