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Building Review

2040 Eglinton Ave W

Toronto, Ontario M6E

A 4-storey, 37-unit private rental building built in 1950.

Living score
44/100
Built
1950
Units
37
Storeys
4
City inspection
99/100

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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

3 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 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 2
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173069 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173068 000 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 106698 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.

  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Roof and cladding 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • May 2017

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Proposal to replace fire alarm system in existing apartment building.

    Permit 17 166534 FSU · est. $60,000

  • Jun 2016

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

    Repair of exterior masonry units (25m2)

    Permit 16 166037 BLD · est. $150,000

  • Oct 2012

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

    Two inch backflow preventer

    Permit 12 259656 PSA

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

44/ 100

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

  • Transit65

    17.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Fairbank (5 Eglinton Line), 580 m.

  • Parks & trees23

    8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 450 m. 417 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling30

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 2.35 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby41

    4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Fairbank Memorial Community School, 340 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities18

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 3 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety80

    1 collision with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Briar Hill-Belgravia

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).

  • HomicideHigher than most

    Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× 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

Allen Road, 1.7 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

1.2 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Ryding Auto Body

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, 6.1 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 SS2 (x2646)
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
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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsBriar Hill-BelgraviaYork zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,381$1,491
1 bed$1,840$1,706$1,761
2 beds$2,124$2,067$2,045
3+ beds$2,344$2,547$2,294
All units$1,991$1,864$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.

99 / 100City inspection score, July 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
37
Built
1950
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Lobby, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, ground level garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
5 indoor
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
8

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

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