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222 Wellesley St E

Toronto, Ontario M4X

A 7-storey, 69-unit private rental building built in 1963.

Living score
71/100
Built
1963
Units
69
Storeys
7
City inspection
88/100

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Issues & maintenance

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City bylaw and health cases

9 bylaw investigations 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.

  • Repairs and upkeep 5
  • Not enough heat 2
  • Zoning 2
  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172173 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172172 000 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 143424 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 124711 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 111295 HEA 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 257640 ZON 00 IR

Show 3 older cases
  • Feb 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 121867 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 248379 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2024

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 233362 ZON 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.

  • Plumbing and drains 2
  • Fire and life safety 2
  • Balcony repair 1
  • Alterations 1
  • Sep 2025

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

    Proposal for replacement existing backflow device.

    Permit 25 226364 PSA · est. $5,000

  • Mar 2017

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Inspection

    Fire alarm system replacement

    Permit 17 128959 FSU

  • Aug 2009

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

    Proposal to install a backflow preventor in existing apartment building.

    Permit 09 161623 PSA · est. $5,000

  • Oct 2005

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Retrofit existing balcony gurards & railings (total 35 railings)

    Permit 05 196323 BLD

  • Aug 1999

    Alterations · Unknown · Closed

    REPAIR ALL BALCONIES (35 BALCONIES) EDC

    Permit 99 019757 BLD · est. $250,000

  • Dec 1995

    Fire and life safety · Unknown · Closed

    UPGRADE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM AND INSTALL EMERGENCY LIGHTING

    Permit 95 024002 FSU · est. $15,000

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

71/ 100

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

  • Transit73

    29.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sherbourne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 540 m.

  • Parks & trees63

    17.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 190 m. 456 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling91

    Within 1 km: 5.7 km of protected lanes, 4.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.3 km of shared routes. 12 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby93

    11 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Winchester Jr & Sr Public School , 230 m), plus 9 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities74

    Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 1 community centre, 13 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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Safety

North St.James Town

  • AssaultAmong the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • RobberyHigher than most

    Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (26% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.7× the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).

  • HomicideLower than most

    Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (66% 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

Traffic pollutionLow

Don Valley Parkway, 1.1 km 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
Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 460 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

Residential

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (d1.0) (x523)
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
2
Registered short-term rentals at this address
1
  • 240 Wellesley St E · 110 m away

    Subdivision · Under Review · submitted 2024-09-30

    Draft Plan of Subdivision to establish two development blocks with pedestrian and vehicular connections into and through the subject site. A new public park and publicly-accessible open spaces, framed by the addition of new buildings to be

    City record
  • 240 Wellesley St E · 110 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-27

    Site Plan Approval application to permit three new buildings on the lands, comprising a 47-storey mixed-use building with 5,770 square metres of non-residential uses in the lower floors and 620 dwelling units, a 21-storey building with 300

    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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsNorth St. James TownToronto (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,448$1,606$1,491
1 bed$1,739$2,042$1,761
2 beds$2,164$2,776$2,045
3+ beds-$3,580*$2,294
All units$1,844$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.

88 / 100City inspection score, July 2024. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
7
Units
69
Built
1963
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Ground floor, 8AM - 10PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
10 indoor, 20 outdoor
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
13

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

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