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Building Review

530 Scarlett Rd

Toronto, Ontario M9P

A 12-storey, 106-unit private rental building built in 1970.

Living score
47/100
Built
1970
Units
106
Storeys
12
City inspection
98/100

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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City bylaw and health cases

13 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2024.

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 7
  • Not enough heat 4
  • Snow and ice 1
  • Zoning 1
  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 211758 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173634 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173633 000 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 156845 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 120951 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 107223 HEA 00 IR

Show 7 older cases
  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 104595 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Snow and iceBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 101710 SNI 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 266315 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 265957 HEA 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 232531 ZON 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 107078 HEA 00 IR

  • Nov 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 244787 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

4 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Balcony repair 1
  • Parking garage repair 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Alterations 1
  • Mar 2019

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Proposed to do Balcony/Guard Repairs 99 Balconys

    Permit 19 125070 BLD

  • Apr 2013

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Permit Issued

    Underground parking garage repairs

    Permit 13 157990 BLD · est. $500,000

  • Jun 2009

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed

    2-inch Backflow prevention device to be installed in basement of existing residential apartment building.

    Permit 09 143983 PSA · est. $8,000

  • Feb 2001

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Interior alterations to two units in apartment building. HVAC & Plumbing included.

    Permit 01 109428 CMB · est. $31,000

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

47/ 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 & trees96

    59.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 70 m. 176 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling50

    Within 1 km: 0.1 km of protected lanes, 4.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.3 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, 510 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities2

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 0 community centres, 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

Traffic pollutionLow

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmLow

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, 9.5 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 Commercial

Category
Apartment
Zone label
RAC (f24.0; u103; au67.0) (x105)
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
1
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 32 Richview Rd · 230 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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsHumber Heights-WestmountEtobicoke (Central) zoneToronto 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.

98 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
12
Units
106
Built
1970
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Lobby, 24 HR
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Bike parking
1 indoor
Amenities
Outdoor pool
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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