55 Thora Ave
Toronto, Ontario
A 4-storey, 20-unit social housing building built in 2016.
- Property manager
- Wigwamen Incorporated
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Issues & maintenance
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
70/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit96
85.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 10 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Victoria Park (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 390 m.
- Parks & trees71
22.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 110 m. 245 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling53
Within 1 km: 1.8 km of protected lanes, 1.75 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.55 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby79
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Dunstan Catholic Elementary School, 320 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities64
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 4 community centres, 8 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety6
11 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Oakridge
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (60% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% of the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.5× the city median).
- HomicideAmong the highest
Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× 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
No expressway within 2 km
361 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Tip Top Auto Collision Car Sales 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, 7.6 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 4.5 (c4.5; r4.0) SS2 (x810)- Height limit
- 32 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
- 18
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
47 Lucy Ave · 220 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-03-06
The proposed development consists of a 12-storey mid-rise residential building, with a height of 41.0 metres (excluding mechanical penthouse), a total gross floor area of 10,960.95 square metres, and a Floor Space Index (FSI) of 6.06. The d
City record411 Victoria Park Ave · 290 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-08-18
Construct a 3-storey elementary school for 380 children and 4-room child care for 73 children, including all associated site amenities.
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 | Oakridge | Scarborough (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,527 | $1,520 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,718 | $1,610 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,197 | $1,843 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $1,932 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,914 | $1,754 | $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 2019). Not resident reviews.
98 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 20
- Built
- 2016
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Wigwamen Incorporated
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- Main floor, 24/7
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 16 outdoor
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 20
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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