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Building Review

276 St Clair Ave W

Toronto, Ontario M4V

A 4-storey, 49-unit private rental building built in 1959.

Living score
63/100
Built
1959
Units
49
Storeys
4
City inspection
88/100
Property manager
Medallion Corporation

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Issues & maintenance

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City bylaw and health cases

5 bylaw investigations at this address since Sep 2025; 1 notice or order 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
  • Garbage 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 234148 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 253707 WST 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 239965 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2025· Closed

    • Stairway – Throughout Building: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (closed)
    • Stairway – Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 920 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard from a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosings. (closed)
    • Stairway Landing – Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (closed)
    • Stairway – Throughout Building: The guard is designed that a member, attachment or opening located between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level being protected facilitates climbing. (closed)
    • Stairway – Throughout Building: Required handrails on stairs or ramps are less than 865mm or more than 965mm high (closed)

    Case 25 224188 PRS 00 IV

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 224181 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.

  • Balcony repair 2
  • Plumbing and drains 2
  • Alterations 1
  • Aug 2025

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Concrete repairs to the deteriorated balconies, installation of new waterproofing membrane on the balconies, and installation of new balcony guards on the rear 6 balconies only.

    Permit 25 203949 BLD · est. $130,000

  • Feb 2020

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

    Plumbing - Proposed interior alterations and a new egress window opening on the second floor of the existing apartment building.

    Permit 19 167779 PLB

  • Sep 2019

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Permit Issued

    Proposal to install a backflow prevention device in an existing apartment building.

    Permit 19 222285 PSA · est. $2,000

  • Jun 2019

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued

    Proposed interior alterations and a new egress window opening on the second floor of the existing apartment building.

    Permit 19 167779 BLD · est. $15,000

  • Oct 2017

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Proposal to replace existing railing and balcony concrete paintings - Front Elevation only.

    Permit 17 248017 BLD · est. $95,000

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

63/ 100

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

  • Transit62

    13 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Clair West (1 Yonge-University Line), 570 m.

  • Parks & trees76

    21.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 90 m. 711 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling69

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 5.75 km of bike lanes and trails, 4.85 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby29

    3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary School, 400 m), plus 11 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities64

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 8 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety80

    1 collision 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

Casa Loma

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% of the city median).

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest

    Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (51% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× 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, 3.1 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

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (d2.0) (x827)
Height limit
14 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
2
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 271 Russell Hill Rd · 300 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-05-29

    Site Plan Amendment to 08 150183 STE 22 SA

    City record
  • 429 Walmer Rd · 270 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-08-18

    May 2023 resubmission: The application has been revised as follows: A 73.5 metre (19-storey inclusive of mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building is proposed with 17,930 square metres of gross floor area of which 200 square metres is non-re

    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
BedroomsCasa LomaToronto (North) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,560$1,570$1,491
1 bed$2,001$1,892$1,761
2 beds-$2,476$2,045
3+ beds-$2,985$2,294
All units$2,677*$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; * 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.

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

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
49
Built
1959
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Main floor, 7AM - 11PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
12

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

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