5500 Yonge St
Toronto, Ontario
A 510-unit condominium registered in 2009 (TSCC 2002, 2029).
- Living score
- 60/100
- Units
- 510
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Issues & maintenance
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City building permits
7 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Parking garage repair 2
- Fire and life safety 2
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Alterations 1
- Jul 2025
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Localized deteriorated concrete repairs at the shared garage including vertical surfaces and topside/soffit of suspended slabs. Repairs include concrete removal, steel and concrete preparation, concrete replacement around reinforcing steel…
Permit 25 188476 BLD · est. $15,000
- Jan 2022
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Proposal to replace the fire alarm control panel in an existing apartment building.
Permit 22 108088 FSU · est. $1,500
- Jan 2022
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Inspection
Installation of new heat detector on 14th floor.
Permit 22 100771 FSU
- Aug 2018
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Permit Issued
Garage Ramp Repairs and replace heating cables
Permit 18 211125 BLD
- Oct 2009
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection
Plumbing - Pet Store-Unit 52
Permit 09 182956 PLB
- Oct 2009
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Pet Store-Unit 52
Permit 09 182956 HVA
Show 1 older permit
- Oct 2009
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Pet Store-Unit 52
Permit 09 182956 BLD
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
60/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit99
174.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 11 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Finch (1 Yonge-University Line), 310 m.
- Parks & trees58
13.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 190 m. 628 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling37
Within 1 km: 1.1 km of protected lanes, 1.75 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.05 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby29
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Cyril Catholic Elementary School, 140 m), plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities62
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 3 community centres, 7 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety12
7 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Willowdale West
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% of the city median).
- Break and enterLower than most
Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× 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
None reported
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
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 12.5 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
Not in the city-wide by-law
This site is still governed by a former municipality’s zoning by-law, which the city-wide data does not cover.
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
- 11
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
2 Greenview Ave · 290 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-11-24
OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of an 46-storey mixed-use building providing residential and commercial use. The building will provide a total of 636 residential units, being a mix of studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 3-
City record26 Hounslow Ave · 290 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-09-26
A Site Plan Application to allow for the construction of a 26-storey residential building consisting of 305 residential units and 19,235.30 square metres of Gross Floor Area and an FSI of 8.91.
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 | Willowdale West/Newtonbrook West | North York (N.Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,471 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,794 | $1,771 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,108 | $2,039 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,620 | $2,324 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,994 | $1,989 | $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.
- 2017
- 0.45% lower rent · 19 of 20 units notified
- 2018
- 0.47% lower rent · 19 of 20 units notified
- 2019
- 0.43% lower rent · 16 of 37 units notified
Where several units are listed, the cut shown is the median. 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
- 510
- Unit mix
- 306 one-bed · 204 two-bed
- Condo plan
- TSCC 2002, 2029
- Registered
- March 2009
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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