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6 Tree Sparroway

Toronto, Ontario M2H

A 4-storey, 16-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1973.

Living score
53/100
Built
1973
Units
16
Storeys
4
City inspection
87/100

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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

3 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2026; 2 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
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 236961 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 220040 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 170572 000 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

4 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 1
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Nov 2010

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed - Dormant

    Install fire-rated wall enclosure on fourth floor.

    Permit 10 304241 BLD · est. $200,000

  • Oct 2010

    Plumbing and drains · Fixtures/Roof Drains: Other · Closed

    Replace hot water tanks @ 2, 4, 6, 8 Tree Sparroway

    Permit 10 282769 PSA · est. $250,000

  • Oct 2010

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · HVAC: Other Group C Buildings · Closed - Dormant

    Replace makeup air unit and new duct work @ 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 Tree Sparroway - BLD 'A'

    Permit 10 282765 MSA · est. $250,000

  • Mar 1998

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed - Dormant

    RETROFIT-PLANS W/B97-6021

    Permit 98 251067 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

53/ 100

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

  • Transit32

    24.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Leslie (4 Sheppard Line), 2.3 km.

  • Parks & trees82

    31.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 390 m. 390 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling47

    Within 1 km: 0.35 km of protected lanes, 3.65 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.85 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Ecole Elementaire Paul Demers, 200 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities62

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 7 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety51

    3 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Bayview Woods-Steeles

  • AssaultLower than most

    Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Lower than most

    Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (65% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% of the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 58 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

No expressway within 2 km

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
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 (f30.0; a1375) (x211)
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
0
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0

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
BedroomsBayview Woods-Steeles/Hillcrest VillageNorth York (Northeast) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,498$1,491
1 bed$2,192$1,815$1,761
2 beds$2,622$2,156$2,045
3+ beds$2,585$2,342$2,294
All units$2,511$2,081$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 2023). Not resident reviews.

87 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Toronto Community Housing
Storeys
4
Units
16
Built
1973
Elevators
0
Heating
Electric
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
7 field sparroway, 24
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Amenities
Outdoor pool
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
17

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

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