561 Avenue Rd
Toronto, Ontario M4V
A 14-storey, 60-unit private rental building built in 1957.
- Property manager
- Kenair Apartments Limited
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2024; 1 notice or order to comply.
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.
- Not enough heat 3
- Repairs and upkeep 3
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172340 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172339 000 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 248586 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 245490 HEA 00 IR
- Nov 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Nov 2024· Closed
- Stairway – Throughout Building: Required handrails on stairs or ramps are less than 865mm or more than 965mm highNamely:Handrail Height (open)
- Stairway – Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 920 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard from a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosings.Namely :Guard Height Along the Stairs (open)
- Stairway – Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. Namely:Guard Height Along the Landing (open)
- Stairway – Throughout Building: The location and size of openings present a hazard as they are designed with members or attachments between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level protected by the guard which facilitate climbing.Namely: Climbability along gua… (open)
- Stairway – Throughout Building: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres.Namely;Spacing between vertical bars (open)
Case 24 234756 PRS 00 IV
- Nov 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 234745 PRS 00 IR
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Bylaw investigation activity (open cases, and those closed in the last two years) and residential health hazards.
City building permits
6 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 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Parking garage repair 1
- Jun 2025
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposed replacement of interior guards and handrail at three interior stairwells w/ a new welded steel system and proposed localized concrete and waterproofing system repairs at Exterior Stair 4 stairwell landing slab edge to facilitate h…
Permit 25 174954 BLD
- Jun 2018
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Proposal for interior alterations on the ground floor. Scope of work includes a new exit door from the GYM(existing Amenity space for the residents only). Existing Apartment Building.
Permit 18 182548 BLD · est. $50,000
- Jul 2014
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Boiler/Furnace/AC Replacement · Inspection
Boiler replacement
Permit 14 183959 MSA · est. $500,000
- Oct 2013
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install a 3" back flow preventer and expansion tank in existnig apartment building.
Permit 13 250823 PSA · est. $10,000
- Sep 2010
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal to repair existing ramp to below grade parking of existing apartment building.
Permit 10 257001 BLD
- Dec 1995
Plumbing and drains · Unknown · Closed - Dormant
INSTALL FIX. 14TH FL. STE. 1405: 1 WASHING MACHINE LP
Permit 95 024092 PLB · est. $500
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
44/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit61
12.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Clair (1 Yonge-University Line), 710 m.
- Parks & trees14
4 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 110 m. 617 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling77
Within 1 km: 1.8 km of protected lanes, 3.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 5.5 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby29
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Brown Jr Public School, 330 m), plus 12 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities44
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 9 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety40
4 collisions 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
Yonge-St.Clair
- AssaultAmong the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (45% of the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the lowest
Lower than 100 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (19% of the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (63% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest
Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (49% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (60% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 66 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
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, 2.8 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d2.0) (x845)- Height limit
- 16 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
- 1
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
135 St Clair Ave W · 180 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-12-24
Proposed 49 storey mixed-use, 544-unit residential tower containing 46,009sqm residential GFA and 920sqm non-residential GFA, with a total height of 164.3 metres.
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 | Yonge-St. Clair | Toronto (North) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,629 | $1,570 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,868 | $1,892 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,296 | $2,476 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $3,327 | $2,985 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,008 | $2,057 | $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
- 0.70% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2016
- 0.71% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2017
- 0.88% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 0.80% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2019
- 0.66% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2020
- 0.63% 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.
96 / 100City inspection score, November 2024. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 14
- Units
- 60
- Built
- 1957
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Kenair Apartments Limited
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 15 indoor
- Amenities
- Indoor exercise room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 12
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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