456 Palmerston Blvd
Toronto, Ontario M6G
A 4-storey, 32-unit private rental building built in 1904.
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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
2 bylaw investigations at this address since Aug 2025; 1 notice or order 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 2
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2025· Closed
- Throughout Building – Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. Namely, throughout the building stairwell. (closed)
- Throughout Building – Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 920 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard from a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosings.Namely, throughout the building stairwell. (closed)
- Throughout Building – Stairway: Required handrails on stairs or ramps are less than 865mm or more than 965mm high.Namely, throughout the building stairwell. (closed)
- Throughout Building – Stairway: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres.Namely, throughout the building stairwell. (closed)
Case 25 212956 PRS 00 IV
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 212272 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.
City building permits
2 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Jun 2022
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Interior repair and replacement mechanical crawl space and interior of unit H to existing residential building
Permit 22 162480 BLD · est. $25,000
- Feb 2011
Fire and life safety · Other(FS) · Closed
Proposal to replace existing fire panel in apartment building.
Permit 11 123536 FSU · est. $4,500
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
68/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit63
13.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Christie (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 570 m.
- Parks & trees48
9.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 430 m. 727 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling91
Within 1 km: 5.15 km of protected lanes, 6.25 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.15 km of shared routes. 9 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
13 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Harbord Collegiate Institute, 130 m), plus 8 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 2 community centres, 14 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety24
6 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
Palmerston-Little Italy
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (87% of the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (42% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (67% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (7.5× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- HomicideAmong the highest
Higher than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× 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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 920 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 (d0.6) (x735)- Height limit
- 11 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 | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,945 | $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.
81 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 32
- Built
- 1904
- Elevators
- 0
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Main flr, 9AM-9PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 14 outdoor
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 11
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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