291 George St
Toronto, Ontario M5A
A 5-storey, 132-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1986.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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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
5 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2025; 1 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 5
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 245046 PRS 00 IR
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 233181 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 213901 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 213060 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 185920 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
4 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Jun 2025
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal for fire rated storage enclosure at parking level 1
Permit 25 169640 HVA
- Jun 2025
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal for fire rated storage enclosure at parking level 1
Permit 25 169640 BLD · est. $65,000
- Apr 2017
Alterations · Fire Damage · Inspection
Fire and water damage repairs to the fourth floor (unit 401 and common hallway), as well as minor repairs to units 501, 301, 201, and the Common Room on the ground floor.
Permit 17 144163 BLD
- Jan 2013
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install back flow preventer in existing apartment building.
Permit 13 102618 PSA · est. $5,000
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
66/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit71
26.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: TMU (1 Yonge-University Line), 660 m.
- Parks & trees38
11.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 320 m. 327 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling93
Within 1 km: 8.95 km of protected lanes, 1.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.75 km of shared routes. 11 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
12 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Ecole Elementaire Gabrielle Roy, 220 m), plus 9 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 19 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety0
16 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 4 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Moss Park
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.4× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.6× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (7.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).
- HomicideHigher than most
Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× 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
Gardiner Expressway, 1.4 km away
144.8 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Walton Street Steam Plant
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, 290 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 1
Sites currently offering services, from Health Canada, updated 2026-09-15. Sites open and close; check the list for current status.
Zoning
Residential
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d1.0) (x865)- Height limit
- 13 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
- 26
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
217 Jarvis St · 260 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-03-31
This application proposes to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a 32-storey mixed-use building, containing 315 dwelling units (including 38 replacement rental units), approximately 377 sq. m. of non-residential gross floor
City record339 George St · 190 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-10-15
Lift the Hold application related to a new 10-storey building, containing 80 emergency shelter beds, 100 transitional shelter beds, 124 long-term care beds, 70 supportive housing units, and a 2,269 square metre community hub. The proposal w
City record
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 | Moss Park/Regent Park | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,278* | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,987 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,484 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,904 | $2,163 | $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.
92 / 100City inspection score, June 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 132
- Built
- 1986
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- On site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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