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Building Review

701 Eglinton Ave W

Toronto, Ontario M5N

A 4-storey, 32-unit private rental building built in 1950.

Living score
59/100
Built
1950
Units
32
Storeys
4
City inspection
93/100
Property manager
Cogir Real Estate

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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

16 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2024.

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.

  • Not enough heat 13
  • Repairs and upkeep 2
  • Garbage 1
  • Jun 2026

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 191296 WST 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172566 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172565 000 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 166697 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 108783 HEA 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 233937 HEA 00 IR

Show 10 older cases
  • Jan 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 107780 HEA 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 106130 HEA 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 103207 HEA 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 103116 HEA 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 102377 HEA 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 100883 HEA 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 100344 HEA 00 IR

  • Dec 2024

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 253667 HEA 00 IR

  • Dec 2024

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 250511 HEA 00 IR

  • Nov 2024

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 245358 HEA 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.

  • Alterations 2
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Sep 2023

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Permit Issued

    Plumbing - Proposed interior alterations to existing apartment, unit 101.

    Permit 22 228020 PLB

  • Jan 2023

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued

    Interior alterations to unit 405 in existing building

    Permit 23 104380 BLD · est. $15,000

  • Nov 2022

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued

    Proposed interior alterations to existing apartment, unit 101.

    Permit 22 228020 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

59/ 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: Chaplin (5 Eglinton Line), 280 m.

  • Parks & trees26

    7.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 180 m. 481 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling50

    Within 1 km: 0.9 km of protected lanes, 2.4 km of bike lanes and trails, 4.9 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby85

    5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, 150 m), plus 3 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 safety51

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

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Also worth knowing

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Safety

Forest Hill South

  • AssaultAmong the lowest

    Lower than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (44% of the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the highest

    Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.4× the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (58% of the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest

    Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (63% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% 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

Allen Road, 1.2 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
BedroomsToronto (North) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,570$1,491
1 bed$1,892$1,761
2 beds$2,476$2,045
3+ beds$2,985$2,294
All units$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 2018). Not resident reviews.

93 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
32
Built
1950
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 8AM TO 10 PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
5 indoor
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
12

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

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