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Building Review

25 Elizabeth St

Toronto, Ontario M8V

A 3-storey, 29-unit private rental building built in 1962.

Living score
51/100
Built
1962
Units
29
Storeys
3
City inspection
82/100

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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

5 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2025; 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 5
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 245479 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 165022 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jan 2026· Closed

    • Throughout Building: The guard is designed that a member, attachment or opening located between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level being protected facilitates climbing. (open)
    • Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (open)
    • Throughout Building: 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)
    • Throughout Building: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (open)

    Case 26 101554 PRS 00 IV

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 265189 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 242231 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
  • May 2018

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

    Proposal to install a 2" D.C.V.A. Backflow Prevention Device in the existing Apartment Building.

    Permit 18 165174 PSA · est. $2,800

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

51/ 100

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

  • Transit30

    23 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes.

  • Parks & trees30

    9 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 220 m. 469 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling58

    Within 1 km: 0.7 km of protected lanes, 4.4 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.6 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby79

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Leo Catholic Elementary School, 130 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities91

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 10 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety51

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

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Also worth knowing

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Safety

Mimico-Queensway

  • AssaultAmong the highest

    Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.3× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (88% of the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (50% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

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

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Higher than most

    Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (80% of the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% 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

Gardiner Expressway, 1.1 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

660 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Alps Auto Repair

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, 8.8 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 Multiple Dwelling

Category
Low-rise residential
Zone label
RM (d1.0) (x478)
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
8
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 266 Royal York Rd · 260 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2022-09-22

    The proposed development consists of a mixed-use building with 36 storey and 29 storey towers (respectively 116.2 m and 98.7 m in height excl. mechanical penthouses) 413 sqm of retail at grade, a 12,374 sqm multi-storey self-storage buildin

    City record
  • 266 Royal York Rd · 260 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2021-12-30

    Revised Site Plan Control application to permit a mixed-use development consisting of a mixed-use building with 37 storey and 23 storey towers (respectively 127 m and 84 m in height including mechanical penthouses) and a 3 level below grade

    City record
  • 266 Royal York Rd · 260 m away

    Subdivision · Under Review · submitted 2021-11-10

    Revised Draft Plan of Subdivision application to create six blocks for a mixed-use development: a residential development block, future development block, parkland dedication, private driveway, pedestrian sidewalk and road widening.The prop

    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
BedroomsMimicoEtobicoke (South) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,237$1,502$1,491
1 bed$1,399$1,493$1,761
2 beds$1,537$1,762$2,045
3+ beds$2,306-$2,294
All units$1,447$1,630$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.

2017
0.54% lower rent · tenants notified

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 2018). Not resident reviews.

82 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
3
Units
29
Built
1962
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Main leel, 24 HRS.
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
3

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

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