2 Tree Sparroway
Toronto, Ontario M2H
A 4-storey, 16-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1973.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
2 bylaw investigations at this address since Jul 2025.
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.
- Garbage 1
- Not enough heat 1
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170568 000 00 IR
- Jul 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 203029 WST 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
9 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Balcony repair 3
- Alterations 3
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Apr 2024
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Special Ventilation System · Closed
Proposed: Replacement of roof top make up air units. Replacement of existing electric baseboard heating with air source heat pumps for living spaces and upgraded electric baseboard heaters in bedrooms.
Permit 24 132176 MSA · est. $4,000,000
- Mar 2014
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Repairs to 10 balconies
Permit 14 134673 BLD
- Nov 2010
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed - Dormant
Install fire-rated wall enclosure on fourth floor.
Permit 10 304235 BLD · est. $200,000
- Oct 2010
Plumbing and drains · Fixtures/Roof Drains: Other · Closed
Replace hot water tanks @ 2, 4, 6, 8 Tree Sparroway
Permit 10 282746 PSA · est. $250,000
- Oct 2010
Heating, cooling and ventilation · HVAC: Other Group C Buildings · Closed - Dormant
Replace makeup air unit and new duct work @ 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 Tree Sparroway - BLD 'A'
Permit 10 282723 MSA · est. $250,000
- May 2010
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed - Dormant
12 balconies to be replaced - Toronto Community Housing
Permit 10 168904 BLD
Show 3 older permits
- Sep 2008
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed - Dormant
10 balconies to be replaced
Permit 08 199593 BLD
- Jul 2001
Alterations · Canopy w/o Enclosure · Inspection
PROVIDE NEW ENTERPHONE SYSTEM AND SECURITY SCREENED DOORS
Permit 01 162043 CMB
- Mar 1998
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed - Dormant
RETROFIT-PLANS W/B97-6021
Permit 98 251069 BLD
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
52/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit32
24.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Leslie (4 Sheppard Line), 2.3 km.
- Parks & trees80
28.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 430 m. 461 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling43
Within 1 km: 0.35 km of protected lanes, 3.2 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.9 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Ecole Elementaire Paul Demers, 150 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities62
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 7 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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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Bayview Woods-Steeles
- AssaultLower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (65% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about 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, 13.6 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 Apartment
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RA (f30.0; a1375) (x211)- Height limit
- Set by the zone
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
- 0
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
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 | Bayview Woods-Steeles/Hillcrest Village | North York (Northeast) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,498 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,192 | $1,815 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,622 | $2,156 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,585 | $2,342 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,511 | $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.
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 2023). Not resident reviews.
84 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 16
- Built
- 1973
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Electric
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- 7 field sparroway, 24
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, ground level garage, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 17
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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