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Building Review

23 Edgewood Ave

Toronto, Ontario M4L

A 4-storey, 24-unit social housing building built in 1959.

Living score
65/100
Built
1959
Units
24
Storeys
4
City inspection
94/100
Property manager
Aykler Real Estate Inc.

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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

2 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 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.

  • Repairs and upkeep 2
  • Oct 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Nov 2025· Closed

    • Interior of Building – Exterior Building Exit Stairways: The location and size of openings present a hazard as they are designed with members or attachments between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level protected by the guard which facilitate climbing. (closed)
    • Exterior Of Building – Exit Stairways: Height of the guard for exit ramps and landings is less than 1,070 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard fromthe ramp surface where the difference in elevation between the adjacentground or floor level and the ramp is mor… (closed)
    • Interior of Building – Exit Stairways: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (closed)
    • Interior of Building – Exterior Building Exit Stairways: 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. (closed)
    • Interior of Building – Exterior Building Exit Stairways: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (closed)

    Case 25 246928 PRS 00 IV

  • Oct 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 245468 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

3 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 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Alterations 1
  • Sep 2009

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

    backflow valve in existing apartment building

    Permit 09 168546 PSA · est. $4,000

  • Aug 2006

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Proposal to upgrade fire alarm in existing Apartment Building (3 sty's + basement)

    Permit 06 165863 FSU

  • Apr 1994

    Alterations · Unknown · Closed

    MAKE INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO PORTION OF THE FIRST FLOOR AND BASEMENT FOR 2 ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS. /LM

    Permit 94 015006 BLD · est. $6,000

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

65/ 100

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

  • Transit42

    31.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Coxwell (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.7 km.

  • Parks & trees68

    19.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 190 m. 440 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling77

    Within 1 km: 1.9 km of protected lanes, 4.95 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.95 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby79

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Bowmore Road Jr & Sr Public School , 630 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities74

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 16 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety80

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

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Safety

Woodbine Corridor

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (81% of the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (46% of the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (61% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (82% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Lower than most

    Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (67% 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, 4.8 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 (u4; d0.6) (x278)
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
BedroomsWoodbine Corridor/Greenwood-CoxwellToronto (East) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,525$1,213$1,491
1 bed$1,702*$1,692$1,761
2 beds$1,907$1,869$2,045
3+ beds-$1,876*$2,294
All units$1,746$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.

94 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Social housing
Storeys
4
Units
24
Built
1959
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Lower level, 9:00 TO 9:00
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
19

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

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