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Building Review

223 Woodbine Ave

Toronto, Ontario M4L

A 4-storey, 48-unit private rental building built in 1920.

Living score
53/100
Built
1920
Units
48
Storeys
4
City inspection
91/100

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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

8 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 1 notice or order to comply; 1 still open.

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 3
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 236625 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 196124 WST 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 189821 WST 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 189544 WST 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171284 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171283 000 00 IR

Show 2 older cases
  • Oct 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Oct 2024· Closed

    • Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (open)
    • Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 920 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard from a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosings. (open)
    • Stairway: A window in a stairway that extends to less than 1,070 millimetres above the landing is protected by a guard that is less than 1,070 millimetres high measured to the top of the guard from the surface of the landing. (open)

    Case 24 233079 PRS 00 IV

  • Oct 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 229260 PRS 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

1 permit 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 1
  • Aug 2018

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

    Proposal for backflow installation

    Permit 18 210080 PSA · est. $5,000

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

53/ 100

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

  • Transit28

    21.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Woodbine (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.0 km.

  • Parks & trees83

    31 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 320 m. 527 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling66

    Within 1 km: 1.2 km of protected lanes, 4.1 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.25 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby41

    4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Kew Beach Jr Public School, 270 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities40

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 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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Also worth knowing

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Safety

The Beaches

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (83% of the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% of the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (84% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Lower than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 50 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (76% of the city median).

  • HomicideLower than most

    Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (63% 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

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

2 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly St John's Norway Cemetery Crematorium

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
Street Health, 5.3 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

Residential

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (d0.6)
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
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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsThe BeachesToronto (East) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,469$1,213$1,491
1 bed$1,683$1,692$1,761
2 beds$2,141$1,869$2,045
3+ beds$2,183$1,876*$2,294
All units$1,826$1,685$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.

91 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
48
Built
1920
Elevators
0
Heating
Electric
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed - pets only allowed in older unrenovated units
Parking
Ground level garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Bike parking
20 outdoor
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
19

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

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