283 Pharmacy Ave
Toronto, Ontario M1L
A 17-storey, 267-unit private rental building built in 1972.
- Property manager
- Homestead Land Holdings Limited
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
10 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024.
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 8
- Not enough heat 2
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 246950 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 222193 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 108947 HEA 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 252196 HEA 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 252190 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 252189 PRS 00 IR
Show 4 older cases
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 252186 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 172917 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 167928 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 229138 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
9 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
- Parking garage repair 2
- Balcony repair 2
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Alterations 1
- Jun 2024
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Proposal for fire alarm panel replacement and elevator modernization
Permit 24 167690 FSU · est. $47,735
- Apr 2022
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal for underground parking garage concrete repairs. Small changes in the above ground parking.
Permit 22 131653 BLD · est. $565,000
- Mar 2021
Fire and life safety · Other(FS) · Closed
Proposal to install smoke detectors in elevator lobbies for elevator modernization work.
Permit 21 130954 FSU · est. $40,000
- Dec 2015
Plumbing and drains · Other(PS) · Inspection
Proposal for replacement of existing 8" buried water main pipe within property (263, 273, 283 Pharmacy Ave and recreation centre building). There is an existing buired 8" combined water and fire main which loops around the properties and s…
Permit 15 261063 PSA · est. $1,000,000
- Oct 2015
Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Closed
Install 3 maglocks in the basement and sub-basement
Permit 15 239137 FSU · est. $1,100
- Apr 2010
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Repair concrete in underground parking garage
Permit 10 155420 BLD · est. $450,000
Show 3 older permits
- Mar 2010
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Balcony Guard Rail Replacement
Permit 10 131859 BLD · est. $500,000
- Mar 2010
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
To repair concrete balconies
Permit 10 130778 BLD · est. $200,000
- Jun 2007
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Enclose underground parking garage entrance with masonry and coreslab roof
Permit 07 236289 BLD · est. $65,000
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
68/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit57
7.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 1 route. Nearest subway or LRT: Victoria Park (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 730 m.
- Parks & trees88
42.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 60 m. 136 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling50
Within 1 km: 0.85 km of protected lanes, 3.45 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.9 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Samuel Hearne Mdl School , 640 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities67
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 9 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
Clairlea-Birchmount
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- Auto theftHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftLower than most
Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× 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
13.7 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Tradition Fine Foods Ltd
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
- Street Health, 8.2 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
Residential Apartment Commercial
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RAC (au36.0) (x167)- 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
- 0
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
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 | Clairlea-Birchmount | Scarborough (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,520 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,484 | $1,610 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,771 | $1,843 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $1,932 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,630 | $1,754 | $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.
97 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 17
- Units
- 267
- Built
- 1972
- Elevators
- 3
- Managed by
- Homestead Land Holdings Limited
- Heating
- Electric
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HR
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 10 outdoor
- Amenities
- Indoor pool, indoor recreation room, indoor exercise room, child play area, sauna
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 20
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