700 Ontario St
Toronto, Ontario M4X
A 14-storey, 279-unit private rental building built in 1967.
- Property manager
- Ranee Management
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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 Sep 2024; 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 4
- Zoning 3
- Garbage 1
- Not enough heat 1
- Aug 2026
ZoningBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 225433 ZON 00 IR
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 220479 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172169 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172168 000 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 153060 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2026
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 26 144952 ZON 00 IR
Show 3 older cases
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 140894 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2024
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 24 222977 WST 00 IR
- Sep 2024
ZoningBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 24 207128 ZON 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 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Roof and cladding 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Apr 2016
Alterations · Other(BA) · Permit Issued
Proposal for concrete repairs to the hydro vault on the ground floor
Permit 16 146625 BLD
- May 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install 1 backflow prevention device to the existing water line.
Permit 09 135941 PSA · est. $6,000
- Dec 2003
Roof and cladding · Re-Roofing/Re-Cladding · Closed
Installation of exterior wall cladding. Existing and proposed: apartment building.
Permit 03 201525 BLD · est. $200,000
- Jan 1997
Fire and life safety · Unknown · Closed
CARRY OUT REMEDIAL WORK REQUIRED TO BE TAKEN IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH RETROFIT PROVISIONS OF THE FIRECODE. (2 TOWERS) SS
Permit 97 012815 FSU · est. $50,000
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
69/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit86
56 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sherbourne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 300 m.
- Parks & trees51
14.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 160 m. 366 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling89
Within 1 km: 5.05 km of protected lanes, 5.25 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.5 km of shared routes. 12 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
9 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Rose Avenue Jr Public School, 70 m), plus 8 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 safety24
6 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
Shown for context. None of this is part of the living score.
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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.1 km away
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, 400 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) (x104)- 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
- 16
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 2
77 Howard St · 100 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 record240 Wellesley St E · 290 m away
Subdivision · Under Review · submitted 2024-09-30
Draft Plan of Subdivision to establish two development blocks with pedestrian and vehicular connections into and through the subject site. A new public park and publicly-accessible open spaces, framed by the addition of new buildings to be
City record137 Isabella St · 280 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2024-02-26
Zoning By-law Amendment for a 69-storey residential building containing 823 dwelling units. The existing 7-storey apartment building and 3-storey single detached dwelling on the site would be demolished. The 61 demolished rental units would
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.
| Bedrooms | North St. James Town | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto 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.
76 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 14
- Units
- 279
- Built
- 1967
- Elevators
- 3
- Managed by
- Ranee Management
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 8-10
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, ground level garage, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Balconies
- No
- 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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