497 St Clair Ave W
Toronto, Ontario M5P
A 4-storey, 19-unit social housing building built in 1930.
- Property manager
- Zerin Development 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
12 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 2025; 3 notices or orders 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 8
- Garbage 4
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 213216 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 203176 WST 00 IR
- Jul 2026
GarbageBylawNotice to comply · Jul 2026· Closed
Case 26 200636 WST 00 IV
- Jul 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 200465 WST 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2026· Closed
- Front Entrance: The (stairs, treads, risers, guards, handrails, and/or other appurtenant attachments) and/or their supporting structural members are not maintained in good repair.Namely the concrete steps are deteriorated and there is a guard missing on t… (closed)
- Garbage Area: The exterior garbage storage area is not maintained in a litter free and odour free condition. (closed)
- 4th Floor Hallway: Door(s), passageway(s) and/or exit(s), not maintained free from hazardous condition, obstruction and impediments.Namely, there is a stroller and a tv on the 4th floor hallway. (closed)
- Stairwell 2nd Floor: The (stairs, treads, risers, guards, handrails, and/or other appurtenant attachments) and/or their supporting structural members are not maintained in good repair.Namely, the tread located near the second floor stairwell (3rd step up), is… (closed)
Case 26 199876 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 195699 PRS 00 IR
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- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 194592 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 192734 WST 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 219660 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2025· Closed
- Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (closed)
- 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. (closed)
- Stairway: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (closed)
- Stairway: The guard is designed that a member, attachment or opening located between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level being protected facilitates climbing. (closed)
Case 25 217256 PRS 00 IV
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 207354 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 110801 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 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Feb 2018
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
New egress window out of basement apartment
Permit 18 121975 BLD
- Dec 2017
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Proposed fire alarm panel replacement
Permit 17 275348 FSU · est. $20,000
- Mar 2015
Alterations · Other(BA) · Permit Issued
Proposal to construct an exterior barrier free entrance ramp (wheelchair) at the front of an existing 3-storey apartment building. To also install a wheelchair stair lift from basement level to ground.
Permit 15 132040 BLD
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
67/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit88
61 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Clair West (1 Yonge-University Line), 160 m.
- Parks & trees73
22.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 70 m. 400 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling75
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 6.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.95 km of shared routes. 5 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby29
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary School, 350 m), plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities53
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 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
Casa Loma
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% of the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (51% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 68 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
11.4 tonnes a year from 1 facility, 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, 3.2 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
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR 3.0 (c2.0; r2.0) SS2 (x1424)- Height limit
- 16 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
- 35
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
544-546 St Clair Ave W · 280 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2025-06-30
Site Plan Control application to permit a 3 storey addition with a roof top outdoor playground associated with the proposed childcare space at 542 St. Clair Avenue West (eastern portion) to the existing 3 storey place of worship building (C
City record40 Raglan Ave · 270 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2022-09-16
Current proposal since Nov 2025: is for a 37-storey (including Mechanical Penthouse level with indoor and outdoor amenity space), mixed use building with a 174 square metre on site park, a 245 square metre Community Agency Space, and a 19 s
City record536 St Clair Ave W · 200 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-08-23
Site Plan application for a 35-storey mixed use building comprised of 152 square metres of retail space on the ground floor, and 380 residential units.
City record
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 | Casa Loma | Toronto (North) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,560 | $1,570 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,001 | $1,892 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,476 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $2,985 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,677* | $2,057 | $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 2017). Not resident reviews.
82 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 19
- Built
- 1930
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Zerin Development Corporation
- Heating
- Electric
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 12
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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