56 Maitland St
Toronto, Ontario M4Y
A 4-storey, 47-unit private rental building built in 1928.
- Property manager
- Akelius Canada Ltd
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
4 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024.
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
- Zoning 2
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 132014 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 25 253592 ZON 00 IR
- Nov 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 239953 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2024
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 24 232596 ZON 00 IR
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City building permits
14 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 7
- Plumbing and drains 4
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 3
- Mar 2020
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Rev 01: Revision to interior alterations of one bedroom unitProposal for interior alterations to existing residential suite on the 2nd floor - UNIT 202
Permit 19 177697 BLD
- Mar 2020
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Rev 01: Revision to interior alterations of residential apartment unit 411Proposed interior alterations to existing apartment building - Unit 411.
Permit 19 132235 BLD
- Jul 2019
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
REV01: Revision to permit 19-132235 HVA as per bubbled area. Location of washer/dryer unit revised to co-ordinate with issued BLD permit.Plumbing - Proposed interior alterations to existing apartment building - Unit 411.
Permit 19 132235 PLB
- Jul 2019
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
REV01: Revision to permit 19-132235 HVA as per bubbled area. Location of washer/dryer unit revised to co-ordinate with issued BLD permit.HVAC - Proposed interior alterations to existing apartment building - Unit 411.
Permit 19 132235 HVA
- Jun 2019
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to existing residential suite on the 2nd floor - UNIT 202
Permit 19 177697 PLB
- Jun 2019
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to existing residential suite on the 2nd floor - UNIT 202
Permit 19 177697 HVA
Show 8 older permits
- Jun 2019
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal for interior alterations to existing residential suite on the 2nd floor - UNIT 202
Permit 19 177697 BLD
- Mar 2019
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposed interior alterations to existing apartment building - Unit 411.
Permit 19 132235 PLB
- Mar 2019
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposed interior alterations to existing apartment building - Unit 411.
Permit 19 132235 HVA
- Mar 2019
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposed interior alterations to existing apartment building - Unit 411.
Permit 19 132235 BLD
- Sep 2016
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Installation of backflow preventer.
Permit 16 230719 PSA · est. $2,000
- Nov 2013
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
To complete interior alterations (34.0 m2) to unit 202 of the existing apartment building.
Permit 13 265845 BLD · est. $50,000
- Apr 2010
Alterations · Fire Damage · Closed
REVISION: This is a revision to the life safety system to include, alarm horns installed in every suite, smoke alarms in suites, smoke detectors added in hallways, alarm horns added in hallways, new control panel at entrance. Proposal for…
Permit 09 146296 BLD
- Jun 2009
Alterations · Fire Damage · Closed
Proposal for fire damage repairs. Also see folders 09-123613, and 09-125382. Fire damage report attached.
Permit 09 146296 BLD
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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.
- Transit80
45 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Wellesley (1 Yonge-University Line), 170 m.
- Parks & trees44
11.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 200 m. 497 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling96
Within 1 km: 9.3 km of protected lanes, 2.1 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.1 km of shared routes. 18 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Church St Jr & Native Learning Ctr, 220 m), plus 10 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 1 community centre, 13 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety4
13 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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About 1.2 km around the building. Select anything on the map for details. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Also worth knowing
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Safety
Church-Wellesley
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (34% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (7.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (33% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% 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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.9 km away
144.7 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Walton Street Steam Plant
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, 520 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 1
Sites currently offering services, from Health Canada, updated 2026-09-15. Sites open and close; check the list for current status.
Zoning
Residential
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d2.5) (x82)- Height limit
- 30 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
- 65
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
568 Church St · 130 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-02-20
Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law amendment for a 36-storey purpose built rental mixed-use tower atop a 5-storey podium with 409 residential rental units and retail at grade.
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 | Church-Yonge Corridor | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,698 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,922 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,536 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,008 | $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.
79 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 47
- Built
- 1928
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Akelius Canada Ltd
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- First floor, 24/7
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Ground level garage
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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