5 Wakunda Pl
Toronto, Ontario M4A
A 11-storey, 198-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1967.
- 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
24 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 2024; 3 notices or orders to comply; 6 still open.
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 17
- Not enough heat 3
- Garbage 1
- Heat, water or power cut off 1
- Rooming house 1
- Zoning 1
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 246273 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Closed
- Dwelling Unit: Maximum temperature of hot water supplied by fittings to fixtures in a residential occupancy exceeds 49 degrees Celsius.Namely, supply of hot water in dwelling unit does not meet the requirement. (closed)
Case 26 216021 PRS 00 IV
- Aug 2026
Heat, water or power cut offBylaw· Closed
Case 26 215574 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 205529 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Order Issued
- Living Room: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.The walls in the living room are not in a good state of repair. (open)
- Bathroom: The supplied facility in or on the property is not constructed, installed and/or maintained so that it will function safely and effectively.Namely, the sink in the bathroom is not in a good state of repair. (open)
Case 26 223633 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 201810 PRS 00 IR
Show 18 older cases
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2026· Order Issued
- Building: The property is not maintained and/or kept clean in accordance with the standards.Namely, the common areas throughout the interior of the building are not maintained clean including but not limiited to: hallways, stairwells, garbage chute… (open)
- Stairway: The stair, landing and every appurtenance, surface cover and finish is not maintained. Namely, the stairs and stair landings in both stairwells throughout the building are not being maintained. (open)
- Stairway: Interior door(s), frames(s), glass pane(s), and/or hardware not maintained in good repair.Namely, stairwell doors throughout the building have peeling and cracked paint. (open)
- Stairway: Wall(s) not maintained clean.The walls in both stairwells are not maintained clean. (open)
- Building: Wall(s) not maintained clean.Namely, the hallway walls on all floors throughout the building are not maintained clean. (open)
Case 26 193650 PRS 00 IV
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 184723 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 146180 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 134153 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 132662 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2026
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 26 124677 ZON 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 120081 HEA 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 104952 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 265971 WST 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 229766 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 189378 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 185737 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 160796 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 148937 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 141123 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 135868 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 109612 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Rooming houseBylaw· Closed
Case 24 252575 RMH 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
12 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 4
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 3
- Plumbing and drains 3
- Fire and life safety 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Apr 2026
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Refusal Notice
HVAC - Proposal for ventilation system retrofit
Permit 26 152842 HVA
- Apr 2026
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued
Proposal for ventilation system retrofit.
Permit 26 152842 BLD · est. $800,000
- Apr 2021
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Cancelled
Revision #01 - Changes to interior exterior sprinkler layout. Proposed interior renovations of existing non-conforming group 'C' residential building to revise administration offices.
Permit 20 150161 BLD
- Apr 2021
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Permit Issued
Proposal for alterations to the existing sprinkler system.
Permit 21 136690 FSU · est. $250,000
- May 2020
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection
Plumbing - Proposed interior renovations of existing non-conforming group 'C' residential building to revise administration offices.
Permit 20 150161 PLB
- May 2020
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - Proposed interior renovations of existing non-conforming group 'C' residential building to revise administration offices.
Permit 20 150161 HVA
Show 6 older permits
- May 2020
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Proposed interior renovations of existing non-conforming group 'C' residential building to revise administration offices.
Permit 20 150161 BLD · est. $250,000
- Jul 2019
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Boiler/Furnace/AC Replacement · Closed
Replacement of existing hyronic boilers, domestic hot water boilers/tanks, pumps, piping, valves replacement. - 3 boilers
Permit 19 184816 MSA
- Jan 2016
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposed construction of structural pad for diesel powered generator.
Permit 16 101331 BLD · est. $500,000
- Mar 2015
Plumbing and drains · Site Service · Closed
Replacement of oil tank connected to a floor drain in the transformer vault with a new spill control chamber.
Permit 15 124081 STS · est. $100,000
- Oct 2011
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
install a 3" backflow preventer
Permit 11 292955 PSA · est. $5,000
- Oct 2010
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Inspection
Balcony and guard replacement on 2nd floor
Permit 10 284943 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
39/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit16
13.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: O'Connor (5 Eglinton Line), 1.0 km.
- Parks & trees20
7 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 200 m. 419 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling13
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0.3 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.25 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: O'Connor Public School, 80 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities85
Within 1 km: 1 library, 4 community centres, 9 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
Victoria Village
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (84% of the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (60% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (20% of the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× 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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.7 km away
86.1 tonnes a year from 10 facilities, mostly Griffith Foods 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
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 7.9 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
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RA (f30.0; a1375; d1.5) (x148)- 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
- 2
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1500 O'Connor Dr · 290 m away
Subdivision · Under Review · submitted 2025-07-04
Draft Plan of Subdivision application to create two development blocks, a new public park block and a new public street. The application also seeks approval by the City of a request that part of the Subject Site be classified as a Class 4
City record1660 O'Connor Dr · 190 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-11-22
Site Plan Control application to permit a seven-storey self-storage building containing 13,749.76 square metres of non-residential gross floor area, including 406.34 square metres of coworking office space proposed at-grade.
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 | Victoria Village | North York (Southeast) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,251 | $1,188* | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,608 | $1,638 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,816 | $1,890 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $1,834 | $2,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,688 | $1,842 | $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.
90 / 100City inspection score, June 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 11
- Units
- 198
- Built
- 1967
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- TCH
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Main floor, 7:00 AM- 10:00 PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 19
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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