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Building Review

223 Osler St

Toronto, Ontario M6N

A 4-storey, 13-unit social housing building built in 1992.

Living score
52/100
Built
1992
Units
13
Storeys
4
City inspection
81/100

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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

3 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 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 2
  • Garbage 1
  • Feb 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 117878 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 104126 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 100504 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

2 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Dec 2020

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · HVAC: Other Group C Buildings · Revocation Pending

    Installation of new heating and cooling in existing building

    Permit 20 224511 MSA

  • May 2010

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

    Proposed installation of backflow prevention device in exsting apartment building.

    Permit 10 176555 PSA · est. $2,000

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

52/ 100

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

  • Transit17

    15 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Dundas West (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.5 km.

  • Parks & trees62

    17.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 270 m. 398 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling52

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 4.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.45 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby68

    8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Carleton Village Jr & Sr Public School, 300 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities64

    Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 1 community centre, 8 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety95

    0 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Weston-Pelham Park

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% of the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (65% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Lower than most

    Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the highest

    Higher than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.0× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× 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

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

602 kg a year from 3 facilities, mostly Alsco Uniforms

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, 4.7 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

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (d0.6) (x427)
Height limit
11 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
7
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 5 Junction Rd · 270 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2024-10-22

    This proposal for an Official Plan Amendment to reduce the employment gross floor area and modify the affordable housing provisions required by SASP 782 to allow for the proposed development submitted through the Zoning By-law Amendment ap

    City record
  • 195 Old Weston Rd · 220 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-03-31

    The site plan application proposes mix of mid-rise and tall building typologies and includes two mid-rise buildings that range from 8- to 11-storeys and a 27-storey tall building. Overall, the proposed development includes a total gross flo

    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
BedroomsDovercourt/Davenport/JunctionToronto (West) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,633*$1,410$1,491
1 bed$2,054*$1,798$1,761
2 beds-$2,252$2,045
3+ beds-$3,238$2,294
All units$2,410*$1,945$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.

81 / 100City inspection score, June 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Social housing
Storeys
4
Units
13
Built
1992
Elevators
0
Heating
Electric
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Main floor by the common room, 24/7
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Amenities
Indoor recreation room
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
9

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

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