5 High Park Ave
Toronto, Ontario M6P
A 3-storey, 21-unit private rental building built in 1926.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
5 bylaw investigations at this address since Feb 2025; 1 notice or order 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 3
- Garbage 1
- Not enough heat 1
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Closed
- Throughout Building: In a dwelling unit, a window located more than 2,000 millimetres above grade opens within 1,500 millimetres of the floor not leading to a balcony does not employ a controlled sash operation to restrict, when engaged, the opening of the ope… (closed)
Case 26 225734 PRS 00 IV
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 225559 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171646 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171645 000 00 IR
- Feb 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 111657 WST 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
83/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit94
76.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 8 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: High Park (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 140 m.
- Parks & trees99
68 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 50 m. 1,044 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling75
Within 1 km: 2.1 km of protected lanes, 3.65 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.5 km of shared routes. 8 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby79
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Keele St Jr School, 490 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities53
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 13 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
High Park North
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (67% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (60% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (35% of the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (60% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 1.7 km away
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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 5.0 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 (f12.0; d2.0) (x7)- Height limit
- 23 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
- 10
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
21 Oakmount Rd · 250 m away
Rezoning · Appeal Received · submitted 2025-09-09
Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment application for two residential tall buildings (41-storey and 39-storey respectively) with a 6-storey podium. The proposed development contemplates a total of 873 (including 11 rental replace
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 | 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.
- 2017
- 1.24% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 0.83% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2019
- 0.80% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2020
- 0.80% lower rent · tenants notified
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.
92 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 21
- Built
- 1926
- Elevators
- 0
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basment, 8AM - 11PM
- Pets
- Allowed - no loud/barking dogs please
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 12 outdoor
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 4
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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