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Building Review

30 Hillsboro Ave

Toronto, Ontario M5R

A 24-storey, 196-unit private rental building built in 1965.

Living score
59/100
Built
1965
Units
196
Storeys
24
City inspection
91/100

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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

8 bylaw investigations and 1 public health case at this address since Dec 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 7
  • Mould 1
  • Zoning 1
  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 174635 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 265759 ZON 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 244330 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 150892 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2025

    MouldPublic health· Under Investigation

    Case 10837805

  • Feb 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 119664 PRS 00 IR

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  • Feb 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 114353 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 253624 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 250514 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

5 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 2
  • Alterations 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • May 2025

    Alterations · Multiple Projects · Permit Issued

    Proposal for balcony repairs and window replacement

    Permit 25 155249 BLD · est. $6,500,000

  • Feb 2021

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Proposal to replace the fire alarm control panel and remote annunciator.

    Permit 21 113255 FSU · est. $50,000

  • Nov 2020

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

    Plumbing - Proposed interior alterations to partial ground floor amenities space

    Permit 20 214187 PLB

  • Nov 2020

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

    HVAC - Proposed interior alterations to partial ground floor amenities space

    Permit 20 214187 HVA

  • Nov 2013

    Plumbing and drains · Piping: Other Buildings · Permit Issued

    To install new piping throughout the whole of the 25 strorey apartment buildings (30 and 50 Hillsboro Ave).Note: Examiner to determing lineal meters of piping to be installed in whole of 30 and 50 Hillsboro Ave.

    Permit 13 262469 PSA · est. $475,000

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

59/ 100

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

  • Transit77

    37 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Rosedale (1 Yonge-University Line), 400 m.

  • Parks & trees48

    12.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 60 m. 453 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling89

    Within 1 km: 5.95 km of protected lanes, 4.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.65 km of shared routes. 8 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Jesse Ketchum Jr & Sr Public School, 340 m), plus 7 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities53

    Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 0 community centres, 10 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety12

    8 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Annex

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the highest

    Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • RobberyHigher than most

    Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the highest

    Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.8× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (6.2× the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the lowest

    Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% of the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Lower than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% 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

212 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Avenue Collision 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
Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 1.5 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

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (f5.0; d1.0) (x485)
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
6
Registered short-term rentals at this address
1
  • 55 Belmont St · 250 m away

    Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2025-02-13

    Proposed 11-storey addition that will add 168 long-term care beds and 30 assisted living units at the north end of the existing long-term care home for seniors.

    City record
  • 183 Avenue Rd · 240 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2021-10-25

    Site Plan Approval for an 11-storey mixed-use building containing 18 dwelling units and 400 square metres of non-residential gross floor area.

    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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsUniversity/AnnexToronto (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,553$1,606$1,491
1 bed$2,050$2,042$1,761
2 beds-$2,776$2,045
3+ beds-$3,580*$2,294
All units$2,199*$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.

91 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
24
Units
196
Built
1965
Elevators
3
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Level b1, 8 AM TO 10 PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Bike parking
10 indoor, 10 outdoor
Amenities
Indoor pool, indoor exercise room, sauna
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
11

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

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