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Building Review

31 Princess St

Toronto, Ontario M5A

A 10-storey, 82-unit social housing building built in 1994.

Living score
72/100
Built
1994
Units
82
Storeys
10
City inspection
81/100

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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

2 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 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 1
  • Zoning 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 246293 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 261006 ZON 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

1 permit 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
  • Dec 2011

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Permit Issued

    Proposal to install one back flow prevention device.

    Permit 11 320690 PSA · est. $10,000

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

72/ 100

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

  • Transit66

    58.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 8 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: King (1 Yonge-University Line), 980 m.

  • Parks & trees54

    13 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 120 m. 558 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling95

    Within 1 km: 7.85 km of protected lanes, 4.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 15 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby85

    7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Market Lane Jr & Sr Public School , 110 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities91

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 7 community centres, 12 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety51

    3 collisions 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

St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (29% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Higher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (6.5× 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 pollutionModerate

Gardiner Expressway, 340 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

217.1 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Redpath Sugar Ltd

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, 1.0 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 SS1 (x339)
Height limit
90 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
22
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 298 King St E · 260 m away

    Site plan · OMB Appeal · submitted 2023-08-14

    Site Plan Application for a 42-storey (139.90 metres including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with 1,188 square metres of commercial uses at grade and 449 dwelling units.

    City record
  • 250 Front St E · 240 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-05-05

    for Corktown station

    City record
  • 296 King St E · 260 m away

    Rezoning · Appeal Received · submitted 2021-11-09

    This application proposes a 46-storey (158.2 metres including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with 478 dwelling units and 663 square metres of retail at grade.

    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
BedroomsWaterfront Communities-The IslandToronto (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio$2,092$1,606$1,491
1 bed$2,489$2,042$1,761
2 beds$3,114*$2,776$2,045
3+ beds-$3,580*$2,294
All units$2,681$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.

81 / 100City inspection score, June 2024. How buildings are scored

Type
Social housing
Storeys
10
Units
82
Built
1994
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Multiple floors, 9:00AM-11:00PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, carport
Visitor parking
Free
Bike parking
29 indoor
Amenities
Child play area
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
13

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

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