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Building Review

68 Harris Park Dr

Toronto, Ontario M1L

A 3-storey, 11-unit private rental building built in 1956.

Living score
44/100
Built
1956
Units
11
Storeys
3
City inspection
91/100

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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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
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Feb 2024

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Proposed remedial work to modify the existing reailing and guards in exit stairs.

    Permit 24 118027 BLD · est. $11,500

  • Mar 2023

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Upgrade existing fire alarm system to meet current code requirements

    Permit 23 118830 FSU · est. $50,000

  • Apr 2009

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

    Install Double Check valve Backflow Preventer assembly with expansion tank

    Permit 09 130564 PSA · est. $2,000

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

44/ 100

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

  • Transit80

    45 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: O'Connor (5 Eglinton Line), 380 m.

  • Parks & trees21

    9 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 310 m. 262 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling40

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 3.5 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.15 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby5

    2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Clairlea Public School , 700 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities40

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 4 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

Clairlea-Birchmount

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

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

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftLower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× 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 kmHigh

55.4 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Griffith Foods Limited

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, 8.7 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 (au99.0) (x476)
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
6
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 1460 Victoria Park Ave · 260 m away

    Rezoning · Appeal Received · submitted 2024-12-20

    City-Initiated Official Plan Amendment for the properties at 1871, 1875, 1880, 1885, and 1888 O'Connor Drive, and 1460, 1468 and 1474 Victoria Park Avenue, to implement the preferred alignment for the O'Connor Drive Reconfiguration, which i

  • 1 Eglinton Sq · 180 m away

    Rezoning · Appeal Received · submitted 2024-03-22

    To amend the Zoning By-law to lift the Holding provision (H) at 1-70 Eglinton Square, 1431and 1437 Victoria Park Avenue. This application is related to Zoning By-law Amendment Application No. 17 242390 ESC 35 OZ.

    City record
  • 40 Eglinton Sq · 200 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2021-11-02

    Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application to add a Site and Area Specific Policy for 40 Eglinton Square to permit a mixed-use development with building heights that range from 13 to 30 storeys and 892 residential units. A total

    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
BedroomsClairlea-BirchmountScarborough (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,520$1,491
1 bed$1,484$1,610$1,761
2 beds$1,771$1,843$2,045
3+ beds-$1,932$2,294
All units$1,630$1,754$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.

91 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
3
Units
11
Built
1956
Elevators
0
Heating
Forced air gas
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 8AM - 10PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Ground level garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
20

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

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