42 Charles St E
Toronto, Ontario
A 470-unit condominium registered in 2016 (TSCC 2550).
- Living score
- 70/100
- Units
- 470
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City building permits
11 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 4
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Alterations 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Construction 1
- Demolition 1
- May 2016
Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Inspection
Proposal to install 16 electromagnetic locks in condominium building.
Permit 16 162166 FSU · est. $30,000
- Feb 2015
Plumbing and drains · Inside and Outside Drains · Inspection
Drain - Proposal to construct a 56 sty condo with 3 sty podium, 474 residential units, and 4 levels of below grade parking. NOTE: See active stand alone shoring permit 12 289406.
Permit 13 196215 STS
- Jun 2013
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection
Plumbing - Proposal to construct a 56 sty condo with 3 sty podium, 474 residential units, and 4 levels of below grade parking. NOTE: See active stand alone shoring permit 12 289406.
Permit 13 196215 PLB
- Jun 2013
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - Proposal to construct a 56 sty condo with 3 sty podium, 474 residential units, and 4 levels of below grade parking. NOTE: See active stand alone shoring permit 12 289406.
Permit 13 196215 HVA
- Jun 2013
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related (DR) · Inspection
Drain - Proposal to construct a 56 sty condo with 3 sty podium, 474 residential units, and 4 levels of below grade parking. NOTE: See active stand alone shoring permit 12 289406.
Permit 13 196215 DRN
- Jun 2013
Construction · Inspection
Proposal to construct a 56 sty condo with 3 sty podium, 474 residential units, and 4 levels of below grade parking. NOTE: See active stand alone shoring permit 12 289406.
Permit 13 196215 BLD
Show 5 older permits
- Dec 2012
Alterations · Shoring · Permit Issued
Stand alone shoring permit for future development.
Permit 12 289406 BLD
- Jan 2012
Demolition · Demolition · Closed
Proposal to demilosh existing 9 storey office building.
Permit 12 104191 DEM
- Oct 2003
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Make interior alterations to the 5th floor for new YMCA career academy. Existing: Office Building Proposed: Office Building & College - Interior Alterations
Permit 03 165066 PLB
- Oct 2003
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Make interior alterations to the 5th floor for new YMCA career academy. Existing: Office Building Proposed: Office Building & College - Interior Alterations
Permit 03 165066 HVA
- Jul 2003
Alterations · Interior Demolition · Closed
Remove interior non-loadbearing partitions and existing t-bar ceiling.
Permit 03 152434 BLD
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
70/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit91
69.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Bloor-Yonge (1 Yonge-University Line), 230 m.
- Parks & trees37
11.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 120 m. 366 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling94
Within 1 km: 8.3 km of protected lanes, 1.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.2 km of shared routes. 21 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
9 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Monsignor Fraser College - Isabella North, 580 m), plus 13 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 1 community centre, 12 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety12
9 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
Church-Wellesley
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (34% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (7.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (33% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% 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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.9 km away
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, 480 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 4.0 (c1.0; r4.0) SS1 (x2455)- Height limit
- 30 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
- 83
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
2 Bloor St E · 190 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-04-22
Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a self-storage warehouse use on floors 2-5 (formely The Bay retail space). The existing ground floor retail unit will be maintained. Access for loading and parking will be from Asquith Avenue. No new devel
City record94 Isabella St · 290 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-04-10
This application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a residential building with a height of 228.5 metres (69 storeys, inclusive of the mechanical penthouse), reflecting changes to the built from the original application (File No.
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 inventory of condominiums registered 2002–2018. Not resident reviews.
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 470
- Unit mix
- 115 studio · 211 one-bed · 124 two-bed · 20 three-bed+
- Condo plan
- TSCC 2550
- Registered
- October 2016
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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