252 Sackville St
Toronto, Ontario
A 22-storey, 159-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 2009.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
13 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2024; 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 10
- Not enough heat 3
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 246789 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 203662 PRS 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 162056 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 150090 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 143699 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 140257 PRS 00 IR
Show 7 older cases
- Feb 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 112263 HEA 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 111447 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 238242 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 236713 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 215372 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 190496 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 240318 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
- Alterations 2
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Nov 2016
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection
Plumbing - interior alterations to office on 7th floor of apartment building North tower TCHC building
Permit 16 250731 PLB
- Nov 2016
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - interior alterations to office on 7th floor of apartment building North tower TCHC building
Permit 16 250731 HVA
- Nov 2016
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
interior alterations to office on 7th floor of apartment building North tower TCHC building
Permit 16 250731 BLD · est. $100,000
- Nov 2016
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Cancelled
HVAC - interior alterations to office on 7th floor of apartment building North tower
Permit 16 246239 HVA
- Nov 2016
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Cancelled
interior alterations to office on 7th floor of apartment building North tower
Permit 16 246239 BLD · est. $100,000
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
66/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit50
40.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: TMU (1 Yonge-University Line), 1.5 km.
- Parks & trees71
18.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 70 m. 643 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling97
Within 1 km: 7.7 km of protected lanes, 5.95 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.35 km of shared routes. 8 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Lord Dufferin Jr & Sr Public School, 290 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 1 library, 4 community centres, 16 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety31
4 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
Shown for context. None of this is part of the living score.
Safety
Regent Park
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (36% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.6× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- HomicideHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× 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
Don Valley Parkway, 670 m away
563 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Downtown Acura
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
- Street Health, 560 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 1
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
- 7
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
310 Gerrard St E · 300 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-05-26
Site Plan Approval for an 11-storey mixed-use building containing 228 market and affordable residential units, plus office and community program space.
City record500 Dundas St E · 80 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-02-27
Proposed 35-storey mixed use building (122.2 metres, including mechanical penthouse), containing 413 dwelling units and a minimum of 200 square metres of non-residential gross floor area.
City record620 Dundas St E · 210 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-01-13
Building 4A Proposal to construct a 26-storey tower, 10 storey mid-rise podium TCHC social housing building with 271 units, retail at grade along Gerrard Street East, community space on the ground floor and mezzanine, with one level of unde
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 | Moss Park/Regent Park | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,278* | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,987 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,484 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,904 | $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.
97 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 22
- Units
- 159
- Built
- 2009
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- TCH
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 7:00 AM- 10:00 PM
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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