494 Runnymede Rd
Toronto, Ontario M6S
A 3-storey, 36-unit private rental building built in 1975.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
3 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024.
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 2
- Repairs and upkeep 1
- Nov 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 244900 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 223860 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 222574 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
1 permit the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Mar 2013
Heating, cooling and ventilation · HVAC: Parking Garages · Permit Issued
Install ventilation system to detached parking garage for 4 storey apartment building
Permit 13 133922 MSA · est. $30,000
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
46/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit18
15.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Runnymede (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 900 m.
- Parks & trees13
3.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 370 m. 652 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling46
Within 1 km: 0.5 km of protected lanes, 3.5 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.9 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
12 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Runnymede Jr & Sr Public School, 460 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 23 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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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Runnymede-Bloor West Village
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (80% of the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (81% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (89% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (81% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× 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
5.1 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Cintas Canada limited
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, 6.2 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 (d0.6) (x737)- Height limit
- Set by the zone
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 | High Park North/Junction | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,422 | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,863 | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,338 | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,008 | $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.
91 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 36
- Built
- 1975
- Elevators
- 0
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HRS
- Pets
- Allowed - small dogs only
- Parking
- Underground garage, surface parking, parking deck
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 4
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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