20 Cosburn Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4K
A 3-storey, 30-unit private rental building built in 1963.
- Property manager
- Triovest Realty Advisors 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
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Feb 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.
- Repairs and upkeep 5
- Long grass and weeds 1
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 218484 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 216575 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 191390 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Long grass and weedsBylaw· Closed
Case 25 191289 LGW 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 149808 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 121823 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
3 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 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Alterations 1
- Aug 2014
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
To replace two balconies on the south wall of the existing apartment building.
Permit 14 204077 BLD · est. $20,000
- Dec 2011
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install 1 backflow prevention device in an existing apartment building.
Permit 11 324374 PSA · est. $5,000
- Apr 2007
Alterations · Underpinning · Closed
Proposal to underpin north-west corner of existing apartment building.
Permit 07 156762 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
57/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit59
50.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Chester (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.2 km.
- Parks & trees83
32.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 300 m. 466 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling77
Within 1 km: 0.95 km of protected lanes, 6.2 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.05 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby29
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Chester Elementary School , 230 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities53
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 10 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety31
4 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
Broadview North
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).
- RobberyAmong the lowest
Lower than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (27% of the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× 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
Don Valley Parkway, 480 m away
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, 2.9 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 (d2.0)- 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
- 5
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1099 Broadview Ave · 300 m away
Site plan · Application Received · submitted 2026-04-02
Site Plan Approval for a 14-storey and 16-storey mixed-use building with 332 residential dwelling units and commercial at-grade.
16 Cosburn Ave · 30 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-26
Applicaton for a 25-storey residential building inclusive of a 6-storey podium having a gross floor area of 19,263 square metres (FSI 8.94). The application includes 299 residential dwelling units, incuding 29 rental replacement units. A
City record5 Cosburn Ave · 70 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-26
Application for a 24-storey resdidential building inclusive of a four-storey podium, consisting of 424 residential units. The proposal also consists of 186 vehicle parking spaces and 425 bike parking spaces. The site includes a public pa
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 | Broadview North | East York zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,463 | $1,339 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,597 | $1,578 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,922 | $1,820 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,258 | $2,178 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,687 | $1,715 | $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.
85 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 30
- Built
- 1963
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Triovest Realty Advisors Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Main floor, 9AM - 11PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 14
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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