20 Sewells Rd
Toronto, Ontario M1B
A 4-storey, 92-unit social housing building built in 2005.
- Property manager
- Wigwamen Incorporated
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
3 bylaw investigations and 1 public health case at this address since Nov 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 3
- Bedbugs 1
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 204520 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
BedbugsPublic health· Under Investigation
Case 10866442
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 269897 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 250164 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
10 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Plumbing and drains 5
- Alterations 3
- Fire and life safety 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Jun 2026
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Permit Issued
Proposed Fire alarm panel replacement.
Permit 26 181737 FSU · est. $4,000
- Sep 2018
Alterations · Other(BA) · Inspection
repair 8 exterior decks
Permit 18 229219 BLD · est. $80,000
- Aug 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
To install a DCVA Backflow Prevention Device and expansion tank for premises isolation
Permit 09 159198 PSA · est. $2,000
- Aug 2009
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Assoxciated plumbing revision to modify existing bathroom and fittings - modify kitchen counter. (Plumbing - Extention of existing bathroom and replacement of fittings. Alteration of existing kitchen counter.)
Permit 09 109080 PLB
- Aug 2009
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Revision to modify existing bathroom and fittings - modify kitchen counter. (Extention of existing bathroom and replacement of fittings. Alteration of existing kitchen counter.)
Permit 09 109080 BLD
- Feb 2009
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Extention of existing bathroom and replacement of fittings. Alteration of existing kitchen counter.
Permit 09 109080 PLB
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- Feb 2009
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Extention of existing bathroom and replacement of fittings. Alteration of existing kitchen counter.
Permit 09 109080 BLD · est. $15,000
- Oct 2003
Plumbing and drains · Piping: SFD/Semi · Closed
Plumbing - CONSTRUCT FOUR STOREY AFFORDABLE AND TRANSITIONAL APARTMENT HOUSE WITH PARTIAL LOWER LEVEL PARKING, MIXED COMBUSTIBLE AND NON COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION. TOTAL OF 92 UNITS. FEE EXEMPT. - New Building
Permit 03 185472 PSA
- Aug 2003
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - CONSTRUCT FOUR STOREY AFFORDABLE AND TRANSITIONAL APARTMENT HOUSE WITH PARTIAL LOWER LEVEL PARKING, MIXED COMBUSTIBLE AND NON COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION. TOTAL OF 92 UNITS. FEE EXEMPT. - New Building
Permit 03 170705 PLB
- Aug 2003
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - CONSTRUCT FOUR STOREY AFFORDABLE AND TRANSITIONAL APARTMENT HOUSE WITH PARTIAL LOWER LEVEL PARKING, MIXED COMBUSTIBLE AND NON COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION. TOTAL OF 92 UNITS. FEE EXEMPT. - New Building
Permit 03 170705 HVA
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
49/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit12
12 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes.
- Parks & trees69
23.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 40 m. 101 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling2
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
11 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Mother Teresa Catholic Academy, 300 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities81
Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 7 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety95
0 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
Malvern East
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% of the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (43% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (88% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× 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
Highway 401, 1.5 km 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, 20.2 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
Institutional Place of Worship
- Category
- Institutional
- Zone label
IPW (x51)- 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
- 1
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1333 Neilson Rd · 250 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-02-12
Proposed a 6-storey L-shaped residential building plus a rooftop mechanical penthouse on the rear portion of the lands, while maintaining the existing 3-storey medical building in the front portion. Total residential GFA of 8,904.8 sq. m an
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 | Agincourt/Malvern | Scarborough (North) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,335 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,632 | $1,616 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,716 | $1,774 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $1,757* | $1,811 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,691 | $1,717 | $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; * marks an estimate CMHC rates poor. 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.
98 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 92
- Built
- 2005
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Wigwamen Incorporated
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Each floor, 7 A.M. TO 10 P.M.
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 40 indoor, 6 outdoor
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room, child play area
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 25
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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