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Building Review

2 Oakburn Cres

Toronto, Ontario M2N

A 3-storey, 11-unit private rental building built in 1945.

Living score
56/100
Built
1945
Units
11
Storeys
3
City inspection
98/100
Property manager
KG Group

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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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.

  • Demolition 1
  • Oct 2007

    Demolition · Demolition · Cancelled

    Demolition of rental apartment building with accessory structure garage.enviromnental assessment in lead permit n.r.

    Permit 07 266200 DEM

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

56/ 100

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

  • Transit76

    34.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sheppard-Yonge (1 Yonge-University Line), 610 m.

  • Parks & trees31

    8.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 100 m. 557 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling30

    Within 1 km: 1.4 km of protected lanes, 0.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby93

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Toronto District School Board - Oakburn Centre, 210 m), plus 12 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities31

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 10 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety51

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

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Safety

Avondale

  • AssaultLower than most

    Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (58% of the city median).

  • Break and enterLower than most

    Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (63% of the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (45% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

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

  • Theft over $5,000Among the lowest

    Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 82 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

Traffic pollutionModerate

Highway 401, 230 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

65 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Forest Lawn Mausoleum And Cremation 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, 10.2 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 Detached

Category
Low-rise residential
Zone label
RD (f9.0; a275)
Height limit
10 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
30
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 38 Avondale Ave · 210 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-05-05

    Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of a 49-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 504 residential units, being a mix of studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 3-bedroom units. A paved access from A

    City record
  • 38 Avondale Ave · 210 m away

    Rezoning · Appeal Received · submitted 2025-05-05

    OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of a 49-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 504 residential units, being a mix of studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 3-bedroom units. A paved access from Avon

    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
BedroomsWillowdale East/Newtonbrook EastNorth York (Northeast) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,498$1,491
1 bed$1,847$1,815$1,761
2 beds$2,319$2,156$2,045
3+ beds$2,745$2,342$2,294
All units$2,098$2,081$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
1.05% lower rent · tenants notified
2018
0.71% lower rent · tenants notified
2019
0.67% lower rent · tenants notified
2020
0.66% lower rent · tenants notified
2021
0.51% 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.

98 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
3
Units
11
Built
1945
Elevators
0
Managed by
KG Group
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Ground level garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
18

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

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