550 Hopewell Ave
Toronto, Ontario
A 29-unit condominium registered in 2006 (TSCC 1816).
- Living score
- 48/100
- Units
- 29
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City building permits
4 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
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Dec 2013
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Installation of one backflow prevention device and two thermal expansion tanks
Permit 13 279565 PSA · est. $5,000
- May 2006
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Construct a third floor above an existing building plus interior alterations to convert from industrial to residential lofts.
Permit 04 194544 HVA
- Nov 2004
Alterations · Interior Demolition · Closed
Demolition existing interior parttial demoliton of exterior walls as per attached architecural drawings. and Reinforcing existing steel structure as per attached structural drawings.
Permit 04 188680 BLD
- Mar 2004
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Interior alteration for an temporary sales office.
Permit 04 120621 BLD · est. $15,000
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
48/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit77
36.8 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Fairbank (5 Eglinton Line), 410 m.
- Parks & trees21
6.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 30 m. 486 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling42
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 3.65 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.4 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Elementary School, 520 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities40
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 8 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety5
10 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 3 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Briar Hill-Belgravia
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).
- HomicideHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× 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
Allen Road, 1.1 km away
1.2 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Ryding Auto Body
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, 6.1 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
Open Space Recreation
- Category
- Open space
- Zone label
OR- 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
- 22
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
2451 Dufferin St · 140 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2021-12-30
Site Plan Approval application for a mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 906 square metres, and 43,296 square metres of residential gross floor area. A total of 672 residential units in two towers of 20 and 27 st
City record2402 Dufferin St · 280 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2021-11-08
Zoning by-law amendment to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 24-storey mixed use building and a 9-storey apartment building. the proposed total non-residential gross floor area is 883 square metres, and the proposed residentia
City record2402 Dufferin St · 280 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2021-11-08
Site Plan approval to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 24-storey mixed use building and a 9-storey apartment building. the proposed total non-residential gross floor area is 883 square metres, and the proposed residential gro
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 | Briar Hill-Belgravia | York zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,381 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,840 | $1,706 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,124 | $2,067 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,344 | $2,547 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,991 | $1,864 | $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 inventory of condominiums registered 2002–2018. Not resident reviews.
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 29
- Unit mix
- 19 two-bed · 10 three-bed+
- Condo plan
- TSCC 1816
- Registered
- December 2006
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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