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Building Review

670 Parliament St

Toronto, Ontario M4X

A 15-storey, 239-unit private rental building built in 1964.

Living score
77/100
Built
1964
Units
239
Storeys
15
City inspection
92/100
Property manager
Medallion Corporation

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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

9 bylaw investigations at this address since Feb 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 7
  • Garbage 1
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 233761 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 131333 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 116596 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 105614 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 100248 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 236280 HEA 00 IR

Show 3 older cases
  • Sep 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 229535 WST 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 169200 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 122489 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.

  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Balcony repair 1
  • Alterations 1
  • Oct 2015

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

    Install one backflow preventor.

    Permit 15 231675 PSA · est. $5,035

  • Sep 2011

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Inspection

    permit to replace all balconies and guards on east and west elevations of existing apartment building.

    Permit 11 282835 BLD · est. $342,000

  • Dec 2007

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Interior alterations to repair fire damage in apartment - 1409.

    Permit 07 286754 BLD · est. $20,000

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

77/ 100

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

  • Transit91

    68.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Castle Frank (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 370 m.

  • Parks & trees71

    23.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 90 m. 190 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling92

    Within 1 km: 4.55 km of protected lanes, 7.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.75 km of shared routes. 8 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby93

    10 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Rose Avenue Jr Public School, 160 m), plus 7 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 safety40

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

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Safety

North St.James Town

  • AssaultAmong the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • RobberyHigher than most

    Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (26% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.7× the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).

  • HomicideLower than most

    Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (66% 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

Traffic pollutionLow

Don Valley Parkway, 860 m 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
Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 630 m
Sites within 1 km
1

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 (d1.0) (x523)
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
1
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 77 Howard St · 150 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-08-25

    Zoning By-law Amednement for a 41-storey infill mixed-use building while maintaining the existing 24-storey rental apartment building on site. The proposed new building will comprised of 460 residential units and 420 square metres of non-re

    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
BedroomsNorth St. James TownToronto (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,448$1,606$1,491
1 bed$1,739$2,042$1,761
2 beds$2,164$2,776$2,045
3+ beds-$3,580*$2,294
All units$1,844$2,163$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; * marks an estimate CMHC rates poor. 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.

92 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
15
Units
239
Built
1964
Elevators
3
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Main floor, 7AM - 11PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Bike parking
15 outdoor
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
13

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

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