34 Walmer Rd
Toronto, Ontario M5R
A 10-storey, 61-unit private rental building built in 1971.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
4 bylaw investigations 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.
- Not enough heat 2
- Repairs and upkeep 2
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172601 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172600 000 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 117305 HEA 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 145957 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.
- Parking garage repair 2
- Alterations 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Jan 2023
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal to repair and waterproof garage roof slab on south side of building and part of building perimeter . concrete repair of two beams at ground/parking roof level.
Permit 23 101305 BLD · est. $220,000
- Apr 2020
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Permit Issued
Proposed replacement of fire alarm control panel and annunciator on emergency bases
Permit 20 130378 FSU · est. $10,000
- Jul 2018
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install one backflow prevention device.
Permit 18 193535 PSA · est. $7,000
- Jul 2016
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal to renovate existing swimming pool area for gym use.
Permit 16 185718 BLD · est. $30,000
- Aug 2014
Alterations · Addition(s) · Cancelled
Proposal for addition of Glazed Balcony Enclosure Systems to all of the balconies of the existing apartment building with RECRACTABLE GLAZING SYSTEMS as in compliance with the City of Toronto Standards.
Permit 14 204087 BLD · est. $350,000
- Apr 2010
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal to replace and repair a portion of the concrete slab and entrance ramp of underground parking level P1 of an existing apartment building.
Permit 10 145542 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
71/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit98
118.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Spadina (1 Yonge-University Line), 180 m.
- Parks & trees5
2.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 180 m. 484 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling89
Within 1 km: 5.1 km of protected lanes, 4.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.1 km of shared routes. 13 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Huron Street Jr Public School , 430 m), plus 11 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 2 community centres, 17 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety40
4 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
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
No expressway within 2 km
3.7 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly University Of Toronto Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories
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, 1.3 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) (x901)- 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
- 37
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
173 Lowther Ave · 40 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2025-12-02
Lift the hold ('H') application for By-law 410-2024.
City record171 Lowther Ave · 30 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-10-17
Site Plan Approval for a 11-storey residential building with 64 dwelling units, including the retention of part of the heritage building at 171 Lowther Avenue.
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 | University/Annex | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto 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.
99 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 10
- Units
- 61
- Built
- 1971
- Elevators
- 2
- Heating
- Electric
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 8AM TO 10 PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Amenities
- 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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