500 Scarlett Rd
Toronto, Ontario M9P
A 14-storey, 129-unit private rental building built in 1969.
- Property manager
- Homestead Land Holdings Limited
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
3 bylaw investigations at this address since Mar 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 3
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 187903 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 153620 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 135681 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
9 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 2
- Balcony repair 2
- Parking garage repair 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Alterations 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Sep 2022
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposed Interior alteration inside the existing ground floor lobby to creat new social rooms for the use building.
Permit 22 206752 HVA
- Sep 2022
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Proposed Interior alteration inside the existing ground floor lobby to create new social rooms (amenity space) for the building occupants use.
Permit 22 206752 BLD
- Mar 2022
Fire and life safety · Standpipes · Permit Issued
Proposal for replacement of aged standpipe booster pump
Permit 22 124307 FSU · est. $50,000
- Mar 2018
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
110 balconies - concrete repairs and coatings
Permit 18 123141 BLD
- May 2015
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal for underground parking concrete repairs.
Permit 15 152657 BLD · est. $1,000,000
- Sep 2009
Plumbing and drains · Manholes/Catch Basins/Sumps/Interceptors · Closed
To install one backflow prevention device.
Permit 09 167109 PSA · est. $8,500
Show 3 older permits
- May 2008
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Inspection
Remove existing balcony railings and replacement with new railings only.
Permit 08 162266 BLD
- Jun 2005
Fire and life safety · Multiple Projects · Closed
Fire Doors, sprinklers - fire protection upgrades to main Lobby of an Apartment Building.
Permit 05 144706 FSU · est. $22,000
- Feb 2002
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Parking garage repairs to apartment building.
Permit 02 109031 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
49/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit24
18.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Mount Dennis (5 Eglinton Line), 2.1 km.
- Parks & trees98
63.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 90 m. 162 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling55
Within 1 km: 0.3 km of protected lanes, 4.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.65 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Westmount Jr School, 630 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities9
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 4 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety51
3 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
Humber Heights-Westmount
- AssaultLower than most
Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (70% of the city median).
- Break and enterLower than most
Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (67% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (65% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (60% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (23% of the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.4× 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, 9.4 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 Commercial
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RAC (f24.0; u127; au67.0) (x119)- 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
- 3
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
400 Scarlett Rd · 200 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-08-06
The proposed development spans multiple municipal addresses, including 400 Scarlett Road and 401 Scarlett Road. The platform is connected to two distinct entrance buildings flanking Scarlett Road below with vertical circulation towers conta
City record32 Richview Rd · 100 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-08-26
Rezoning Application proposes the development of a 35-storey residential building. The building would include a total of 374 residential units. A paved access from Richview Road along the north property line would be provided, leading to 3
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 | Humber Heights-Westmount | Etobicoke (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,693 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | - | $1,874 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,118 | $2,200 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $2,529 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,140 | $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.
99 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 14
- Units
- 129
- Built
- 1969
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Homestead Land Holdings Limited
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HR
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 1 indoor
- Amenities
- Indoor exercise room, sauna
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 2
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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