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29 Louvain Ave

Toronto, Ontario M4M

A 4-storey, 51-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1993.

Living score
49/100
Built
1993
Units
51
Storeys
4
City inspection
89/100

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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

3 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 3
  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 183175 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 247823 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 228830 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

3 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 1
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Alterations 1
  • Feb 2016

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Issuance Pending

    Plumbing - Proposal for bathroom renovation, kitchen renovation, modification of terrace doorway.

    Permit 16 113348 PLB

  • Feb 2016

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

    HVAC - Proposal for bathroom renovation, kitchen renovation, modification of terrace doorway.

    Permit 16 113348 HVA

  • Feb 2016

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Refusal Notice

    Proposal for bathroom renovation, kitchen renovation, modification of terrace doorway.

    Permit 16 113348 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

49/ 100

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

  • Transit39

    28.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Pape (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.1 km.

  • Parks & trees21

    6.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 260 m. 525 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling83

    Within 1 km: 2.45 km of protected lanes, 5.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.1 km of shared routes. 7 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Bruce Jr Public School, 330 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities98

    Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 4 community centres, 13 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety19

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

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Safety

South Riverdale

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

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

  • Auto theftAbout typical

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

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.7× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).

  • HomicideAmong the lowest

    Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% 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

Don Valley Parkway, 1.3 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

432 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly M S Auto Refinishing

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, 2.7 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 (x2224)
Height limit
12 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
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
BedroomsRiverdaleToronto (East) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,213$1,491
1 bed$1,656$1,692$1,761
2 beds-$1,869$2,045
3+ beds-$1,876*$2,294
All units$1,593*$1,685$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.

89 / 100City inspection score, December 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Toronto Community Housing
Storeys
4
Units
51
Built
1993
Elevators
1
Managed by
TCH
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Main floor, 7:00 AM- 10:00 PM
Pets
Not allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Paid
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
14

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

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