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Building Review

260 Wellesley St E

Toronto, Ontario M4X

A 32-storey, 565-unit private rental building built in 1968.

Living score
75/100
Built
1968
Units
565
Storeys
32
City inspection
93/100

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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

28 bylaw investigations and 2 public health cases 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 25
  • Zoning 3
  • Bedbugs 1
  • Mould 1
  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 229174 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 215213 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 192881 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 125649 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 106621 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 101756 PRS 00 IR

Show 24 older cases
  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 100082 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 269068 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    BedbugsPublic health· Under Investigation

    Case 10866251

  • Oct 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 238826 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 222591 ZON 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 219381 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 219375 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 218331 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 213838 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 192826 ZON 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 190701 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 187925 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2025

    MouldPublic health· Under Investigation

    Case 10845641

  • May 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 159540 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2025

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 158036 ZON 00 IR

  • Mar 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 132355 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 123143 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 105770 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 104239 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 103294 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 103060 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 248809 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 243842 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 235567 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.

  • Alterations 3
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Sep 2023

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed

    Proposed Hydro Vault Concrete Repairs

    Permit 23 200746 BLD

  • Mar 2019

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued

    Proposal to make interior alterations to the offices on the ground floor

    Permit 19 126828 BLD · est. $10,000

  • Jul 2018

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

    HVAC - Proposed interior alterations to create new office space.

    Permit 18 160733 HVA

  • May 2018

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection

    Proposed interior alterations to create new office space.

    Permit 18 160733 BLD · est. $50,000

  • Dec 2011

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

    permit to install one backflow device in sub basement level

    Permit 11 328780 PSA · est. $18,000

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

75/ 100

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

  • Transit81

    46.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sherbourne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 490 m.

  • Parks & trees67

    19 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 290 m. 435 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling91

    Within 1 km: 5.3 km of protected lanes, 6.2 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.6 km of shared routes. 10 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby93

    11 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Rose Avenue Jr Public School, 160 m), plus 9 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities74

    Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 1 community centre, 13 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety31

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

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Also worth knowing

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Safety

North St.James Town

  • AssaultAmong the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

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

  • RobberyHigher than most

    Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (26% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.7× the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).

  • HomicideLower than most

    Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (66% 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

Don Valley Parkway, 1.0 km away

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, 530 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

Residential

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (d1.0) (x888)
Height limit
12 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
3
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 77 Howard St · 220 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-08-25

    Zoning By-law Amednement for a 41-storey infill mixed-use building while maintaining the existing 24-storey rental apartment building on site. The proposed new building will comprised of 460 residential units and 420 square metres of non-re

    City record
  • 240 Wellesley St E · 120 m away

    Subdivision · Under Review · submitted 2024-09-30

    Draft Plan of Subdivision to establish two development blocks with pedestrian and vehicular connections into and through the subject site. A new public park and publicly-accessible open spaces, framed by the addition of new buildings to be

    City record
  • 240 Wellesley St E · 120 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-27

    Site Plan Approval application to permit three new buildings on the lands, comprising a 47-storey mixed-use building with 5,770 square metres of non-residential uses in the lower floors and 620 dwelling units, a 21-storey building with 300

    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
BedroomsNorth St. James TownToronto (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,448$1,606$1,491
1 bed$1,739$2,042$1,761
2 beds$2,164$2,776$2,045
3+ beds-$3,580*$2,294
All units$1,844$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.

93 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
32
Units
565
Built
1968
Elevators
4
Heating
Electric
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 7AM - 11PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Paid
Bike parking
50 indoor, 15 outdoor
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
13

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

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