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2866 Keele St

Toronto, Ontario M3M

A 3-storey, 11-unit private rental building built in 1955.

Living score
47/100
Built
1955
Units
11
Storeys
3
City inspection
69/100

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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

19 bylaw investigations at this address since Apr 2025; 4 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 11
  • Not enough heat 4
  • Garbage 2
  • Snow and ice 2
  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 211791 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 211569 WST 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 200848 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jun 2026· Order Issued

    • Dwelling Unit: The property is not being kept free of pests. (open)

    Case 26 186052 PRS 00 IV

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 186009 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173267 000 00 IR

Show 13 older cases
  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173266 000 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 149214 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2026

    Snow and iceBylawNotice to comply · Feb 2026· Closed

    Case 26 118953 SNI 00 IV

  • Feb 2026

    Snow and iceBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 116801 SNI 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 270329 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Dec 2025· Closed

    • Kitchen: The plumbing system is not kept free from leaks or defects. (open)

    Case 25 266861 PRS 00 IV

  • Nov 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 259365 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 243714 HEA 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Oct 2025· Closed

    • Exterior Of Building: The light standard(s) supporting artificial light is not kept in good repair and in good working order. (open)

    Case 25 237670 PRS 00 IV

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 225297 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 213594 WST 00 IR

  • Apr 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 146085 HEA 00 IR

  • Apr 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 146005 HEA 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.

  • Alterations 4
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Aug 2026

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Revision Issued

    Revision: proposal to change door location and correction of roof joist direction

    Permit 26 111872 BLD

  • Jul 2026

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

    Plumbing - Proposal to alter the second floor from four units to six units.

    Permit 26 111872 PLB

  • Feb 2026

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection

    Proposal to alter the second floor from four units to six units.

    Permit 26 111872 BLD · est. $60,000

  • Oct 2025

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection

    Interior alteratons to the roof and wall repairs due to water leakage and replace windows.

    Permit 25 235641 BLD

  • Oct 1997

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    RETROFIT

    Permit 97 251269 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

47/ 100

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

  • Transit19

    16 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 & trees77

    26.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 490 m. 367 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling58

    Within 1 km: 1.65 km of protected lanes, 3.25 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, 180 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.

69 / 100City inspection score, July 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
3
Units
11
Built
1955
Elevators
0
Heating
Forced air gas
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 9AM TO 9PM
Pets
Allowed - small pets e.g. cat
Parking
Ground level garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
6

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

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