515 Parkside Dr
Toronto, Ontario M6R
A 6-storey, 75-unit social housing building built in 1990.
- Property manager
- Loyola Arrupe Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.
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City building permits
3 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
- Fire and life safety 1
- Jul 2014
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Installation of one Backflow Prevention Device (Water only).
Permit 14 197832 PSA · est. $5,000
- Oct 2006
Plumbing and drains · Site Service · Permit Issued
Rough-in sanitary and waterline only to existing garage
Permit 06 182252 STS · est. $20,000
- Aug 2003
Fire and life safety · Other(FS) · Closed
Replace fire alarm control panel in basement.
Permit 03 165059 FSU
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.
- Transit91
69.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Keele (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 120 m.
- Parks & trees95
51.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 60 m. 457 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling70
Within 1 km: 2.25 km of protected lanes, 3.35 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.8 km of shared routes. 5 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby43
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Keele St Jr School, 410 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities31
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 13 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
High Park-Swansea
- AssaultLower than most
Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (80% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (89% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (60% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 1.7 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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 4.5 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d0.6) (x349)- Height limit
- 11 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
- 15
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
28 Mountview Ave · 230 m away
Rezoning · Appeal Received · submitted 2025-09-09
Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment application for two residential tall buildings (41-storey and 39-storey respectively) with a 6-storey podium. The proposed development contemplates a total of 873 (including 11 rental replace
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 | High Park-Swansea | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,342 | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,479 | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,535* | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,498 | $1,945 | $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.
99 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 6
- Units
- 75
- Built
- 1990
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Loyola Arrupe Corporation
- Heating
- Electric
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- One on every floor, 8 AM - 8 PM
- Pets
- Allowed - pets must be on leash or in carrier at all times in public areas
- Parking
- Underground garage, ground level garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 35 indoor, 5 outdoor
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room, outdoor rec facilities, indoor exercise room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 4
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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