21 St Joseph St
Toronto, Ontario M4Y
A 5-storey, 35-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1994.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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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 Aug 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 1
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 205680 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
4 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 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Aug 2026
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Boiler/Furnace/AC Replacement · Permit Issued
Proposal for heating and domestic Hot Water Boiler Replacement - All Located in the Penthouse Mechanical Room
Permit 26 214956 MSA · est. $744,400
- Jan 2019
Plumbing and drains · Other(PS) · Inspection
Proposed chilling and cooling tower replacement.
Permit 19 103056 PSA
- Jul 2013
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Proposal to replace existing parapet wall with guard rail. (8m)
Permit 13 208893 BLD · est. $35,000
- Jul 2013
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install 2-1/2" back flow preventer in existing apartment building.
Permit 13 205012 PSA · est. $5,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
69/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit82
47.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Wellesley (1 Yonge-University Line), 240 m.
- Parks & trees37
10.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 140 m. 434 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling97
Within 1 km: 9.6 km of protected lanes, 2.2 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.05 km of shared routes. 18 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Joseph'S College School, 240 m), plus 14 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 1 community centre, 12 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety24
6 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
Bay-Cloverhill
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 100 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (16% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (6.0× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (41% 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
No expressway within 2 km
150.5 tonnes a year from 6 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
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 750 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 6.0 (c1.0; r6.0) SS1 (x1883)- Height limit
- 46 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
- 65
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1075 Bay St · 210 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-08-20
Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment to not replace the required office space and instead permit a minimum 1,815 m2 of non-residential space and/or affordable rental housing in a proposed 62-storey predominantly residential development.
City record555 Yonge St · 210 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-06-12
Site Plan Approval for a 68 storey mixed-use building. There will be 679 dwelling unit and 45,139 square meters of GFA, including 455 square meters of retail at grade.
City record542 Yonge St · 220 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-11-08
Site Plan application for a proposed 67-storey residential/mixed-use building comprised of approximately 52,086 square metres of gross floor area (GFA), comprised of 51,075 square metres of residential GFA, 543 square metres of grade-relate
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 | Bay Street Corridor | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $2,048 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,619 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $3,811 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,975 | $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, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 35
- Built
- 1994
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- On site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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