422 Willowdale Ave
Toronto, Ontario M2N
A 4-storey, 16-unit social housing building built in 1992.
- Property manager
- Canadian Helen Keller Centre
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Issues & maintenance
Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.
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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.
- Plumbing and drains 3
- Fire and life safety 1
- Apr 2022
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Replacement of fire alarm control panel and install new devices
Permit 22 137586 FSU
- Jul 2018
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposed backflow prevention device
Permit 18 191435 PSA · est. $2,850
- Aug 2003
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install backflow preventer.
Permit 03 168530 PSA
- Aug 2003
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Cancelled
To install a back check water valve.
Permit 03 165641 PSA
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
28/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit31
23.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Finch (1 Yonge-University Line), 810 m.
- Parks & trees10
3.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 370 m. 514 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling43
Within 1 km: 1.75 km of protected lanes, 1.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby20
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Mckee Public School , 620 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities31
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 2 community centres, 6 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety51
2 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
East Willowdale
- AssaultLower than most
Lower than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (87% of the city median).
- ShootingsLower than most
Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (51% 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, 12.3 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 Multiple Dwelling
- Category
- Low-rise residential
- Zone label
RM (u16) (x53)- Height limit
- 11.5 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
- 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 | Willowdale East/Newtonbrook East | North York (Northeast) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,498 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,847 | $1,815 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,319 | $2,156 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,745 | $2,342 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,098 | $2,081 | $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.
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.
98 / 100City inspection score, June 2024. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 16
- Built
- 1992
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Canadian Helen Keller Centre
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HOUR
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 18
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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