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Building Review

2501 Eglinton Ave W

Toronto, Ontario M6M

A 4-storey, 25-unit private rental building built in 1975.

Living score
57/100
Built
1975
Units
25
Storeys
4
City inspection
97/100

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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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 inch backflow prevention device.

    Permit 18 162546 PSA · est. $4,200

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

57/ 100

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

  • Transit92

    70.1 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 8 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Caledonia (5 Eglinton Line), 350 m.

  • Parks & trees31

    10.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 390 m. 341 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling16

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.15 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Silverthorn Community School, 430 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities81

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 7 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety15

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

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Safety

Keelesdale-Eglinton West

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 50 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (80% of the city median).

  • RobberyHigher than most

    Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (84% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the lowest

    Lower than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (54% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftLower than most

    Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (35% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× 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 kmLow

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
Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 6.6 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 (f12.0; u4; d0.8) (x252)
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
1
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 2485 Eglinton Ave W · 120 m away

    Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2024-03-04

    The application proposes a new 45-storey mixed-use building containing 500 residential units, and a residential Gross Floor Area of 31,327 square metres. The building will have a Floor Space Index of approximately 18.3 times the area of the

    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
BedroomsYork zoneToronto region
Studio$1,381$1,491
1 bed$1,706$1,761
2 beds$2,067$2,045
3+ beds$2,547$2,294
All units$1,864$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.

97 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
25
Built
1975
Elevators
1
Heating
Electric
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
1st floor, 7AM-11PM
Pets
Not allowed
Parking
Ground level garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
5

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

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