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20 Samuel Wood Way

Toronto, Ontario M9B

A 21-storey, 233-unit private rental building built in 2023.

Living score
38/100
Built
2023
Units
233
Storeys
21
City inspection
100/100

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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

2 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 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.

  • Not enough heat 1
  • Repairs and upkeep 1
  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172061 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172060 000 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.

  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
  • Plumbing and drains 2
  • Alterations 2
  • Mar 2025

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC - Proposed fit out for "Dairy Queen" take out branch

    Permit 24 239877 HVA

  • Mar 2025

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Rev. 1 - Additional staff W/C and layout revisions to walk-ins and alteration to ceiling.Plumbing - Proposed fit out for "Dairy Queen" take out branch

    Permit 24 239877 PLB

  • Mar 2025

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Rev. 1- Additional staff W/C and layout revisions to walk-ins and alteration to ceiling.Proposed fit out for "Dairy Queen" take out branch (Building E, Main Builidng permit 18 271792 BLD 00 NB, Approved Alternative solution - 19 136332 ALT…

    Permit 24 239877 BLD

  • Nov 2024

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Plumbing - Proposed fit out for "Dairy Queen" take out branch

    Permit 24 239877 PLB

  • Nov 2024

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC - Proposed fit out for "Dairy Queen" take out branch

    Permit 24 239877 HVA

  • Nov 2024

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Proposed fit out for "Dairy Queen" take out branch (Building E, Main Builidng permit 18 271792 BLD 00 NB, Approved Alternative solution - 19 136332 ALT 00 AS, Occupancy permit 23 103073 000 00 AO)

    Permit 24 239877 BLD · est. $200,000

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

38/ 100

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

  • Transit98

    110.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 11 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Kipling (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 420 m.

  • Parks & trees4

    5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 270 m. 215 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling23

    Within 1 km: 1.35 km of protected lanes, 0 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby3

    1 public or Catholic school within 1 km (nearest: Etobicoke Secondary Alternative School , 900 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities1

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 0 community centres, 2 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

Etobicoke City Centre

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • RobberyHigher than most

    Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.3× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest

    Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the highest

    Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.6× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • HomicideHigher than most

    Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× 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

Highway 427, 1.4 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

19.7 tonnes a year from 5 facilities, mostly Dimpflmeier Bakery Ltd

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, 11.3 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

Not in the city-wide by-law

This site is still governed by a former municipality’s zoning by-law, which the city-wide data does not cover.

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
1
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 5359 Dundas St W · 90 m away

    Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2023-04-28

    50-storey mixed-use building, 156.6 metres tall (excluding MPH), with 571 residential units (139 2-bedroom and 57 3-bedroom units), 37,725 square metres of Gross Floor Area, 252 vehicular parking spaces and 439 bicycle parking spaces.

    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
BedroomsIslington/City Centre SouthEtobicoke (South) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,502$1,491
1 bed-$1,493$1,761
2 beds$2,110$1,762$2,045
3+ beds--$2,294
All units$2,032$1,630$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 2024). Not resident reviews.

100 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
21
Units
233
Built
2023
Elevators
3
Heating
Forced air gas
Air conditioning
Central air
Laundry
On the ground floor, 24/7
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Paid
Amenities
Outdoor pool, outdoor rec facilities, indoor exercise room
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
3

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

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