312 Douglas Ave
Toronto, Ontario M5M
A 3-storey, 11-unit private rental building built in 1951.
- Property manager
- Avenue Road Investment Limited
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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
3 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2026; 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 2
- Not enough heat 1
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 236944 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173029 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173028 000 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
2 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 1
- Alterations 1
- May 2020
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to existing residential unit 201 on second floor of existing multi unit residential building.
Permit 20 149796 PLB
- May 2020
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Proposal for interior alterations to existing residential unit 201 on second floor of existing multi unit residential building.
Permit 20 149796 BLD · est. $25,000
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
36/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit22
17.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Lawrence (1 Yonge-University Line), 1.2 km.
- Parks & trees23
6.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 160 m. 581 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling13
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.9 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute, 540 m), plus 5 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities12
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 0 community centres, 9 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
Bedford Park-Nortown
- AssaultAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (38% of the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Bicycle theftLower than most
Lower than 82 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
Highway 401, 1.9 km away
44 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Avenue 1 Cleaners
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, 6.8 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 1.0 (c1.0; r1.0) SS2 (x12)- Height limit
- 10.5 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
- 3
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1650-1660 Avenue Rd · 290 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2021-10-27
Site Plan and Zoning By-law amendment applications for a proposed redevelopment of the site to permit a 9-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 830 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 13,155
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 | Bedford Park-Nortown | North York (Southwest) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,323 | $1,379 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,576 | $1,567 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,943 | $1,814 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,790 | $2,243 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,756 | $1,728 | $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.
- 2014
- 0.51% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2016
- 0.50% lower rent · tenants notified
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.
99 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 11
- Built
- 1951
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Avenue Road Investment Limited
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement level, 9-9
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Parking
- Ground level garage, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 8
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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