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Building Review

55 Rankin Cres

Toronto, Ontario M6P

A 9-storey, 176-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1992.

Living score
61/100
Built
1992
Units
176
Storeys
9
City inspection
94/100

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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

2 bylaw investigations and 2 public health cases at this address since Jan 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 2
  • Bedbugs 1
  • Mould 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 230968 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    BedbugsPublic health· Under Investigation

    Case 10871084

  • Jan 2026

    MouldPublic health· Under Investigation

    Case 10867788

  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 109270 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

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

  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Oct 2020

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Cancelled

    HVAC - Proposed structural changes to roof and replacment of four make-up air units on the roof of an existing apartment building.

    Permit 20 203366 HVA

  • Nov 2018

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

    Proposal to install backflow prevention device.

    Permit 18 261578 PSA

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

61/ 100

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

  • Transit89

    64.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Lansdowne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 340 m.

  • Parks & trees9

    5.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 130 m. 349 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling81

    Within 1 km: 2.3 km of protected lanes, 4.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.6 km of shared routes. 8 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby85

    10 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Bishop Marrocco Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School, 500 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities26

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 0 community centres, 9 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety80

    1 collision with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Junction-Wallace Emerson

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (61% of the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (54% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.5× the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (50% 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

Traffic pollutionLow

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

12.1 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Nitta Gelatin Canada 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, 3.5 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

Commercial Residential

Category
Mixed use
Zone label
CR 3.0 (c0.5; r3.0) SS2 (x2229)
Height limit
30 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
10
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 1439 Bloor St W · 270 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-12-24

    Zoning By-law Amendment to permit the development of a 33-storey apartment building with 377 residential units, including 6 affordable rental units and 994 square metres of retail and commercial space.

    City record
  • 221 Sterling Rd · 60 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-11-07

    Site Plan Approval for three residential towers of 27, 24 and 21 storeys in height. There will be a total gross floor area of 55,236.7 square metres and a total of 861 condominium units and 58 rental replacement units.

    City record
  • 1405 Bloor St W · 90 m away

    Site plan · Refused · submitted 2023-08-10

    Proposed 19-storey residential mixed-use building (69.8 metres in height), stepping down to 14-, 9- and 4-storeys to the south. A total gross floor area of 21,298 square metres is proposed, comprised of 20,948 square metres of residential g

    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
BedroomsDovercourt/Davenport/JunctionToronto (West) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,633*$1,410$1,491
1 bed$2,054*$1,798$1,761
2 beds-$2,252$2,045
3+ beds-$3,238$2,294
All units$2,410*$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 RentSafeTO registry, as reported by the landlord (registered 2017). Not resident reviews.

94 / 100City inspection score, June 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Toronto Community Housing
Storeys
9
Units
176
Built
1992
Elevators
2
Managed by
TCH
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Main floor, 7:00 AM- 10:00 PM
Pets
Not allowed
Parking
Underground garage, ground level garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Paid
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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