50 Gloucester St
Toronto, Ontario M4Y
A 3-storey, 35-unit private rental building built in 1928.
- Property manager
- Akelius Canada Ltd
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Issues & maintenance
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City building permits
8 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Alterations 2
- Parking garage repair 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Dec 2019
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Cosmetic upgrade to unit # 311
Permit 19 257979 PLB
- Dec 2019
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Cosmetic upgrade to unit # 311
Permit 19 257979 HVA
- Dec 2019
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Cosmetic upgrade to unit # 311
Permit 19 257979 BLD
- Aug 2018
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to suites 104 and 211 in the existing rental Apartment Building, scope of work includes Electrical, Plumbing and HVAC.
Permit 18 212840 PLB
- Aug 2018
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to suites 104 and 211 in the existing rental Apartment Building, scope of work includes Electrical, Plumbing and HVAC.
Permit 18 212840 HVA
- Aug 2018
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal for interior alterations to suites 104 and 211 in the existing rental Apartment Building, scope of work includes Electrical, Plumbing and HVAC.
Permit 18 212840 BLD · est. $160,000
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- Feb 2017
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal for facade repairs including brick and stone masonry repairs, and sealant repairs; and basement level roof slab repairs including localized concrete topping replacement and waterproofing membrane installation.
Permit 17 122171 BLD · est. $500,000
- Jul 2015
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Fire alarm control panel replacement and fire alarm system/devices alteration for 3 floors.
Permit 15 195938 FSU
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
70/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit91
69.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Wellesley (1 Yonge-University Line), 220 m.
- Parks & trees35
10.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 130 m. 424 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling98
Within 1 km: 9.55 km of protected lanes, 2.2 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.15 km of shared routes. 21 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
9 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Jarvis Collegiate Institute, 450 m), plus 13 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 1 community centre, 13 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety8
11 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
Church-Wellesley
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (34% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (7.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (33% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% 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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.9 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
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 430 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 1
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 (d2.5) (x882)- Height limit
- 30 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
- 96
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
94 Isabella St · 260 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-04-10
This application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a residential building with a height of 228.5 metres (69 storeys, inclusive of the mechanical penthouse), reflecting changes to the built from the original application (File No.
City record55 Isabella St · 50 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-03-17
The application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 75-storey mixed-use building (250.5 metres including mechanical penthouse) containing 92 square metres of ground floor retail space, 1,064 square metres of office space, and 84
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 | Church-Yonge Corridor | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,698 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,922 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,536 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,008 | $2,163 | $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 2019). Not resident reviews.
91 / 100City inspection score, June 2024. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 35
- Built
- 1928
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Akelius Canada Ltd
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Basement, 24/7
- Pets
- Allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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