3 Laxton Ave
Toronto, Ontario M6K
A 8-storey, 42-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1953.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
2 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2025.
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.
- Not enough heat 1
- Repairs and upkeep 1
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 111840 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 252211 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
7 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 3
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Mar 2023
Plumbing and drains · Other(PS) · Closed
Proposal for replacement of domestic water piping in corridor area. And also replacement of the existing washroom plumbing fixtures with new.
Permit 23 120254 PSA · est. $239,230
- Oct 2019
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Permit Issued
Install fire alarm upgrade for TCHC
Permit 19 232830 FSU · est. $20,000
- Sep 2015
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
Revison the existing ramp structure - Proposal to repair and replace of garage stair from ground floor to P1,repair concrete slab, replace handrails and guards stair in boiler room, repair portion of wall and sheet metal roof at ground flo…
Permit 15 142725 BLD
- Apr 2015
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
Proposal to repair and replace of garage stair from ground floor to P1,repair concrete slab, replace handrails and guards stair in boiler room, repair portion of wal and sheet metal roof at ground floor garage stair
Permit 15 142725 BLD
- Mar 2012
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
permit to install one backflow device in basement of existing apartment building.
Permit 12 143493 PSA · est. $5,000
- Aug 2011
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Proposal to repair balconies and replace all guards. Total 48 balconies.
Permit 11 250162 BLD
Show 1 older permit
- Aug 2004
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
To replace concrete landing ,steps and to build new ramp at front.
Permit 04 167772 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
53/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit49
39.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Lansdowne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.3 km.
- Parks & trees37
9 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 290 m. 597 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling70
Within 1 km: 0.55 km of protected lanes, 4.65 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.45 km of shared routes. 9 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Parkdale Collegiate Institute, 150 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities83
Within 1 km: 1 library, 5 community centres, 8 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety15
7 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
South Parkdale
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (56% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 450 m away
134 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Moveable Inc
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, 3.4 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d2.0) (x991)- Height limit
- 23 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
- 13
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
138 Dowling Ave · 250 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-03-10
Proposal to construct a 14 storey residential purpose-built rental building.
City record1501 Queen St W · 260 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-02-17
Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment to develop a 10 and 7 storey mixed use building with 141 affordable rental units, including 54 rental replacement units, and institutional uses. The development includes 8,341 square metres of gross
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 | South Parkdale/King West | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,436 | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,826 | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,436 | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $3,747 | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,931 | $1,945 | $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, June 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 8
- Units
- 42
- Built
- 1953
- 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, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 4
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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