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Building Review

665 Roselawn Ave

Toronto, Ontario M5N

A 5-storey, 87-unit private rental building built in 1959.

Living score
51/100
Built
1959
Units
87
Storeys
5
City inspection
93/100

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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 Sep 2025; 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.

  • Repairs and upkeep 2
  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2025· Closed

    • Stairway: A window in a stairway that extends to less than 1,070 millimetres above the landing is protected by a guard that is less than 1,070 millimetres high measured to the top of the guard from the surface of the landing. (closed)
    • Stairway: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (closed)
    • Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (closed)
    • Stairway: 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. (closed)
    • Stairway: The guard is designed that a member, attachment or opening located between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level being protected facilitates climbing. (closed)
    • Stairway: Required handrails on stairs or ramps are less than 865mm or more than 965mm high (closed)

    Case 25 222017 PRS 00 IV

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 222002 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

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
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Jul 2025

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

    HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to repair damage to existing Laundry Room walls and ceilings in an existing apartment building.

    Permit 25 176367 HVA

  • Jun 2025

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Proposal for interior alterations to repair damage to existing Laundry Room walls and ceilings in an existing apartment building.

    Permit 25 176367 BLD

  • Aug 2009

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

    Install backflow prevention device

    Permit 09 154526 PSA · est. $4,000

  • Jun 1996

    Alterations · Unknown · Closed

    MAKE ALTERATIONS TO A PORTION OF THE BASEMENT LEVEL TO HOUSE EQUIPMENT FOR USE BY ROGERS CABLE SYSTEMS. ($75.00 COLLECTED UNDER PRELIMINARY REVIEW) /LM

    Permit 96 017344 BLD · est. $10,000

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

51/ 100

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

  • Transit76

    33.9 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Forest Hill (5 Eglinton Line), 490 m.

  • Parks & trees32

    9 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 130 m. 506 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling47

    Within 1 km: 0.55 km of protected lanes, 2.35 km of bike lanes and trails, 5.75 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby29

    3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, 380 m), plus 5 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities53

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 11 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

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, 990 m 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, 5.5 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) (x546)
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
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.

93 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
5
Units
87
Built
1959
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Basement level, 24HRS
Pets
Allowed - leashed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Free
Bike parking
40 indoor
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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