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25 Viking Lane

Toronto, Ontario

A 675-unit condominium registered in 2008 (TSCC 1959).

Living score
41/100
Units
675

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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.

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 8
  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 185882 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 153822 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 126100 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 125537 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 115594 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 228152 PRS 00 IR

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  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 202761 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 228796 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

6 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Fire and life safety 2
  • Parking garage repair 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Alterations 1
  • Jul 2026

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Permit Issued

    Proposed localized concrete repairs to parking garage structural elements.

    Permit 26 210822 BLD

  • Dec 2025

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Proposal for fire alarm replacement

    Permit 25 265256 FSU · est. $180,000

  • Jul 2015

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Plumbing - Permit to convert part of existing office space within condominium into a Guest Suite on main floor.

    Permit 15 114769 PLB

  • Jul 2015

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC - Permit to convert part of existing office space within condominium into a Guest Suite on main floor.

    Permit 15 114769 HVA

  • Feb 2015

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Permit to convert part of existing office space within condominium into a Guest Suite on main floor.

    Permit 15 114769 BLD · est. $50,000

  • Apr 2008

    Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Closed

    2 maglocks 1 at ground and 1 at 2nd floor of condo at 25 Viking, with CACF at 35 Viking

    Permit 08 142808 FSU · est. $2,000

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

41/ 100

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

  • Transit100

    185 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 15 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Kipling (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 150 m.

  • Parks & trees23

    9.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 130 m. 253 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling36

    Within 1 km: 2.35 km of protected lanes, 0 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby3

    1 public or Catholic school within 1 km (nearest: Our Lady Of Peace Catholic Elementary School, 1000 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities5

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 0 community centres, 6 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety19

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

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Safety

Etobicoke City Centre

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • RobberyHigher than most

    Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.3× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest

    Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the highest

    Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.6× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • HomicideHigher than most

    Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× 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

Highway 427, 1.9 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

24 tonnes a year from 6 facilities, mostly Dimpflmeier Bakery Ltd

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, 10.8 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

Not in the city-wide by-law

This site is still governed by a former municipality’s zoning by-law, which the city-wide data does not cover.

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
15
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 970 Kipling Ave · 250 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-08-27

    An application to amend the Zoning By-law to Lift the "(H)" Holding Symbol, applied by Zoning By-law 492-2026.

    City record
  • 970 Kipling Ave · 250 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-06-02

    Proposed 43-storey tower and a 28-storey tower. The Subject Site will include 839 purpose-built rental apartments comprised of 198 affordable units and 641 market units as well as approximately 13,560 SF of retail space.

    City record
  • 970 Kipling Ave · 250 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-03-24

    Proposed amendments to the site-specific zoning by-law for the Bloor-Kipling lands to permit a modified version of the approved mixed use building on Block 5 consisting of a 43-storey tower and a 28-storey tower with a common 5-storey podiu

    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
BedroomsIslington/City Centre SouthEtobicoke (South) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,502$1,491
1 bed-$1,493$1,761
2 beds$2,110$1,762$2,045
3+ beds--$2,294
All units$2,032$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
0.40% lower rent · 14 of 32 units notified
2018
0.42% lower rent · 10 of 26 units notified

Where several units are listed, the cut shown is the median. Source: City of Toronto, Tenant Notification for Rent Reduction, 2014–2025.

Building facts

From the City of Toronto’s inventory of condominiums registered 2002–2018. Not resident reviews.

Type
Condominium
Units
675
Unit mix
307 one-bed · 368 two-bed
Condo plan
TSCC 1959
Registered
August 2008

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

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