268 Merton St
Toronto, Ontario M4S
A 5-storey, 38-unit private rental building built in 1999.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
15 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 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 15
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 239665 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 136066 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 129588 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 121097 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 120481 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 105655 PRS 00 IR
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- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 268094 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
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Case 25 243091 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2025
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- Aug 2025
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- Aug 2025
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- Aug 2025
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- Jul 2025
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- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 187904 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 184592 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.
- Fire and life safety 3
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Oct 2025
Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Inspection
Proposed installation of electromagnetic lock power supply
Permit 25 241190 FSU · est. $5,145
- Jul 2024
Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Cancelled
INSTALLATION OF NEW ELECTROMAGNETIC LOCK POWER SUPPLIES TO REPLACE EXISTING.
Permit 24 185889 FSU · est. $3,000
- Jan 2015
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed
Installation of sprinkler system on fourth and fifth floor of existing residential care facility.
Permit 15 103400 FSU · est. $58,000
- Dec 2012
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install one backflow prevention device.
Permit 12 288821 PSA · est. $1,000
- Jun 1998
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Unknown · Closed
INSTALL HVAC REFER TO APPLICATION NUMBER: 413317
Permit 98 017733 HVA
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
42/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit60
11.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Davisville (1 Yonge-University Line), 720 m.
- Parks & trees19
7.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 110 m. 368 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling59
Within 1 km: 1 km of protected lanes, 3.75 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.55 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby29
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Hodgson Middle School, 420 m), plus 7 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities53
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 12 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety24
5 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
South Eglinton-Davisville
- AssaultLower than most
Lower than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (83% of the city median).
- RobberyAmong the lowest
Lower than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (38% of the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (26% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (53% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the lowest
Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (54% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 75 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
No expressway within 2 km
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, 3.3 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
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR 2.0 (c2.0; r2.0) SS2 (x2063)- 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
- 15
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
275 Merton St · 60 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2025-05-20
Site Plan for a 40-storey mixed use purpose built rental building with 494 dwelling units, of which 30% will be affordable rental units. A total gross floor area (GFA) of 31,321 m2 is proposed, including 132 m2 of ground floor non-residenti
City record170 Merton St · 250 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-03-14
Site Plan Approval for a 36-storey mixed-use residential building, which includes the partial retention of the existing heritage building at 170 Merton Street. Overall, the proposal includes a total of 400 residential dwelling units and app
City record405 Mount Pleasant Rd · 170 m away
Site plan · Final Approval Completed · submitted 2024-06-07
The Proposed Development is for an outdoor sports and recreation facility for Greenwood College School. The Proposal involves the demolition of all existing buildings and structures on the Site to enable the construction of a multi-purpose
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 | Mount Pleasant West | Toronto (North) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,593 | $1,570 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,973 | $1,892 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,528 | $2,476 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $3,523 | $2,985 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,075 | $2,057 | $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.
100 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 38
- Built
- 1999
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Realstar
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Floors b, 2 & 3, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed - 25 pounds or less
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Indoor pool, indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 12
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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