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26 Olive Ave

Toronto, Ontario

A 184-unit condominium registered in 2003 (TSCC 1506).

Living score
56/100
Units
184
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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

4 bylaw investigations at this address since May 2025; 2 notices or orders to comply.

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
  • May 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2025· Closed

    • 1st Floor – Washroom: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely, the washroom in the common area on the ground level has a hole in the ceiling. (open)
    • 1st Floor – Washroom: The supplied facility in or on the property is not available for use by the occupants and other users of the property in accordance with the standards.Namely, the washroom in the common area is on the ground level is locked. (open)

    Case 25 167590 PRS 00 IV

  • May 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 167502 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2025· Closed

    • 1st Floor – Washroom: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely, the washroom in the common area on the ground level has a hole in the ceiling. (open)
    • 1st Floor – Washroom: The supplied facility in or on the property is not available for use by the occupants and other users of the property in accordance with the standards. Namely, the washroom in the common area on the ground level was locked. (open)

    Case 25 165445 PRS 00 IV

  • May 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 160732 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

2 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 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Nov 2018

    Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed

    Proposed sprinkler retrofit at 26 & 28 Olive Ave.

    Permit 18 257391 FSU · est. $8,000

  • May 2010

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

    One backflow preventer for 20, 22, 26,and 28 Olive Ave.

    Permit 10 169997 PSA

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

56/ 100

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

  • Transit99

    174.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 11 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Finch (1 Yonge-University Line), 160 m.

  • Parks & trees40

    10.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 160 m. 522 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling46

    Within 1 km: 1.15 km of protected lanes, 2.65 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.05 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Cyril Catholic Elementary School, 390 m), plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities31

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 2 community centres, 6 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety15

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

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Safety

Yonge-Doris

  • AssaultLower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the lowest

    Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (36% of the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (56% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Higher than most

    Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the lowest

    Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (38% of the city median).

  • HomicideLower than most

    Lower than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% 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

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
Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 12.7 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
6
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0

  • 5576 Yonge St · 180 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-08-12

    Proposal for a mixed-use development with two residential towers, 25 storeys in height for the Tower A, and 35 storeys in height for the Tower B. Each tower contains 3 storey podium having retail use in towner B, and shared with 2 levels of

    City record

  • 31 Finch Ave E · 50 m away

    Site plan · Final Approval Completed · submitted 2021-10-19

    Site Plan Approval application to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 29-storey residential building having a gross floor area of 26,745 square metres, and containing 350 residential dwelling units. The existing 3-storey non-resi

    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
BedroomsWillowdale East/Newtonbrook EastNorth York (Northeast) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,498$1,491
1 bed$1,847$1,815$1,761
2 beds$2,319$2,156$2,045
3+ beds$2,745$2,342$2,294
All units$2,098$2,081$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
0.50% lower rent · 22 of 22 units notified
2018
0.51% lower rent · 21 of 21 units notified
2019
0.44% lower rent · 26 of 40 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
184
Unit mix
2 studio · 62 one-bed · 56 two-bed · 64 three-bed+
Condo plan
TSCC 1506
Registered
March 2003

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

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