555 Sheppard Ave W
Toronto, Ontario M3H
A 12-storey, 112-unit private rental building built in 1966.
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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 at this address since Nov 2025; 1 still open.
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
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 247214 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 254376 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
1 permit the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 1
- Oct 2006
Alterations · Other(BA) · Inspection
Erect all steel enclosure on top of existing under ground parking ramp structure move door system from bottom of ramp to surface.
Permit 06 183285 BLD
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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.
- Transit35
26.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sheppard-Yonge (1 Yonge-University Line), 2.0 km.
- Parks & trees100
83.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 50 m. 132 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling55
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 5.2 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.9 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby5
1 public or Catholic school within 1 km (nearest: St Robert Catholic Elementary School, 960 m), plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities22
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 2 community centres, 4 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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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Lansing-Westgate
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% of the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Auto theftHigher than most
Higher than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- ShootingsLower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (50% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Lower than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (82% 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
Highway 401, 1.7 km away
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, 10.7 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
Residential Apartment
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RA (f30.0; a1375; d1.5) (x185)- 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
- 4
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
500 Sheppard Ave W · 90 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-08-01
Zoning By-law Amendment proposes the development of a 35-storey residential building providing residential. The building will provide a total of 331 residential units, being a mix of 1-bedroom, 1-bedroom+de, 2-bedroom, and 3-bedroom units.
City record4368 Bathurst St · 260 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2024-02-21
One-story commercial building containing a financial institution and a retail store, with a non-residential GFA of 613.2 square metres, and 14 total parking spaces.
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 | Lansing-Westgate | North York (N.Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,471 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,862 | $1,771 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,057 | $2,039 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,030 | $2,324 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,977 | $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.
- 2014
- 1.35% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2017
- 0.52% lower rent · tenants notified
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
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 12
- Units
- 112
- Built
- 1966
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Realstar
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 8A-9:30P
- Pets
- Allowed - 25 pounds or less
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 6
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