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Building Review

205 Parliament St

Toronto, Ontario M5A

A 6-storey, 16-unit social housing building built in 1992.

Living score
66/100
Built
1992
Units
16
Storeys
6
City inspection
97/100

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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

1 bylaw investigation 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.

  • Graffiti 1
  • Jun 2026

    GraffitiBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 191778 GRA 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.

  • Alterations 2
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Jun 2014

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Cancelled

    Proposal to construct structural steel framing to support a retractable canopy on the 2nd floor of the existing multiple unit building. See related building permit 14 162724 BLD.

    Permit 14 172965 BLD · est. $15,000

  • May 2014

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Proposal to construct interior alterations to the 2nd floor of the existing multiple unit building.

    Permit 14 162724 BLD · est. $15,000

  • Mar 2011

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

    Proposal to install a bfp in existing non-profit institution and dwelling building.

    Permit 11 142476 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

66/ 100

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

  • Transit72

    68.9 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 8 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Queen (1 Yonge-University Line), 1.3 km.

  • Parks & trees33

    10.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 260 m. 362 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling99

    Within 1 km: 10.4 km of protected lanes, 3.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.3 km of shared routes. 12 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby79

    7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Paul Catholic Elementary School, 240 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities98

    Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 5 community centres, 18 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety12

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

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Safety

Regent Park

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

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

  • RobberyHigher than most

    Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (36% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesLower than most

    Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.6× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • HomicideHigher than most

    Higher than 87 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

Don Valley Parkway, 850 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

598 kg a year from 2 facilities, mostly Downtown Acura

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
Street Health, 510 m
Sites within 1 km
1

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 2.5 (c2.0; r2.0) SS2 (x2382)
Height limit
14 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
20
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 134 Parliament St · 240 m away

    Site plan · OMB Appeal · submitted 2023-08-14

    Site Plan Application for a 46 storey (156.3 metres including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with 419 dwelling units and 328 square metres of commercial uses at grade.

    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
BedroomsMoss Park/Regent ParkToronto (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,278*$1,606$1,491
1 bed$1,987$2,042$1,761
2 beds$2,484$2,776$2,045
3+ beds-$3,580*$2,294
All units$1,904$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.

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.

97 / 100City inspection score, September 2024. How buildings are scored

Type
Social housing
Storeys
6
Units
16
Built
1992
Elevators
1
Heating
Electric
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Basement, 24/7
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Amenities
Indoor recreation room, outdoor rec facilities
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
13

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

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