5940 Yonge St
Toronto, Ontario
A 75-unit condominium registered in 2006 (TSCC 1792).
- Living score
- 52/100
- Units
- 75
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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
1 bylaw investigation at this address since May 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 1
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 165787 PRS 00 IR
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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.
- Plumbing and drains 3
- Parking garage repair 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Jan 2025
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Concrete repair for the suspended slab and minor vertical repairs on foundation walls.
Permit 25 104151 BLD · est. $510,700
- Aug 2012
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Inspection
Installation of one premise isolation back flow preventer for condo building.
Permit 12 232782 PSA · est. $5,000
- Jun 2004
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Construct 6 storey residential condominiom and 2 levels of underground parking. Foundation permit no. 03-184840. Excavation/Shoring permit no. - New Building
Permit 03 169989 HVA
- May 2004
Plumbing and drains · Piping: Other Buildings · Inspection
Site services
Permit 04 140543 PSA
- May 2004
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Install Plumbing and interior drains to construct 6 storey residential condominiom and 2 levels of underground parking. Foundation permit no. 03-184840. Excavation/Shoring permit no. - New Building
Permit 03 169989 PLB
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
52/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit76
34.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Finch (1 Yonge-University Line), 770 m.
- Parks & trees38
12.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 400 m. 250 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling29
Within 1 km: 0.1 km of protected lanes, 2.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.05 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Drewry Secondary School, 280 m), plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities7
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 3 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
Newtonbrook West
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the highest
Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (34% 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
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, 13.6 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 (x143)- 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
- 2
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
5915 Yonge St · 120 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-06-27
Site Plan Application for the 3rd phase of the Newtonbrook Plaza development. Proposal consisting of a 38-storey mixed-use tower with 496 dwelling units. Total gross floor area of 66,838.9 square metres, consisting of 34,782.0 square metres
City record5915 Yonge St · 120 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2022-06-27
Official Plan Amendment and Rezoning Application for the 3rd phase of the Newtonbrook Plaza development. Proposal consisting of a 38-storey mixed-use tower with 496 dwelling units. Total gross floor area of 38,997.0 square metres, consistin
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
- 1.40% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 0.59% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2019
- 0.49% lower rent · 4 of 4 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
- 75
- Unit mix
- 35 one-bed · 40 two-bed
- Condo plan
- TSCC 1792
- Registered
- May 2006
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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