40 Gerrard St E
Toronto, Ontario M5B
A 33-storey, 447-unit private rental building built in 1969.
- Property manager
- Maple Leaf Property Management
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
16 bylaw investigations at this address since Mar 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 11
- Not enough heat 2
- Zoning 2
- Fences 1
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 219914 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 203358 HEA 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 197533 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172089 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172088 000 00 IR
- Apr 2026
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 26 148727 ZON 00 IR
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- Apr 2026
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 26 145591 ZON 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 124827 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 117586 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 117535 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 235994 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
FencesBylaw· Closed
Case 25 200820 FEN 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 199643 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 193535 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 129793 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 129791 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
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
- Parking garage repair 1
- Nov 2014
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
INSTALLATION OF BACKFLOW PREVENTER FOR PREMISE ISOLATION
Permit 14 253848 PSA · est. $10,000
- Mar 2012
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Cancelled
permit for parking garage repairs to existing apartment building
Permit 12 136905 BLD · est. $150,000
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
74/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit86
58 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: College (1 Yonge-University Line), 240 m.
- Parks & trees51
11.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 40 m. 613 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling95
Within 1 km: 8.65 km of protected lanes, 1.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.25 km of shared routes. 23 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
10 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Church St Jr & Native Learning Ctr, 430 m), plus 9 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities98
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 4 community centres, 14 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety0
18 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 3 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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About 1.2 km around the building. Select anything on the map for details. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Also worth knowing
Shown for context. None of this is part of the living score.
Safety
Downtown Yonge East
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.0× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.1× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.5× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (17× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× 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
Gardiner Expressway, 1.7 km away
145.6 tonnes a year from 5 facilities, mostly Walton Street 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
- Street Health, 860 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
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR 3.0 (c2.0; r3.0) SS1 (x2446)- 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
- 47
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
335 Yonge St · 280 m away
Site plan · Application Received · submitted 2026-08-31
This application is to facilitate a Site Plan Agreement for the subject site, which would permit an extension of the temporary use permit for the outdoor market.
21 Mcgill St · 70 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-05-25
Site Plan Approval for a 7-storey addition to the existing Covenant House Toronto. The proposal would increase its youth crisis and supportive housing capacity with 158 beds (provided across a mix of dwelling rooms and dwelling units).
City record444 Yonge St · 210 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-07-09
Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application for three towers of 65, 75 and 96 storeys proposed above the existing designated heritage College Park building, which will form the base of the towers. A total of 2,342 reside
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 | Church-Yonge Corridor | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,698 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,922 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,536 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,008 | $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.
82 / 100City inspection score, July 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 33
- Units
- 447
- Built
- 1969
- Elevators
- 4
- Managed by
- Maple Leaf Property Management
- Heating
- Forced air gas
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- 2nd floor, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Bike parking
- 12 outdoor
- Amenities
- Indoor pool, sauna
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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