3950 Lawrence Ave E
Toronto, Ontario M1G
A 15-storey, 164-unit private rental building built in 1967.
- Property manager
- Uperside Apartments Ltd
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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
17 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 2024; 1 notice or order to comply; 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 12
- Garbage 3
- Not enough heat 2
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2026· Closed
- Compactor Room: Garbage storage area is not maintained in a litter free and odour free condition. (closed)
Case 26 232895 PRS 00 IV
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 228634 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 227538 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2026
GarbageBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 217345 WST 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 189046 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170358 000 00 IR
Show 11 older cases
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170357 000 00 IR
- May 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 163275 WST 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 157830 PRS 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 157288 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 248271 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 241244 HEA 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 210220 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 183259 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 173649 WST 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 254211 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 254096 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
4 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Fire and life safety 2
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Nov 2024
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Proposed fire alarm panel replacement
Permit 24 234771 FSU · est. $40,000
- Nov 2016
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install one backflow preventor.
Permit 16 255069 PSA · est. $6,644
- Dec 2011
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
repair 112 balconies
Permit 11 322060 BLD · est. $967,000
- Dec 2003
Fire and life safety · Other(FS) · Closed
ADD FIRE HOSE RACK IN MECH PENTHOUSE
Permit 03 200522 FSU · est. $3,000
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
47/ 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 2 routes.
- Parks & trees98
66 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 80 m. 100 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling38
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 2.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.95 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Willow Park Jr Public School, 580 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities26
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 9 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
Morningside
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the lowest
Lower than 100 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (30% of the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the lowest
Lower than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (43% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (28% of the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (76% 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
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, 17.6 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 Apartment Commercial
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RAC (au67.0) (x45)- Height limit
- Set by the zone
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
- 0
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
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 | Morningside | Scarborough (East) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,555 | $1,460 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,447 | $1,633 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,614 | $1,852 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $1,784 | $2,072 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,580 | $1,816 | $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
- 1.64% 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.
83 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 15
- Units
- 164
- Built
- 1967
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Uperside Apartments Ltd
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 8 AM TO 10 PM
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 24
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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