53 High Park Blvd
Toronto, Ontario
A 4-unit condominium registered in 2009 (TSCC 2039).
- Living score
- 54/100
- Units
- 4
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Issues & maintenance
Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.
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City building permits
4 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
- May 2008
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Construct thrid floor addition - minor interior alterations at first and second floor deepen basement floor and rear balcony at first and second floor - existing and proposed use - non conforming legal double duplex. - see 06 19…
Permit 07 244719 PLB
- May 2008
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related (DR) · Closed
Drain - Construct thrid floor addition - minor interior alterations at first and second floor deepen basement floor and rear balcony at first and second floor - existing and proposed use - non conforming legal double duplex. - see 06 19527…
Permit 07 244719 DRN
- May 2008
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Construct thrid floor addition - minor interior alterations at first and second floor deepen basement floor and rear balcony at first and second floor - existing and proposed use - non conforming legal double duplex. - see 06 195270…
Permit 07 244719 HVA
- Sep 2007
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Construct thrid floor addition - minor interior alterations at first and second floor deepen basement floor and rear balcony at first and second floor - existing and proposed use - non conforming legal double duplex. - see 06 195270…
Permit 07 244719 HVA
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
54/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit28
21.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Keele (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.2 km.
- Parks & trees98
61 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 220 m. 790 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling82
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 9.1 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.95 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby43
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Garden Avenue Jr Public School, 420 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities31
Within 1 km: 1 library, 0 community centres, 12 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, 660 m 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, 4.3 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) (x674)- 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
- 0
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
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 inventory of condominiums registered 2002–2018. Not resident reviews.
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 4
- Unit mix
- 2 two-bed · 2 three-bed+
- Condo plan
- TSCC 2039
- Registered
- December 2009
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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