Skip to content
Building Review

2085-2101 Islington Ave

Toronto, Ontario M9P

A 22-storey, 271-unit private rental building built in 1970.

Living score
23/100
Built
1970
Units
271
Storeys
22
City inspection
94/100

Reviews

No reviews yet

If you live here, or used to, you know things a listing never mentions.

Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

Sign in to report a problem or maintenance work here.

City bylaw and health cases

31 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 2 notices or orders to comply.

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 22
  • Not enough heat 4
  • Garbage 2
  • Zoning 2
  • Rooming house 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 238004 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 233679 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 232220 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 195662 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173830 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173829 000 00 IR

Show 25 older cases
  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173756 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173755 000 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jun 2026· Closed

    • Bedroom – Closet Floor: The floor and every appurtenance, surface cover and finish is not maintained. Specifically, flooring tiles lifting in and around the master bedroom closet. (open)
    • The plumbing system is not kept free from leaks or defects. Specially, water emanating from floor in unit hallway and master bedroom. (open)

    Case 26 182621 PRS 00 IV

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 166954 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2026

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 165686 WST 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 153561 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 141924 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 138957 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 129293 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 105752 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Mar 2026· Closed

    • The floor drain is not maintained in good repair.Floor drain cover near parking spot 296 & 206 is missing half of one of the bars creating a gap (closed)

    Case 26 123711 PRS 00 IV

  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 101778 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 264106 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 244094 WST 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 236821 ZON 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 233540 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 184560 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2025

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 167477 ZON 00 IR

  • Apr 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 145590 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2025

    Rooming houseBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 126729 RMH 00 IR

  • Dec 2024

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 249601 HEA 00 IR

  • Dec 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 249382 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2024

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 249379 HEA 00 IR

  • Oct 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 229125 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 223286 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

2 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 1
  • Parking garage repair 1
  • Sep 2019

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

    Install one backflow prevention device in existing apartment building.

    Permit 19 227402 PSA · est. $16,000

  • Sep 2013

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Inspection

    Repairs to suspended garage roof slab (south end) and waterproofing

    Permit 13 231032 BLD · est. $500,000

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

23/ 100

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

  • Transit10

    11 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes.

  • Parks & trees6

    5.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 80 m. 190 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling4

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0.1 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby37

    4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Dante Alighieri Academy (Temporary Site), 220 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities22

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 2 community centres, 4 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety95

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

What matters to you?

Change how much each category counts. The score above updates as you go; nothing is saved.

Map

Turn layers on and off to see what is around the building.

Loading the neighbourhood map…

About 1.2 km around the building. Select anything on the map for details. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Also worth knowing

Shown for context. None of this is part of the living score.

Safety

Kingsview Village-The Westway

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Break and enterLower than most

    Lower than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% of the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (76% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (18% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 66 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

Traffic pollutionLow

Highway 401, 580 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmLow

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
Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 12.9 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

Residential Apartment Commercial

Category
Apartment
Zone label
RAC (f24.0; au67.0) (x104)
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
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
BedroomsKingsview Village-The WestwayEtobicoke (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,693$1,491
1 bed$1,790$1,874$1,761
2 beds$2,066$2,200$2,045
3+ beds$2,371$2,529$2,294
All units$2,039$2,162$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.

94 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
22
Units
271
Built
1970
Elevators
3
Heating
Electric
Air conditioning
Central air
Laundry
Main level, 10AM TO 10PM
Pets
Allowed - no restrictions
Parking
Underground garage, ground level garage, garage accessible thru buildg, carport, surface parking, parking deck
Visitor parking
Free
Amenities
Indoor pool, indoor recreation room, indoor exercise room, sauna
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
1

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

Discussion

Sign in to join the discussion.

No questions yet. Ask the first one.