50 Cordova Ave
Toronto, Ontario M9A
A 37-storey, 285-unit private rental building built in 1973.
- Property manager
- Compten Management Inc.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
3 bylaw investigations at this address since Jul 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 171898 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171897 000 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 199736 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
7 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Fire and life safety 3
- Balcony repair 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Alterations 1
- Parking garage repair 1
- Dec 2020
Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Permit Issued
Install maglock (door holder open) at the main entrance elevator lobby
Permit 20 227558 FSU · est. $2,000
- Mar 2019
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
upgrade fire alarm panel, repalce with Mircom FX2000
Permit 19 130578 FSU · est. $60,000
- Nov 2018
Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Closed
Proposal to install 10 Maglocks on ground, B1,B2 and recreation centre floors of existing apartment building
Permit 18 261849 FSU · est. $2,000
- Mar 2014
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Balcony slab repairs and gaurd rail replacement (280 Balcony's)
Permit 14 123671 BLD
- Jan 2012
Heating, cooling and ventilation · HVAC: Other Group C Buildings · Permit Issued
Chiller replacement to an existing apartment building.
Permit 12 105950 MSA · est. $250,000
- May 2002
Alterations · Addition(s) · Closed
Parking garage ramp enclosure to apartment building.
Permit 02 137717 BLD
Show 1 older permit
- Jan 2002
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed - Dormant
Concrete repairs to underground parking garage & ramp enclosure
Permit 02 104893 BLD · est. $320,000
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
71/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit93
74.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Islington (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 280 m.
- Parks & trees67
21 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 220 m. 232 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling61
Within 1 km: 2.75 km of protected lanes, 2.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby20
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Islington Jr Mdl School , 130 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities81
Within 1 km: 1 library, 5 community centres, 7 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
Etobicoke City Centre
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.3× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.6× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- HomicideHigher than most
Higher than 79 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
No expressway within 2 km
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, 10.0 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
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
- 7
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1276 Islington Ave · 90 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-01-09
Proposed infill development of a 35-storey, 25,700.63 square-metre, purpose-built rental building containing 375 residential units, and 262 parking spaces provided between four levels of underground parking. The existing 12-storey residenti
City record1243 Islington Ave · 270 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-10-24
Application to amend the Zoning By-law at 1243 Islington Avenue to permit a 61 storey (191-metre, excluding mechanical penthouse), comprising 702 dwelling units and 90 square metres of non-residential gross floor area at grade. A 170 square
City record4975 Dundas St W · 270 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-08-20
The application seeks to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law for the lands at 4975 Dundas Street to apply the Commercial Residential (CR) zone and permit a development consisting of a 4-storey base building (19.5 metres in height) and
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 | Islington/City Centre North | Etobicoke (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,724 | $1,693 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,867 | $1,874 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,074 | $2,200 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,199 | $2,529 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,979 | $2,162 | $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.
94 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 37
- Units
- 285
- Built
- 1973
- Elevators
- 4
- Managed by
- Compten Management Inc.
- Heating
- Forced air gas
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- B-1 level basement, 8:00AM - 10:00PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Amenities
- Indoor pool, indoor recreation room, indoor exercise room, sauna
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 3
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