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Building Review

20 St Patrick St

Toronto, Ontario M5T

A 14-storey, 256-unit private rental building built in 1982.

Living score
68/100
Built
1982
Units
256
Storeys
14
City inspection
91/100

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Issues & maintenance

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City bylaw and health cases

7 bylaw investigations at this address since Feb 2024; 2 still open.

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
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Zoning 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 237531 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172761 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172760 000 00 IR

  • Aug 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 205067 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2024

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 222544 ZON 00 IR

  • Feb 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 24 110880 PRS 00 IR

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  • Feb 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 24 110874 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

8 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Alterations 2
  • Parking garage repair 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Balcony repair 1
  • Roof and cladding 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • May 2026

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Inspection

    Proposed underground parking garage - localized intermediate slab repairs.

    Permit 26 166672 BLD · est. $70,000

  • Apr 2025

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Replacement of existing fire alarm panel, annunciators, EVAC, speakers, and telephone handsets.

    Permit 25 150204 FSU · est. $200,000

  • Feb 2021

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Minior Entrance alreartion to line with the operation of the new Fitness Facilty (Goodlife to Fit4less - 21 Mc Caul St)

    Permit 21 120883 BLD · est. $40,000

  • Apr 2015

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Inspection

    proposed balcony repair and railing replacements

    Permit 15 136900 BLD · est. $1,000,000

  • Jul 2010

    Roof and cladding · Re-Roofing/Re-Cladding · Closed - Dormant

    Proposal to reclad portions of existing brick in various locations on existing apartment building and caulking/painting.

    Permit 10 219918 BLD

  • Oct 2009

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Inspection

    Proposal to install one backflow prevention device

    Permit 09 183175 PSA · est. $8,000

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  • Jan 2005

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Interior alterations to existing gym, addition to existing mezzanine, removal of exisiting open stairs and installation of new stairs, relocation of existing office walls.

    Permit 05 103531 BLD · est. $50,000

  • Jun 1998

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Unknown · Closed

    SUPPLY AND INSTALL HVAC REFER TO 413244 FOR PLANS

    Permit 98 017886 HVA

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

68/ 100

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

  • Transit87

    59.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Osgoode (1 Yonge-University Line), 190 m.

  • Parks & trees40

    11.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 200 m. 360 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling97

    Within 1 km: 8.75 km of protected lanes, 3.15 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.9 km of shared routes. 21 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby79

    8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Contact Alternative School, 320 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities74

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 23 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety15

    8 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

Kensington-Chinatown

  • AssaultAmong the highest

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

  • Break and enterAmong the highest

    Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.1× the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the highest

    Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest

    Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.2× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the highest

    Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.8× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (14× the city median).

  • ShootingsHigher than most

    Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).

  • HomicideLower than most

    Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% 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 pollutionLow

Gardiner Expressway, 1.2 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

178.6 tonnes a year from 5 facilities, mostly Walton Street Steam Plant

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, 1.3 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

Commercial Residential

Category
Mixed use
Zone label
CR 3.5 (c1.0; r2.5) SS1 (x1870)
Height limit
24 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
24
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 180 Simcoe St · 110 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-08-18

    Proposed development for the Canada Life Campus include: Retention of the existing office buildings with minor alterations at 330 University Avenue, 180 Simcoe Street, and 180 Queen Street West. Demolition of the office building and parking

    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
BedroomsKensington-ChinatownToronto (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,606$1,491
1 bed-$2,042$1,761
2 beds-$2,776$2,045
3+ beds-$3,580*$2,294
All units$1,497*$2,163$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.

2014
0.53% 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.

91 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
14
Units
256
Built
1982
Elevators
3
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
Central air
Laundry
Ground floor, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
30 indoor, 10 outdoor
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
10

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

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