470 Melita Cres
Toronto, Ontario M6G
A 5-storey, 37-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1980.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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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
8 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2024; 1 still open.
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 6
- Not enough heat 1
- Zoning 1
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 220488 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 212622 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172252 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172251 000 00 IR
- May 2025
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 25 156157 ZON 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 146876 PRS 00 IR
Show 2 older cases
- Jan 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 108753 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 243163 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
3 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
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Aug 2020
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
Proposal for entrance repairs including guardrail replacement.
Permit 20 182727 BLD
- Jun 2016
Plumbing and drains · Other(PS) · Closed
PLUMBING RISERS REPLACEMENT AND DHW BOILER PLANT UPGRADE
Permit 16 175117 PSA · est. $1,000,000
- Jul 2014
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Proposal to repair 54 balconies with guard replacements and localized brick repairs
Permit 14 191893 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
46/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit28
21.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Ossington (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.1 km.
- Parks & trees20
5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 90 m. 644 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling63
Within 1 km: 0.1 km of protected lanes, 5.15 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.7 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Bruno And St Raymond Catholic Elementary School, 110 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 12 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety64
2 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
Wychwood
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (66% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (65% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- HomicideAmong the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× 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
11.9 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Toronto Transit Commission Hillcrest Complex
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, 2.6 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 (d1.0) (x753)- 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 | Wychwood | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,304 | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,681 | $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.
90 / 100City inspection score, June 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 37
- Built
- 1980
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- On site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 12
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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