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5430 Yonge St

Toronto, Ontario M2N

A 14-storey, 239-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1986.

Living score
57/100
Built
1986
Units
239
Storeys
14
City inspection
95/100
Property manager
Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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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

10 bylaw investigations at this address since Feb 2025; 1 notice or order to comply; 2 still open.

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 9
  • Zoning 1
  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 178894 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 158311 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2026· Order Issued

    • Garage Area: Exterior walkway not maintained.Namely, the walkway by the exterior garbage area is not being maintained. (open)

    Case 26 158659 PRS 00 IV

  • Apr 2026

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 150785 ZON 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 150779 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 150776 PRS 00 IR

Show 4 older cases
  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 147476 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 265677 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 228186 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 117167 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

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

  • Parking garage repair 1
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Sep 2017

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed

    Remove and replace section of the garage slab on grade

    Permit 17 229582 BLD · est. $200,000

  • Sep 2015

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Boiler/Furnace/AC Replacement · Closed

    Replace Make Up Air unit

    Permit 15 224358 MSA

  • Dec 2009

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

    Install one new Backflow Prevention Devices

    Permit 09 195727 PSA · est. $5,000

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

57/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit86

    56.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Finch (1 Yonge-University Line), 540 m.

  • Parks & trees62

    15.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 170 m. 584 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling35

    Within 1 km: 1.3 km of protected lanes, 1.3 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.05 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby14

    2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Cyril Catholic Elementary School, 160 m), plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities81

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 5 community centres, 7 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety15

    6 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Also worth knowing

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Safety

Willowdale West

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% of the city median).

  • Break and enterLower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× 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
Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 12.3 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

Not in the city-wide by-law

This site is still governed by a former municipality’s zoning by-law, which the city-wide data does not cover.

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
12
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0

  • 5400 Yonge St · 150 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-12-22

    OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of a 45-storey mixed-use building providing residential and commercial at grade. The building will provide a total of 699 residential units, being a mix of 1-bedroom, 1-bedroom+den, 2-bedr

    City record

  • 38 Hounslow Ave · 120 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-09-26

    A Site Plan Application to allow for the construction of a 26-storey residential building consisting of 305 residential units and 19,235.30 square metres of Gross Floor Area and an FSI of 8.91.

    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
BedroomsWillowdale West/Newtonbrook WestNorth York (N.Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,471$1,491
1 bed$1,794$1,771$1,761
2 beds$2,108$2,039$2,045
3+ beds$2,620$2,324$2,294
All units$1,994$1,989$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.

95 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Toronto Community Housing
Storeys
14
Units
239
Built
1986
Elevators
2
Managed by
Toronto Community Housing Corporation
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
On site
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Both
Amenities
Indoor recreation room
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
18

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

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