42 Glen Elm Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4T
A 3-storey, 39-unit private rental building built in 1960.
- Property manager
- O'Shanter Development Company Ltd.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
2 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2026.
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 1
- Repairs and upkeep 1
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172290 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172289 000 00 IR
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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 3
- Alterations 3
- Balcony repair 1
- Jul 2019
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Permit Issued
HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to the parking garage to add new lockers.
Permit 19 184803 HVA
- Jul 2019
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued
Proposal for interior alterations to the parking garage to add new lockers.
Permit 19 184803 BLD · est. $100,000
- Aug 2017
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
REVISION 2 - revised drain plan for basementPlumbing - Proposal for a rear 1 storey addition and basement addition for tenant storage lockers, and interior alterations to existing basement. Scope of work includes adding 5 residential units.
Permit 16 135391 PLB
- Nov 2016
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Revision 1: Reduced scope of work. Sub-Basement storage area no longer proposed.Plumbing - Proposal for a rear 1 storey addition and basement addition for tenant storage lockers, and interior alterations to existing basement. Scope of work…
Permit 16 135391 PLB
- Nov 2016
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
Revision 1: due to reduced scopeHVAC - Proposal for a rear 1 storey addition and basement addition for tenant storage lockers, and interior alterations to existing basement. Scope of work includes adding 5 residential units.
Permit 16 135391 HVA
- Nov 2016
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
Revision 1: to reduce the scope of the addition. Sub-Basement storage area no longer proposed.Proposal for a rear 1 storey addition with basement addition, and interior alterations to existing parking garage, and basement storage areas. Cr…
Permit 16 135391 BLD
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- Apr 2016
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for a rear 1 storey addition and basement addition for tenant storage lockers, and interior alterations to existing basement. Scope of work includes adding 5 residential units.
Permit 16 135391 PLB
- Apr 2016
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal for a rear 1 storey addition and basement addition for tenant storage lockers, and interior alterations to existing basement. Scope of work includes adding 5 residential units.
Permit 16 135391 HVA
- Apr 2016
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
Proposal for a rear 1 storey addition with basement addition, and interior alterations to existing parking garage, and basement storage areas. Create 5 additional residential units to existing 34 unit apartment building (total 39 units). A…
Permit 16 135391 BLD · est. $2,200,000
- Aug 2015
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Inspection
Proposal to replace 24 balcony guards in existing apartment building.
Permit 15 205661 BLD · est. $37,000
- May 2014
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install one backflow prevention device.
Permit 14 158799 PSA · est. $5,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
58/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit90
68 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Clair (1 Yonge-University Line), 470 m.
- Parks & trees44
13.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 140 m. 274 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling78
Within 1 km: 2 km of protected lanes, 4.5 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.45 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby29
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Deer Park Jr & Sr Public School, 280 m), plus 5 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities53
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 10 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety24
4 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Rosedale-Moore Park
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Auto theftHigher than most
Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.0× the city median).
- ShootingsLower than most
Lower than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (67% 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, 2.8 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 (d0.6) (x922)- 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
- 40
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1 Heath St E · 270 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-06-16
Mixed use development consisting of three towers organized around a central publicly accessible open space (POPS), along with a new 1,560 m² public park at the northwest corner of the site. The development would include 661 residential unit
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 | Moore Park | Toronto (North) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,570 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,063 | $1,892 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,552 | $2,476 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $2,985 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,222 | $2,057 | $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.
- 2017
- 1.22% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 0.81% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2019
- 0.78% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2020
- 0.78% 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.
97 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 39
- Built
- 1960
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- O'Shanter Development Company Ltd.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement floor, 24HRS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 12
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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