34 Oxford St
Toronto, Ontario M5T
A 5-storey, 189-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1979.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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City building permits
14 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 4
- Balcony repair 3
- Fire and life safety 2
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Parking garage repair 1
- Sep 2025
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Permit Issued
Miscellaneous typical concrete repairs within the underground garage & waterproofing replacement of plaza deck at three (3) courtyards.
Permit 25 228920 BLD · est. $560,000
- Dec 2024
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Rooftop Solar PV Array
Permit 24 250734 BLD · est. $92,500
- Jul 2023
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
PROPOSED: Isolated repairs to the fire damaged balcony slab and balcony railing at unit 519
Permit 23 173427 BLD · est. $20,000
- Jul 2022
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Permit Issued
Proposal for localized concrete balcony repairs to this existing apartment building.
Permit 22 183381 BLD · est. $357,766
- Nov 2017
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Replace existing fire alarm control panel and annunciator
Permit 17 266117 FSU · est. $10,000
- Feb 2017
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Permit Issued
Proposal for balcony slab repairs on all sides of an existing apartment buiilding (approx 50% of balconies). No guard repairs.
Permit 17 118513 BLD
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- Apr 2016
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal for isolated garage roof slab and foundationa wall repairs
Permit 16 137822 BLD
- Feb 2016
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to an existing apartment building.
Permit 16 113491 PLB
- Feb 2016
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to an existing apartment building.
Permit 16 113491 HVA
- Feb 2016
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued
Proposal for interior alterations to an existing apartment building.
Permit 16 113491 BLD
- Jul 2013
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install 3" back flow preventer in existing apartment building.
Permit 13 204969 PSA · est. $5,000
- Oct 2009
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal for structural alterations for replacement of emergency generator in existing apartment building.
Permit 09 170913 HVA
- Sep 2009
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposal for structural alterations for replacement of emergency generator in existing apartment building.
Permit 09 170913 BLD · est. $60,000
- Feb 2001
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
install fire alarm and voice communication system
Permit 01 107959 FSU
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
52/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit44
33.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Queen's Park (1 Yonge-University Line), 950 m.
- Parks & trees14
3.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 350 m. 619 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling88
Within 1 km: 4.45 km of protected lanes, 6 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.25 km of shared routes. 9 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
11 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Lord Lansdowne Jr Sr & Da Vinci, 230 m), plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 1 community centre, 19 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety19
7 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
Kensington-Chinatown
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.3× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.1× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (14× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% 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
No expressway within 2 km
62.4 tonnes a year from 8 facilities, mostly University Of Toronto Central Steam Plant
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, 120 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 1
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 (f4.5; d1.0) (x846)- 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
- 4
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
309 Augusta Ave · 60 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-07-22
Proposed six storey hotel with restaurant components containing 2194sqm of non-residential gross floor area. No parking is proposed.
City record333 College St · 70 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2025-12-23
A 20-storey privately-owned student residence building containing 17,649 square metres of residential gross floor area and 60 square metres of retail gross floor area at grade.
City record502 Spadina Ave · 210 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-20
Proposed nine-storey mixed-use building with a residential gross floor area of 8,213 square metres, including 109 affordable rental units, and a non-residential gross floor area of 3,185 square metres.
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 | Kensington-Chinatown | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | - | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,497* | $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.
89 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 189
- Built
- 1979
- Elevators
- 3
- 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
- Free
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 11
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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