434 Gerrard St E
Toronto, Ontario M5A
A 3-storey, 16-unit social housing building built in 1891.
- Property manager
- Homes First Society
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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
4 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 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.
- Not enough heat 3
- Repairs and upkeep 1
- Mar 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 129426 HEA 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 116459 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 251655 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 237457 HEA 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
3 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
- Jan 2021
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposed Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only)
Permit 21 105168 PSA · est. $3,495
- Dec 2017
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Permit Issued
Proposed installation of 2: backflow preventor in existing apartment building.
Permit 17 277771 PSA · est. $3,135
- Jan 2017
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Cancelled
Proposal to install a back flow preventor.
Permit 17 108502 PSA · est. $3,135
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
71/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit45
34.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Castle Frank (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.3 km.
- Parks & trees82
29.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 210 m. 507 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling93
Within 1 km: 5.55 km of protected lanes, 7.4 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.4 km of shared routes. 7 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Sprucecourt Jr Public School, 230 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 2 community centres, 16 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety80
1 collision 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
Cabbagetown-South St.James Town
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (46% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.5× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% 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, 450 m 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
- 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
Residential
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d1.0) (x851)- 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
- 1
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
620 Dundas St E · 290 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-01-13
Building 4A Proposal to construct a 26-storey tower, 10 storey mid-rise podium TCHC social housing building with 271 units, retail at grade along Gerrard Street East, community space on the ground floor and mezzanine, with one level of unde
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 | Cabbagetown-South St. James Town | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,349 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,903 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,331 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,829 | $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.
94 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 16
- Built
- 1891
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Homes First Society
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Basement, 24HR
- Pets
- Allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- 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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