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2519 Lake Shore Blvd W

Toronto, Ontario M8V

A 4-storey, 44-unit private rental building built in 1970.

Living score
47/100
Built
1970
Units
44
Storeys
4
City inspection
88/100

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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 Sep 2025.

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 4
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 181861 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 240271 HEA 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 228350 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 228345 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 228123 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.

  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Alterations 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Aug 2005

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

    HVAC - interior alters to existing storage space in basement to four new apt. suites for a total of 40 - Interior Alterations

    Permit 05 168380 HVA

  • Aug 2005

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    interior alters to existing storage space in basement to four new apt. suites for a total of 44

    Permit 05 168380 BLD

  • Aug 2005

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

    Plumbing - interior alters to existing storage space in basement to four new apt. suites for a total of 40 - Interior Alterations

    Permit 05 168380 PLB

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

47/ 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 & trees37

    10.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 190 m. 459 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling59

    Within 1 km: 1.25 km of protected lanes, 3.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.75 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby68

    5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: John English Jr Mdl School , 400 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities67

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 9 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety40

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

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Safety

Humber Bay Shores

  • AssaultAbout typical

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

  • Break and enterLower than most

    Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (65% of the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the lowest

    Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (34% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (82% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest

    Lower than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the lowest

    Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (35% 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, 1.5 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, 8.6 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 Apartment

Category
Apartment
Zone label
RA (d1.5) (x778)
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
1
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 2491 Lake Shore Blvd W · 250 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-06-27

    Proposal to demolish the existing commercial/residential building on the subject lands and redevelop the site with a stepped 9-storey mixed-use building, inclusive of a rooftop mechanical floor, containing retail uses at-grade and residenti

    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.

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.

88 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
44
Built
1970
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 24 HRS
Pets
Allowed - up to 15 pounds
Parking
Ground level garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
10 outdoor
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
3

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

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