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Building Review

57 Widdicombe Hill Blvd

Toronto, Ontario M9R

A 18-storey, 139-unit private rental building built in 1975.

Living score
46/100
Built
1975
Units
139
Storeys
18
City inspection
89/100

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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 Dec 2025.

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
  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 208606 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 271057 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

5 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
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Jun 2013

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Proposal for Fire alarm panel replacement to existing apartment building

    Permit 13 185469 FSU · est. $25,000

  • Mar 2011

    Alterations · MGO Remediation · Closed

    MGO Remediation - No Structural Intended UNIT 1702

    Permit 11 155664 BLD · est. $20,000

  • Jan 2010

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed

    Installation of a premise isolation device(back flow preventer) as per City of Toronto Water Supply By-law (PDF) (Municipal code, Chapter 851)

    Permit 10 102912 PSA · est. $12,000

  • Feb 1997

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR RETROFIT-APT.

    Permit 97 083681 HVA

  • Feb 1997

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed

    EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR RETROFIT-APT.

    Permit 97 083681 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

46/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit29

    22.9 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes.

  • Parks & trees58

    15.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 90 m. 409 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling26

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 2.25 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.7 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby68

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Marcellus Catholic Elementary School, 220 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities31

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 2 community centres, 6 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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Safety

Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview

  • AssaultLower than most

    Lower than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (66% of the city median).

  • Break and enterLower than most

    Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% of the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (28% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about 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

Traffic pollutionLow

Highway 401, 1.8 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmLow

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
Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 12.3 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 (x96)
Height limit
14 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
2
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 4760 Eglinton Ave W · 110 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-07-28

    Proposed station comprised of two separate headhouse structures with a gross floor area of 7689 m2.

    City record
  • 63 Widdicombe Hill Blvd · 210 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-29

    Site Plan Approval - Proposal to permit the development of two new residential rental apartment buildings on the site.

    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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsWillowridge-Martingrove-RichviewEtobicoke (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,693$1,491
1 bed$1,966$1,874$1,761
2 beds$2,334$2,200$2,045
3+ beds$2,657$2,529$2,294
All units$2,345$2,162$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 RentSafeTO registry, as reported by the landlord (registered 2018). Not resident reviews.

89 / 100City inspection score, August 2024. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
18
Units
139
Built
1975
Elevators
3
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
Central air
Laundry
Basement, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed - 25 pounds or less
Parking
Underground garage, ground level garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking, parking deck
Visitor parking
Free
Bike parking
20 indoor
Amenities
Indoor pool, indoor recreation room, outdoor rec facilities, indoor exercise room, sauna
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
2

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

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