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2864 Keele St

Toronto, Ontario M3M

A 3-storey, 11-unit private rental building built in 1960.

Living score
46/100
Built
1960
Units
11
Storeys
3
City inspection
94/100

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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

14 bylaw investigations at this address since Sep 2025; 3 notices or orders to comply; 3 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 9
  • Graffiti 2
  • Fences 1
  • Garbage 1
  • Zoning 1
  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 222036 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 168611 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    GraffitiBylawNotice to comply · May 2026· Closed

    Case 26 159574 GRA 00 IV

  • Mar 2026

    GraffitiBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 129674 GRA 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2026· Closed

    • Exterior door, window, skylight or basement hatchway not maintained in good repair. Namely, entry lobby door, missing piece of door frame and deteriorating paint. (closed)
    • Throughout Building: The (stairs, treads, risers, guards, handrails, and/or other appurtenant attachments) and/or their supporting structural members are not maintained in good repair. Namely, interior stairway risers and nosing's with deteriorating material/p… (closed)
    • Throughout Building: The lighting fixture is not protected from damage by the provision of wired glass or other suitable means of protection. Namely, missing light coverings. (closed)

    Case 26 159570 PRS 00 IV

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2026· Order Issued

    • Throughout Building: The exterior walls and their components are not being maintained in good repair. Namely, holes, cracks, bubbling, deteriorating material. (open)
    • Dwelling unit window that is capable of being opened has no screen. Namely, missing window screens. (closed)
    • Required guard does not prevent the passage of a spherical object having a diameter of 100 millimetres. Namely, window openings more that 100 millimetres. (closed)
    • Exterior steps, not maintained. Namely, exterior lobby entrance steps, cracking, deteriorating paint/materials, uneven step. (closed)
    • The handrails and/or other appurtenant attachments and/or their supporting structural members are not maintained in good repair. (closed)
    • Driveway(s) and/or similar areas not maintained. Namely, in rear parking area, cracks and pot holes. (open)
    • Exterior yard that is used for the parking or storage of vehicles or surfaced with a material impervious to water is not provided with suitable marking to indicate parking spaces. Namely, missing suitable markings. (closed)
    • The fence, screen and/or other enclosure around or on the property is not being maintained in good repair. Namely, fencing at rear of property, not in good repair. (closed)
    • Exterior walkway not maintained. Namely, cracking, deteriorated material, exposed rebar/piping by rear steps to parking. (closed)

    Case 26 159569 PRS 00 IV

Show 8 older cases
  • Mar 2026

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 123076 ZON 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 123075 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 123074 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 123073 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 123072 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    FencesBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 123071 FEN 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 123070 WST 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 231927 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

1 permit the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Alterations 1
  • Nov 1998

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection

    RETROFIT

    Permit 98 251418 BLD

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

46/ 100

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

  • Transit15

    13.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Downsview Park (1 Yonge-University Line), 2.4 km.

  • Parks & trees75

    24.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 500 m. 374 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling56

    Within 1 km: 1.65 km of protected lanes, 2.95 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.85 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Downsview Public School, 160 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities31

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 6 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

Downsview

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Higher than most

    Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

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

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (82% 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

Highway 401, 1.0 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

12.7 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly Humber River Hospital

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, 10.6 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 Multiple Dwelling

Category
Low-rise residential
Zone label
RM (f21.0; a835; d1.0) (x474)
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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsDownsviewNorth York (Northwest) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,169$1,167$1,491
1 bed$1,522$1,517$1,761
2 beds$1,736$1,751$2,045
3+ beds$1,912$1,966$2,294
All units$1,665$1,700$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.

94 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
3
Units
11
Built
1960
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Downstairs, 8 TO 9:30
Pets
Not allowed
Parking
Ground level garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
2 indoor
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
6

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

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