210 Simcoe St
Toronto, Ontario
A 296-unit condominium registered in 2015 (TSCC 2430).
- Living score
- 69/100
- Units
- 296
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
6 bylaw investigations and 1 public health case at this address since Aug 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.
- Repairs and upkeep 4
- Garbage 1
- Indoor air quality 1
- Rooming house 1
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 221016 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 212585 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 150105 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 246154 WST 00 IR
- May 2025
Rooming houseBylaw· Closed
Case 25 167348 RMH 00 IR
- Oct 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 231671 PRS 00 IR
Show 1 older case
- Aug 2024
Indoor air qualityPublic health· Under Investigation
Case 10820835
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
8 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 2
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Balcony repair 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Construction 1
- Demolition 1
- Mar 2024
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Proposed localized repairs to balcony railing system, localized concrete and waterproofing repairs to balcony slabs.
Permit 24 123163 BLD
- Nov 2013
Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Closed
To install 2 mag locks on the ground floor.
Permit 13 271664 FSU · est. $10,000
- Feb 2013
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Inspection
Proposal to install sprinklers to 25-storey apartment building
Permit 13 126175 FSU · est. $1,000,000
- Dec 2011
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal to construct a 25 Storey (+ Mech. Penthouse) residential tower, 3 levels of below grade parking, and 296 residential units. There will be no Non-Residential uses.
Permit 11 327064 PLB
- Dec 2011
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal to construct a 25 Storey (+ Mech. Penthouse) residential tower, 3 levels of below grade parking, and 296 residential units. There will be no Non-Residential uses.
Permit 11 327064 HVA
- Dec 2011
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related (DR) · Closed
Drain - Proposal to construct a 25 Storey (+ Mech. Penthouse) residential tower, 3 levels of below grade parking, and 296 residential units. There will be no Non-Residential uses.
Permit 11 327064 DRN
Show 2 older permits
- Dec 2011
Construction · Inspection
.3Proposal to construct a 25 Storey (+ Mech. Penthouse) residential tower, 3 levels of below grade parking, and 296 residential units. There will be no Non-Residential uses.
Permit 11 327064 BLD
- Oct 2011
Demolition · Demolition · Closed
permit to demolish existing 3 storey above ground parking garage. - Applicant will be paying the environmental fee when picking up the permit.
Permit 11 301140 DEM
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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.
- Transit80
42.9 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Osgoode (1 Yonge-University Line), 200 m.
- Parks & trees38
11.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 260 m. 353 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling98
Within 1 km: 9.4 km of protected lanes, 2.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.8 km of shared routes. 19 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby85
10 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Contact Alternative School, 200 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 2 community centres, 23 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety10
10 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
Kensington-Chinatown
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.3× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.1× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (14× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 1.3 km away
194.4 tonnes a year from 8 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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 1.3 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 4.0 (c2.0; r3.5) SS1 (x2374)- Height limit
- 37 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
- 14
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 2
180 Simcoe St · 170 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-08-18
Proposed development for the Canada Life Campus include: Retention of the existing office buildings with minor alterations at 330 University Avenue, 180 Simcoe Street, and 180 Queen Street West. Demolition of the office building and parking
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 | Kensington-Chinatown | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | - | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,497* | $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 inventory of condominiums registered 2002–2018. Not resident reviews.
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 296
- Unit mix
- 248 one-bed · 46 two-bed · 2 three-bed+
- Condo plan
- TSCC 2430
- Registered
- February 2015
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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