55 The Esplanade
Toronto, Ontario M5E
A 12-storey, 166-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1983.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Jul 2025; 2 notices or orders to comply.
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 4
- Garbage 2
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2025· Closed
- 2nd Floor: The property is not being kept free of pests.Namely: Throughout the second floor corridor (closed)
Case 25 193172 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 193154 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2025· Closed
- 2nd Floor: The property is not being kept free of pests.Namely: Throughout the second floor corridor (closed)
Case 25 191957 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 191606 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 187715 WST 00 IR
- Jul 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 187702 WST 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
11 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 5
- Balcony repair 2
- Fire and life safety 2
- Roof and cladding 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Aug 2025
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Other(MS) · Permit Issued
Proposal to disconnect existing FCU and reconnect new fan coil retrofit package to existing piping. Typical for all suites.
Permit 25 205822 MSA · est. $8,500
- Nov 2023
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Proposed localized concrete balcony repairs and railing replacement for an existing apartment building.
Permit 23 222537 BLD · est. $4,453
- May 2021
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Boiler/Furnace/AC Replacement · Closed
Proposal to replace existing 2 DHW boilers and 3 space heating boilers with new boilers.
Permit 21 155424 MSA
- Jul 2015
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Add on /Ductwork · Inspection
make up air unit replacement with duct work
Permit 15 185328 MSA · est. $157,000
- Jun 2015
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Permit Issued
To replace fire Alarm Panel and upgrade existing Voice Communication System.
Permit 15 175158 FSU · est. $100,000
- Oct 2013
Roof and cladding · Re-Roofing/Re-Cladding · Inspection
To reconstruct the exterior wall (35.00 m2)on the south side of the building on the ground floor of the existing apartment building.
Permit 13 246846 BLD · est. $40,000
Show 5 older permits
- Mar 2010
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Other(MS) · Inspection
Proposal to replace the existing rooftop chiller and cooling tower.
Permit 10 134639 MSA
- Dec 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install one back flow device
Permit 09 195516 PSA · est. $5,000
- Sep 2009
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Other(MS) · Closed
Proposal to replace emergency generator in existing apartment building.
Permit 09 170863 MSA · est. $70,000
- Aug 2005
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Make repairs to 84 balconies on North elevation.
Permit 05 169405 BLD · est. $305,000
- Jul 2003
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
upgrade fire alarm system for existing apartment building.
Permit 03 152663 FSU · est. $200,000
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
68/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit99
131.1 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 12 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: King (1 Yonge-University Line), 420 m.
- Parks & trees24
9.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 170 m. 297 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling97
Within 1 km: 7.95 km of protected lanes, 4.25 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.3 km of shared routes. 19 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Downtown Alternative School, 310 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, 15 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety1
15 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 4 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (29% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (6.5× 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
Gardiner Expressway, 180 m away
265.2 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly Redpath Sugar Ltd
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, 1.4 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 4.0 (c4.0; r2.5) SS1 (x2366)- Height limit
- 36 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
49 Yonge St · 290 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-09-13
Site Plan application to permit a 60-storey mixed-use building with 1,757 square metres of non-residential gross floor area on the first five storeys and 256 dwelling units above. Portions of the south and west facades of the existing desig
City record45 The Esplanade · 20 m away
Site plan · OMB Approved · submitted 2021-12-29
Site Plan Approval to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 39-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 8,032 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 44,929 square metres. 630 residential
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 | Waterfront Communities-The Island | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $2,092 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,489 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $3,114* | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,681 | $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 2017). Not resident reviews.
80 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 12
- Units
- 166
- Built
- 1983
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- On site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 10
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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