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Building Review

312 Lonsdale Rd

Toronto, Ontario M4V

A 4-storey, 19-unit private rental building built in 1927.

Living score
55/100
Built
1927
Units
19
Storeys
4
City inspection
94/100

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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

1 bylaw investigation at this address since Apr 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.

  • Repairs and upkeep 1
  • Apr 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 138216 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

6 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 2
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Sep 2018

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

    Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to unit 6.

    Permit 18 219898 PLB

  • Sep 2018

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

    HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to unit 6.

    Permit 18 219898 HVA

  • Sep 2018

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Cancelled

    Proposal for interior alterations to unit 6.

    Permit 18 219898 BLD

  • Oct 2014

    Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed

    To replace existing shelf angles.

    Permit 14 241604 BLD · est. $595,000

  • Oct 2011

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed

    Permit to install one backflow device in basement of existing apartment building.

    Permit 11 293469 PSA · est. $1,500

  • Feb 2005

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Fire alarm and emergency lighting retrofit under 9.5 of Ontario Fire Code

    Permit 05 108969 FSU · est. $11,000

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

55/ 100

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

  • Transit62

    12.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Clair West (1 Yonge-University Line), 680 m.

  • Parks & trees71

    18 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 240 m. 743 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling61

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 4.5 km of bike lanes and trails, 6.05 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby29

    3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary School, 510 m), plus 8 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities22

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 4 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

Forest Hill South

  • AssaultAmong the lowest

    Lower than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (44% of the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the highest

    Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.4× the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (58% of the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest

    Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (63% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% 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 kmLow

None reported

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, 3.5 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 (d2.0) (x542)
Height limit
12 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
14
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 11 Thelma Ave · 60 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-07-15

    Site Plan Approval for a 7-storey residential building, with 16 dwelling units, 49 vehicle parking spaces, and 10 bicylce parking spaces.

    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
BedroomsToronto (North) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,570$1,491
1 bed$1,892$1,761
2 beds$2,476$2,045
3+ beds$2,985$2,294
All units$2,057$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.

94 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
19
Built
1927
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Basement, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Ground level garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
12

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

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