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283 Gilmour Ave

Toronto, Ontario M6P

A 5-storey, 35-unit private rental building built in 1965.

Living score
44/100
Built
1965
Units
35
Storeys
5
City inspection
91/100

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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

6 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 2026; 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
  • Graffiti 1
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Aug 2026

    GraffitiBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 227421 GRA 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Closed

    • Throughout Building: In a dwelling unit, a window located more than 2,000 millimetres above grade opens within 1,500 millimetres of the floor not leading to a balcony does not employ a controlled sash operation to restrict, when engaged, the opening of the ope… (closed)

    Case 26 222067 PRS 00 IV

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 222062 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171644 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171643 000 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 107032 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.

  • Plumbing and drains 2
  • Alterations 2
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Mar 2023

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

    Plumbing - Landlord work to existing commercial unit for future tenant with associated electrical and mechanical work.

    Permit 23 125659 PLB

  • Mar 2023

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

    HVAC - Landlord work to existing commercial unit for future tenant with associated electrical and mechanical work.

    Permit 23 125659 HVA

  • Mar 2023

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Landlord work to existing commercial unit for future tenant with associated electrical and mechanical work.

    Permit 23 125659 BLD

  • Oct 2021

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued

    Interior alterations to convert two ground level units into commercial space for future tenants

    Permit 21 223295 BLD · est. $5,000

  • Nov 2019

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

    Proposal to install a a 2" DCVA Backflow Preventer complete with thermal expansion, to freeze fire cabinet line to replace fire hose cabinet angle valve.

    Permit 19 246853 PSA · est. $4,430

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

44/ 100

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

  • Transit30

    23.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Runnymede (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.5 km.

  • Parks & trees22

    7 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 220 m. 475 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling53

    Within 1 km: 0.4 km of protected lanes, 4.25 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.85 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    9 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Cecilia Catholic Elementary School, 590 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities74

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 3 community centres, 15 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety64

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

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Safety

Junction Area

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Higher than most

    Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.1× the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% of the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Lower than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about 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 kmHigh

70.7 tonnes a year from 6 facilities, mostly ICS Universal Drum Reconditioning GP INC.

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
Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 6.2 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 2.5 (c1.0; r2.0) SS2 (x2220)
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
14
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 3316 Dundas St W · 160 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-03-13

    Site Plan Approval for an 11-storey mixed-use building, which consists of a total of 191 residential dwelling units, including 6 rental replacement units and commercial at grade.

    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
BedroomsHigh Park North/JunctionToronto (West) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,422$1,410$1,491
1 bed$1,863$1,798$1,761
2 beds$2,338$2,252$2,045
3+ beds-$3,238$2,294
All units$2,008$1,945$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
1.37% lower rent · tenants notified
2018
0.92% lower rent · tenants notified
2019
0.89% lower rent · tenants notified
2020
0.89% lower rent · tenants notified
2024
0.54% lower rent · tenants notified

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.

91 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
5
Units
35
Built
1965
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Grond floor, 24 HOURS
Pets
Not allowed
Parking
Underground garage, ground level garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
16 indoor
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
4

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

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