500 Murray Ross Pkwy
Toronto, Ontario M3J
A 19-storey, 390-unit private rental building built in 1978.
- Property manager
- Capreit
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
8 bylaw investigations at this address since Jul 2025; 2 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 6
- Garbage 1
- Not enough heat 1
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 220460 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 197839 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 146437 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 127693 HEA 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 118131 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 243039 PRS 00 IR
Show 2 older cases
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 234718 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 189351 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.
City building permits
11 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Parking garage repair 5
- Alterations 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Mar 2024
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Permit Issued
Proposal for underground Parking Garage Repairs
Permit 24 126671 BLD · est. $80,000
- Apr 2020
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal for new emergency generator to provide life safety systems.
Permit 20 138080 HVA
- Apr 2020
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposal for new emergency generator to provide life safety systems.
Permit 20 138080 BLD · est. $500,000
- Mar 2018
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Localised concrete repairs in underground parking garage and exterior walls.
Permit 18 126726 BLD
- Dec 2014
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install 1 premise isolation backflow preventor in existing apartment,
Permit 14 259699 PSA · est. $10,000
- May 2014
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Exterior repairs to balconies and walls
Permit 14 161854 BLD · est. $700,000
Show 5 older permits
- May 2013
Alterations · MGO Remediation · Closed
MGO APT 1518
Permit 13 172142 BLD
- Mar 2013
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Garage slab repair to existing apartment building
Permit 13 141288 BLD
- Oct 2012
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Garage vent shaft repairs.
Permit 12 259178 BLD
- May 2007
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Install fire alarm system upgrade for audiblity.
Permit 07 219048 FSU
- Sep 2006
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Construt garage repair to an existing apt. building (3550m2)
Permit 06 172922 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
65/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit64
15.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Tobermory (6 Finch West Line), 570 m.
- Parks & trees93
50.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 80 m. 184 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling81
Within 1 km: 0.5 km of protected lanes, 8.65 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.4 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Wilfrid Catholic Elementary School, 530 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities31
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 6 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety64
1 collision with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
York University Heights
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.5× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.2× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 100 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (45% 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
No expressway within 2 km
800 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Maple Leaf Foods Cappola Lepage
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, 14.5 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) (x776)- 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
40 Fountainhead Rd · 220 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-28
Site Plan Control application for a proposed infill development at 470 Sentinel Road and 1, 35 and 40 Fountainhead Road. The proposal includes four new buildings consisting of three residential buildings of 36 storeys, 30 storeys, and 14 st
City record40 Fountainhead Rd · 220 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2021-12-29
Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for four mixed-use and residential apartment buildings and a recreation centre having heights of 40 storeys (125.5 metres), 36 storeys (112.85
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 | Downsview | North York (Northwest) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,169 | $1,167 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,522 | $1,517 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,736 | $1,751 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $1,912 | $1,966 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,665 | $1,700 | $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.
98 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 19
- Units
- 390
- Built
- 1978
- Elevators
- 4
- Managed by
- Capreit
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement - b1, 8AM - 10PM
- Pets
- Allowed - no large snakes
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 7
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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