531-535 Parliament St
Toronto, Ontario M4X
A 3-storey, 17-unit private rental building built in 1888.
- Property manager
- 10887609 Canada Inc
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
1 bylaw investigation at this address since Aug 2026.
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 1
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 217189 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
8 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 3
- Alterations 3
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Nov 2021
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Revision 01 - REVISION TO EXISTING ISSUED BUILDING PERMIT # 21 188960 DUE TO SITE CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS AFTER DEMOLITION HVAC, PLUMBING AND BUILDING ALL HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.Plumbing - Proposal for Interior Alterations for Restaurant. "…
Permit 21 188960 PLB
- Nov 2021
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
Revision 01 - REVISION TO EXISTING ISSUED BUILDING PERMIT # 21 188960 DUE TO SITE CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS AFTER DEMOLITION HVAC, PLUMBING AND BUILDING ALL HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.HVAC - Proposal for Interior Alterations for Restaurant. "Chur…
Permit 21 188960 HVA
- Nov 2021
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Revision 01 - REVISION TO EXISTING ISSUED BUILDING PERMIT # 21 188960 DUE TO SITE CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS AFTER DEMOLITION HVAC, PLUMBING AND BUILDING ALL HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.Proposal for Interior Alterations for Restaurant. "Church's Ch…
Permit 21 188960 BLD
- Jul 2021
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for Interior Alterations for Restaurant. "Church's Chicken" @ 537 Parliament.
Permit 21 188960 PLB
- Jul 2021
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal for Interior Alterations for Restaurant. "Church's Chicken" @ 537 Parliament.
Permit 21 188960 HVA
- Jul 2021
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal for Interior Alterations for Restaurant. "Church's Chicken" @ 537 Parliament.
Permit 21 188960 BLD · est. $120,000
Show 2 older permits
- Oct 2012
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to ground floor of existing restaurant to fit out new restaurant tennant "Kingyo", 116 seats (251.48m2). Convinience address 531-537 Parliament St
Permit 12 262621 PLB
- Oct 2012
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal for interior alterations to ground floor of existing restaurant to fit out new restaurant tennant "Kingyo", 116 seats (251.48m2). Convinience address 531-537 Parliament St
Permit 12 262621 BLD · est. $80,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
74/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit46
35.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Castle Frank (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 900 m.
- Parks & trees80
26.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 250 m. 708 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling94
Within 1 km: 6.15 km of protected lanes, 6.75 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.5 km of shared routes. 8 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
11 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Winchester Jr & Sr Public School , 230 m), plus 7 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities98
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 3 community centres, 16 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety64
2 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Safety
Cabbagetown-South St.James Town
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (46% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.5× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% 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
Don Valley Parkway, 930 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
- Street Health, 780 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 2
Sites currently offering services, from Health Canada, updated 2026-09-15. Sites open and close; check the list for current status.
Zoning
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR 2.0 (c1.0; r2.0) SS2 (x2362)- Height limit
- 14 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
- 2
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
505 Parliament St · 80 m away
Rezoning · Appeal Received · submitted 2023-03-17
Zoning By-law Amendment law to permit the development of site for a 10-storey mixed-use building (38.6 metres) with retail at-grade (278 square metres) and 60 dwelling units. The western (Parliament Street) elevation of the existing 1½ stor
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 | Cabbagetown-South St. James Town | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,349 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,903 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,331 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,829 | $2,163 | $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 2023). Not resident reviews.
90 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 17
- Built
- 1888
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- 10887609 Canada Inc
- Heating
- Forced air gas
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- Basement, 24/7
- Pets
- Allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
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