55 Lisgar St
Toronto, Ontario M6J
A 9-storey, 116-unit private rental building built in 2005.
- Property manager
- Medallion Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Feb 2025.
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 5
- Not enough heat 1
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 210237 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 207130 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172865 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172864 000 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 268266 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 111583 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
5 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Jan 2018
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Revision to layout.
Permit 14 251786 BLD
- Nov 2014
Fire and life safety · Building Permit Related(FS) · Closed
FS - Sprinkler Shop Drawing - Proposal to convert ground floor suites 1, 2, & 3 into 3 residential dwelling units in existing mixed use apartment building.
Permit 14 251786 FSU
- Nov 2014
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal to convert ground floor suites 1, 2, & 3 into 3 residential dwelling units in existing mixed use apartment building.
Permit 14 251786 PLB
- Nov 2014
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal to convert ground floor suites 1, 2, & 3 into 3 residential dwelling units in existing mixed use apartment building.
Permit 14 251786 HVA
- Nov 2014
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal to convert ground floor suites 1, 2, & 3 into 3 residential dwelling units in existing mixed use apartment building.
Permit 14 251786 BLD · est. $30,000
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
53/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit71
67 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Dufferin (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.2 km.
- Parks & trees29
8.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 50 m. 492 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling65
Within 1 km: 0.75 km of protected lanes, 3.35 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.75 km of shared routes. 13 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby7
2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Givins Shaw Jr Public School , 590 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 1 library, 4 community centres, 10 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
Little Portugal
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.5× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (67% 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, 820 m away
781 kg a year from 2 facilities, mostly Autosonic Service Station Inc
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, 2.2 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 (d1.0) (x77)- 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
- 4
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1153 Queen St W · 150 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2024-11-13
Zoning By-law Amendment for a 27-storey mixed-use building with retail at-grade. There will be 367 dwelling units, including 10 rental replacement units.
City record99 R Sudbury St · 190 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-11-09
Construction of the King-Liberty SmartTrack station, including three station entrances outside the rail corridor, two pedestrian bridges and an island platform to serve Kitchener Corridor tracks inside the rail corridor
City record1117 Queen St W · 80 m away
Rezoning · Appeal Received · submitted 2023-10-03
Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a 29-storey mixed use building and retains the existing 2-storey Postal Station C building in its entirety. The proposal comprises a total gross floor area of 17,384 square metres, includ
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 | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $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. 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.
96 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 9
- Units
- 116
- Built
- 2005
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Medallion Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Level b, 7AM - 11PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 12 indoor, 90 outdoor
- Amenities
- Indoor exercise room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 9
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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