221 Milner Ave
Toronto, Ontario M1S
A 10-storey, 150-unit social housing building built in 1982.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
4 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 2025; 1 notice or order 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.
- Garbage 3
- Repairs and upkeep 1
- Sep 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 225066 WST 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 176301 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2025
GarbageBylawNotice to comply · Feb 2025· Closed
- 221 Milner Avenue: Refuse thrown, dumped, deposited on land that is not a highway within the City, including but not limited to;Inimically known as 221 Milner Avenue. A red, 2011 Kia SUV bearing the Ontario marker BRZX 414 was recorded permitting the dumping… (open)
Case 25 117148 WST 00 IV
- Jan 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 105405 WST 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
14 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 4
- Fire and life safety 3
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 3
- Alterations 3
- Roof and cladding 1
- May 2025
Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Closed
Proposed install of 2 maglocks
Permit 25 165806 FSU · est. $25,395
- Feb 2023
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
hvac permit associated with permit 2023-102067 bld
Permit 23 111623 HVA
- Jan 2023
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection
Plumbing - Renovation of ten (10) existing bathrooms, on levels second to sixth floorinto 5 new bathrooms with accessible shower hoists
Permit 23 102067 PLB
- Jan 2023
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Renovation of ten (10) existing bathrooms, on levels second to sixth floorinto 5 new bathrooms with accessible shower hoists
Permit 23 102067 BLD · est. $60,000
- Oct 2018
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed
Proposed sprinkler system.
Permit 18 249757 FSU · est. $63,854
- Oct 2018
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Proposal to replace fire alarm control panel with new.
Permit 18 241094 FSU
Show 8 older permits
- Jan 2017
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - proposed bathroom renovation
Permit 17 102328 PLB
- Jan 2017
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - proposed bathroom renovation
Permit 17 102328 HVA
- Jan 2017
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
proposed bathroom renovation
Permit 17 102328 BLD · est. $35,000
- Apr 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
To install one backflow prevention device for a retirement home
Permit 10 156977 PSA · est. $8,000
- Aug 2008
Roof and cladding · Re-Roofing/Re-Cladding · Closed
Repairs to exterior walls, some sealing and waterproofing of balconies
Permit 08 193246 BLD
- Nov 2001
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO SENIORS RESIDENCE - Interior Alterations
Permit 01 197788 PLB
- Nov 2001
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO SENIORS RESIDENCE - Interior Alterations
Permit 01 197788 HVA
- Nov 2001
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO SENIORS RESIDENCE
Permit 01 197788 BLD
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
22/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit18
15.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes.
- Parks & trees2
4.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 560 m. 157 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 nearby5
2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Elizabeth Seton Catholic Elementary School, 530 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities62
Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 3 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety64
1 collision 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
Agincourt South-Malvern West
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (76% of the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 53 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
Highway 401, 380 m away
51.4 tonnes a year from 7 facilities, mostly Vacuum Metallizing Limited
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, 17.3 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
Not in the city-wide by-law
This site is still governed by a former municipality’s zoning by-law, which the city-wide data does not cover.
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 | Agincourt/Malvern | Scarborough (North) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,335 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,632 | $1,616 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,716 | $1,774 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $1,757* | $1,811 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,691 | $1,717 | $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, October 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 10
- Units
- 150
- Built
- 1982
- Elevators
- 2
- Heating
- Forced air gas
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Each floor (1 w/d) and in the basement (3 w/d), 0700-2100
- Pets
- Allowed - small pets
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 3 outdoor
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 23
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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