5 Glamorgan Ave
Toronto, Ontario M1P
A 10-storey, 140-unit private rental building built in 1974.
- Property manager
- Firm Capital Properties Inc
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
8 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2024; 2 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 7
- Not enough heat 1
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170532 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170531 000 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 149614 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Mar 2025· Closed
- Exterior garbage bin loaded beyond the top of the container. (open)
- Exterior garbage bin(s) covers left open. (open)
- The exterior garbage storage area is not maintained in a litter free and odour free condition. (open)
Case 25 134635 PRS 00 IV
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 122871 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Feb 2025· Closed
- Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
- Interior door(s), frames(s), glass pane(s), and/or hardware not maintained in good repair. (open)
- Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
Case 25 111967 PRS 00 IV
Show 2 older cases
- Jan 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 110256 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 237237 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
4 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
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Jan 2026
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Examiner's Notice Sent
Proposed interior alterations to convert existing storage and locker room to residential rental units
Permit 26 109612 BLD · est. $200,000
- Sep 2024
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
EXPAND EXISTING FIRE ALARM SYSTEM TO FACILITATE A NEW SMOKE DETECTOR ON EACH FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE ELEVATORS TO FACILITATE ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION
Permit 24 208529 FSU · est. $24,000
- Mar 2018
Alterations · Fire Damage · Closed
Proposed: Structural Repair to fire damaged building
Permit 18 131847 BLD
- Jul 2015
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
install backflow preventer
Permit 15 196636 PSA · est. $5,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
27/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit41
30.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes.
- Parks & trees9
8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 490 m. 82 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling2
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby7
2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Glamorgan Jr Public School, 570 m), plus 1 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 safety80
1 collision 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
Dorset Park
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Auto theftHigher than most
Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× 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
Highway 401, 660 m away
268.5 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly Allied Halo Industries Inc
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, 13.4 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 Apartment Commercial
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RAC (au67.0) (x33)- 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 | Dorset Park | Scarborough (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,520 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | - | $1,610 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,642* | $1,843 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $1,814 | $1,932 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,670* | $1,754 | $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.
87 / 100City inspection score, September 2024. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 10
- Units
- 140
- Built
- 1974
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Firm Capital Properties Inc
- Heating
- Forced air gas
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 21
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