228 Galloway Rd
Toronto, Ontario M1E
A 5-storey, 60-unit social housing building built in 1994.
- Property manager
- Wigwamen Incorporated
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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
5 bylaw investigations and 1 public health case at this address since Feb 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.
- Not enough heat 2
- Repairs and upkeep 2
- Bedbugs 1
- Garbage 1
- Jan 2026
BedbugsPublic health· Under Investigation
Case 10866880
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 241321 HEA 00 IR
- Sep 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 228824 WST 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 126092 HEA 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 126089 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 113471 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
2 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Parking garage repair 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- May 2026
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Permit Issued
Proposed localized concrete balcony slab repairs and waterproofing installation on 5th floor.
Permit 26 166848 BLD
- Mar 2015
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Installation of Backflow Prevention Device (Water only).
Permit 15 124184 PSA · est. $5,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
47/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit22
17.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes.
- Parks & trees97
63 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 80 m. 161 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling39
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 3.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.6 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Margaret'S Public School, 110 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities22
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 8 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety64
2 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
West Hill
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Lower 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
No expressway within 2 km
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, 18.3 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 Apartment
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RA (au67.0) (x674)- 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
- 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 | West Hill | Scarborough (East) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,460 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,775 | $1,633 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,928 | $1,852 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,290 | $2,072 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,995 | $1,816 | $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. 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.
98 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 60
- Built
- 1994
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Wigwamen Incorporated
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Each floor, 7 A.M. TO 10 P.M.
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 20 indoor, 8 outdoor
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 24
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