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Building Review

470 Summerhill Ave

Toronto, Ontario M4W

A 3-storey, 17-unit private rental building built in 1952.

Living score
39/100
Built
1952
Units
17
Storeys
3
City inspection
95/100
Property manager
Law Property Management

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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 Jun 2026.

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 1
  • Repairs and upkeep 1
  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172719 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172718 000 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

39/ 100

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

  • Transit2

    4.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 1 route. Nearest subway or LRT: Summerhill (1 Yonge-University Line), 1.4 km.

  • Parks & trees89

    38.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 80 m. 625 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling83

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 9.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 5.65 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby18

    3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Whitney Jr Public School, 300 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities2

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 0 community centres, 4 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety95

    0 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Rosedale-Moore Park

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Higher than most

    Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.0× the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).

  • HomicideLower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (67% 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

Traffic pollutionLow

Don Valley Parkway, 1.1 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmLow

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, 2.0 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

Residential

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (d1.0) (x246)
Height limit
12 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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsRosedaleToronto (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,606$1,491
1 bed$2,203$2,042$1,761
2 beds$2,488$2,776$2,045
3+ beds-$3,580*$2,294
All units$2,358$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 2018). Not resident reviews.

95 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
3
Units
17
Built
1952
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Garage, 24/7
Pets
Allowed - as per by-laws
Parking
Ground level garage
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
16 indoor
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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