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Building Review

290 The Kingsway

Toronto, Ontario M9A

A 4-storey, 22-unit private rental building built in 1977.

Living score
30/100
Built
1977
Units
22
Storeys
4
City inspection
97/100
Property manager
Future West Living

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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

34 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 2 notices or orders 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 23
  • Garbage 6
  • Not enough heat 5
  • Oct 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 248707 HEA 00 IR

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 232273 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 231273 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 191642 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173720 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173719 000 00 IR

Show 28 older cases
  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 161841 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 154446 HEA 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 149356 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 121430 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 101078 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 267540 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 244187 HEA 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 241759 WST 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 241758 WST 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 239513 HEA 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 203027 WST 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 203024 WST 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 202727 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 192636 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 187202 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 187184 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 184580 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 184013 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 179076 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 175303 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2025

    GarbageBylawNotice to comply · May 2025· Closed

    • Garage Area: Owner of land failed to clean and clear refuse that has been thrown, placed, dumped or deposited, including but not limited to the wood surrounding the garbage bins. (closed)

    Case 25 152648 WST 00 IV

  • Apr 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 145966 WST 00 IR

  • Feb 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 111551 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 109460 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Feb 2025· Closed

    • Laundry Room: Interior door(s), frames(s), glass pane(s), and/or hardware not maintained in good repair.Namely, the laundry room door. (closed)
    • Stairway: Floor and/or floor covering not kept free from holes, stains, rubbish and debris.Namely, the tiles in the stairways. (closed)
    • Basement: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely, the ceiling tiles in the basement have water damage. (closed)
    • Front – Building: Numbering size does not meet set back requirements - other (closed)

    Case 25 116813 PRS 00 IV

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 106235 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 106160 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 231414 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.

From City of Toronto open data

Neighbourhood

Living score

30/ 100

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

  • Transit9

    10.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Royal York (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.8 km.

  • Parks & trees65

    17.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 310 m. 486 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling52

    Within 1 km: 0.5 km of protected lanes, 3.6 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.25 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby3

    1 public or Catholic school within 1 km (nearest: Humber Valley Village Jr Mdl School, 510 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities5

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 2 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

Edenbridge-Humber Valley

  • AssaultAmong the lowest

    Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (51% of the city median).

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the lowest

    Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (44% of the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest

    Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (88% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (30% of the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (50% 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

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

207 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Gibson's Cleaners Company Limited

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, 9.5 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 (f24.0; au116.0)
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
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
BedroomsEdenbridge-Humber ValleyEtobicoke (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,693$1,491
1 bed$1,809$1,874$1,761
2 beds$2,062$2,200$2,045
3+ beds$2,593$2,529$2,294
All units$2,080$2,162$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, November 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
22
Built
1977
Elevators
0
Heating
Forced air gas
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 24/7
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Ground level garage
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
12 outdoor
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
2

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

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