21 Welsford Gdns
Toronto, Ontario M3A
A 15-storey, 154-unit private rental building built in 1960.
- Property manager
- Cando Apartments Ltd.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
1 bylaw investigation at this address since Oct 2024.
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.
- Not enough heat 1
- Oct 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 224415 HEA 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
6 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 5
- Plumbing and drains 1
- May 2018
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposal to construct an enclosure over the existing access ramp to underground parking
Permit 18 165133 BLD · est. $50,000
- Feb 2015
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
INSTALL BACKFLOW PREVENTOR
Permit 15 118266 PSA · est. $8,000
- May 2007
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Addition of doors in stairwell on the 15th floor
Permit 07 224821 BLD
- Aug 1999
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
**REPAIR TO 25 BALCONIES
Permit 99 251396 BLD
- Jun 1998
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed - Dormant
RETROFIT
Permit 98 251199 BLD
- Sep 1994
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed - Dormant
ALTER EXISTING FIRE ALARM
Permit 94 251039 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
30/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit16
13.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sloane (5 Eglinton Line), 3.0 km.
- Parks & trees26
10 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 200 m. 281 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling2
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Senator O'Connor College School, 250 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities44
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 5 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety51
2 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (83% of the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).
- Auto theftHigher than most
Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Bicycle theftLower than most
Lower than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (53% of the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 50 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about 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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.5 km away
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
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 10.6 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
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RA (f30.0; a1375; d1.5)- 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.
| Bedrooms | Parkwoods-Donalda | North York (Southeast) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,660 | $1,188* | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,680 | $1,638 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,955 | $1,890 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,140 | $2,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,920 | $1,842 | $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.
- 2017
- 0.61% 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.
95 / 100City inspection score, June 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 15
- Units
- 154
- Built
- 1960
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Cando Apartments Ltd.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- 2nd floor, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 16
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