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Building Review

424 Yonge St

Toronto, Ontario M5B

A 10-storey, 210-unit private rental building built in 1940.

Living score
64/100
Built
1940
Units
210
Storeys
10
City inspection
97/100
Property manager
Gwlra Residential

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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

13 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 2025; 2 notices or orders to comply.

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 8
  • Not enough heat 5
  • Jul 2026

    Not enough heatBylawNotice to comply · Jul 2026· Closed

    Case 26 202868 HEA 00 IV

  • Jul 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 194899 HEA 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 186707 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 183856 HEA 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172725 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172724 000 00 IR

Show 7 older cases
  • Feb 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 118362 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 244103 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Oct 2025· Closed

    • Throughout Dwelling Unit: The dwelling does not have a heating system capable of maintaining a room temperature of twenty-one degrees Celsius(21?C). (closed)

    Case 25 241412 PRS 00 IV

  • Oct 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 241406 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 240764 HEA 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 202841 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 101906 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.

From City of Toronto open data

Neighbourhood

Living score

64/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit81

    45.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: College (1 Yonge-University Line), 20 m.

  • Parks & trees43

    11.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 90 m. 456 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling91

    Within 1 km: 7.85 km of protected lanes, 1.35 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.4 km of shared routes. 19 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby93

    11 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Church St Jr & Native Learning Ctr, 470 m), plus 10 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities53

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 16 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety4

    12 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

Yonge-Bay Corridor

  • AssaultAmong the highest

    Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.3× the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the highest

    Higher than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.2× the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the highest

    Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.5× the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest

    Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the highest

    Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (6.4× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (31× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× 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

Traffic pollutionLow

Gardiner Expressway, 1.9 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

147.6 tonnes a year from 7 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
Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 1.0 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

Commercial Residential

Category
Mixed use
Zone label
CR 7.8 (c2.0; r7.8) SS1 (x2321)
Height limit
61 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
28
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 21 Mcgill St · 170 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 record
  • 27 Grosvenor St · 260 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-04-15

    Zoning By-law Amendment to amend the Section 37 Agreement of By-law 1096-2021 to reduce the size of the child-care centre previously approved, while increasing capacity to 62 children (from 49).

    City record
  • 444 Yonge St · 30 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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsBay Street CorridorToronto (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio$2,048$1,606$1,491
1 bed$2,619$2,042$1,761
2 beds$3,811$2,776$2,045
3+ beds-$3,580*$2,294
All units$2,975$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 2021). Not resident reviews.

97 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
10
Units
210
Built
1940
Elevators
3
Heating
Forced air gas
Air conditioning
Central air
Laundry
Every floor, 8 AM TO 10 PM
Pets
Allowed - city pet by-laws
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
30 indoor
Amenities
Indoor recreation room, indoor exercise room, sauna
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
11

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

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