248 Simcoe St
Toronto, Ontario M5T
A 12-storey, 53-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1991.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
9 bylaw investigations at this address since Sep 2025; 1 notice or order to comply; 2 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 5
- Garbage 2
- Not enough heat 2
- Jul 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 197856 WST 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 191913 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 191900 WST 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172793 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172792 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172759 000 00 IR
Show 3 older cases
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172758 000 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2025· Order Issued
- Bathroom: The ventilation system or unit is not kept in good repair and maintained in good working condition at all times.Namely: Ventilation system in bathroom in state of disrepair. (open)
Case 25 230627 PRS 00 IV
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 25 226673 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
5 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 2
- Parking garage repair 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Alterations 1
- May 2015
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal for concrete repairs to underground parking garage ramp in existing apartment building.
Permit 15 154811 BLD · est. $85,000
- Oct 2011
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Other(MS) · Permit Issued
Proposal for mechanical alterations for laundry rooms on 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th floors of existing apartment building.Convenience address: 127 St Patrick Street
Permit 11 300614 MSA · est. $15,000
- Oct 2011
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Other(MS) · Permit Issued
Proposal for mechanical alterations for laundry rooms on 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th floors of existing apartment building.
Permit 11 300610 MSA · est. $15,000
- Dec 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
CONVENIENCE ADDRESS IS 127 ST PATRICK -Backflow permit
Permit 09 195538 PSA · est. $5,000
- Feb 1997
Alterations · Unknown · Closed
INSTALL 6 ANTENNA TO EXISTING ROOF (WARD 5)/SP
Permit 97 013626 BLD · est. $50,000
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.
- Transit82
48.9 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Patrick (1 Yonge-University Line), 110 m.
- Parks & trees33
10.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 230 m. 338 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling98
Within 1 km: 9.25 km of protected lanes, 3.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.95 km of shared routes. 17 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby85
10 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Contact Alternative School, 100 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 2 community centres, 22 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety40
4 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
Kensington-Chinatown
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.3× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.1× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (14× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 1.5 km away
252.2 tonnes a year from 11 facilities, mostly Walton Street Steam Plant
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, 1.2 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
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR 4.0 (c2.0; r3.5) SS1 (x2374)- Height limit
- 37 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
- 35
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
190 Simcoe St · 270 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-08-18
Proposed development for the Canada Life Campus include: Retention of the existing office buildings with minor alterations at 330 University Avenue, 180 Simcoe Street, and 180 Queen Street West. Demolition of the office building and parking
City record63 Centre Ave · 230 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-02-27
Official Plan Amendment regarding a proposed 41-storey mixed-use building penetrating the protected City Hall View Corridor. An associated Zoning By-law Amendment application (22 204655 STE 10 OZ) is being considered concurrently.
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.
| Bedrooms | Kensington-Chinatown | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | - | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,497* | $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.
95 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 12
- Units
- 53
- Built
- 1991
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- On site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 10
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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