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Building Review

650 Eglinton Ave W

Toronto, Ontario M5N

A 8-storey, 102-unit private rental building built in 1961.

Living score
59/100
Built
1961
Units
102
Storeys
8
City inspection
99/100

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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

7 bylaw investigations at this address since May 2025; 1 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 6
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 238841 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 214504 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172893 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172892 000 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 239953 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 171290 PRS 00 IR

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  • May 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 168736 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

3 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Balcony repair 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Parking garage repair 1
  • May 2025

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Permit Issued

    Proposed Balcony and Wall repairs including Slab Edge Repairs, through slab, top side, soffit, vertical, waterproofing, sealant, and Painting.

    Permit 25 156324 BLD

  • Sep 2020

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Replacement of Fire Alarm Control Panel and installation of addressable smoke detectors

    Permit 20 200466 FSU · est. $30,000

  • Aug 2002

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Inspection

    carry out repairs to underground garage

    Permit 02 164523 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

59/ 100

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

  • Transit72

    27.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Chaplin (5 Eglinton Line), 150 m.

  • Parks & trees21

    7.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 60 m. 425 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling52

    Within 1 km: 1.05 km of protected lanes, 2.4 km of bike lanes and trails, 4.4 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby79

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, 180 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities53

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 10 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

Forest Hill North

  • AssaultLower than most

    Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (63% of the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (49% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (76% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesLower than most

    Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

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

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher 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

Allen Road, 1.3 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

654 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Ashford Cleaners

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, 5.0 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) (x893)
Height limit
18 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
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
BedroomsForest Hill NorthToronto (North) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,535$1,570$1,491
1 bed$1,773$1,892$1,761
2 beds$2,048$2,476$2,045
3+ beds$2,514$2,985$2,294
All units$1,953$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.

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.

99 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
8
Units
102
Built
1961
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement of building, 8 AM TO 10 PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Bike parking
20 outdoor
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
8

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

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