495 Wilson Ave
Toronto, Ontario M3H
A 5-storey, 132-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1995.
- 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
3 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 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.
- Repairs and upkeep 2
- Not enough heat 1
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173311 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173310 000 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 265153 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
15 permits 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 7
- Plumbing and drains 4
- Alterations 3
- Fire and life safety 1
- Jun 2026
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Boiler/Furnace/AC Replacement · Permit Issued
Proposal for Heating and Domestic Hot Water Boiler Replacement.
Permit 26 193008 MSA · est. $750,000
- Mar 2026
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Revision Issued
Rev 01 - UPGRADING ACCESSIBILITY: DESIGN REVISIONS + SPRINKLER SHOP DRAWINGSPlumbing - Proposal for interior alterations
Permit 25 234249 PLB
- Mar 2026
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Revision Issued
Rev 01 - UPGRADING ACCESSIBILITY: DESIGN REVISIONS + SPRINKLER SHOP DRAWINGSHVAC - Proposal for interior alterations
Permit 25 234249 HVA
- Mar 2026
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Revision Issued
Rev 01 - UPGRADING ACCESSIBILITY: DESIGN REVISIONS + SPRINKLER SHOP DRAWINGSProposal for interior alterations
Permit 25 234249 BLD
- Oct 2025
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations
Permit 25 234249 PLB
- Oct 2025
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations
Permit 25 234249 HVA
Show 9 older permits
- Oct 2025
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Proposal for interior alterations
Permit 25 234249 BLD · est. $500,000
- Dec 2024
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Cancelled
Plumbing - PROPOSED UPGRADING ACCESSIBILITY + UNIVERSAL WASHROOM
Permit 24 250141 PLB
- Dec 2024
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Cancelled
HVAC - PROPOSED UPGRADING ACCESSIBILITY + UNIVERSAL WASHROOM
Permit 24 250141 HVA
- Dec 2024
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Cancelled
PROPOSED UPGRADING ACCESSIBILITY + UNIVERSAL WASHROOM
Permit 24 250141 BLD · est. $500,000
- Feb 2020
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Permit Issued
Proposal for fire alarm upgrade to the ground floor office suite in the existing apartment building.
Permit 20 117031 FSU
- Jun 2017
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Add on /Ductwork · Inspection
Make up air unit replacement in the commercial space
Permit 17 189075 MSA
- Jun 2017
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Boiler/Furnace/AC Replacement · Inspection
Proposal for the replacement of boilers.
Permit 17 188983 MSA
- Jun 2015
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Add on /Ductwork · Closed
replace make up air units with duckwork
Permit 15 177918 MSA · est. $167,000
- Sep 2011
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install backflow preventer
Permit 11 274796 PSA · est. $5,000
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
40/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit98
110.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 13 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Wilson (1 Yonge-University Line), 440 m.
- Parks & trees16
5.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 260 m. 466 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling6
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.05 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby10
2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Faywood Arts Based Curriculum School, 580 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities22
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 2 community centres, 4 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety19
6 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
Shown for context. None of this is part of the living score.
Safety
Clanton Park
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Lower than 73 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
Allen Road, 340 m away
251 kg a year from 2 facilities, mostly Toronto Transit Commission Wilson 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
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 9.1 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
Not in the city-wide by-law
This site is still governed by a former municipality’s zoning by-law, which the city-wide data does not cover.
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 | North York (N.Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,471 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,771 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,039 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,324 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,989 | $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.
97 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 132
- Built
- 1995
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- On site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 6
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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