738 Spadina Ave
Toronto, Ontario
A 273-unit condominium registered in 2008 (TSCC 1950, 1958).
- Living score
- 71/100
- Units
- 273
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Issues & maintenance
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City building permits
6 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 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Alterations 2
- May 2018
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to ground floor commercial unit for use as a Nail Salon
Permit 18 153055 PLB
- May 2018
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to ground floor commercial unit for use as a Nail Salon
Permit 18 153055 HVA
- May 2018
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal for interior alterations to ground floor commercial unit for use as a Nail Salon. Convenience address is 740 Spadina Ave.
Permit 18 153055 BLD · est. $5,000
- Jan 2018
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Cancelled
Plumbing - Interior alterations to ground floor commercial unit to convert from retail store to hair salon. CONVENIENCE ADDRESS - 740 SPADINA AVE.
Permit 18 106129 PLB
- Jan 2018
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Cancelled
HVAC - Interior alterations to ground floor commercial unit to convert from retail store to hair salon. CONVENIENCE ADDRESS - 740 SPADINA AVE.
Permit 18 106129 HVA
- Jan 2018
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Cancelled
Interior alterations to ground floor commercial unit to convert from retail store to hair salon. CONVENIENCE ADDRESS - 740 SPADINA AVE.
Permit 18 106129 BLD
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
71/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit96
88.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Spadina (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 150 m.
- Parks & trees5
1.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 310 m. 613 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling95
Within 1 km: 7 km of protected lanes, 5.45 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.2 km of shared routes. 13 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Central Technical School, 520 m), plus 14 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 1 community centre, 16 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety64
2 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
University
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.6× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.6× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.9× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (19× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- HomicideHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× 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
No expressway within 2 km
61.7 tonnes a year from 6 facilities, mostly University Of Toronto Central Steam Plant
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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 1.0 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
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR 2.0 (c1.0; r2.0) SS2 (x2396)- Height limit
- 14 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
- 26
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
425 Bloor St W · 110 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2022-10-12
Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 30-storey mixed-use building, containing 472 dwelling units and 798 square metres of non-residential gross floor area.
City record425 Bloor St W · 110 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-10-12
Proposal for a 30-storey building with retail units at grade along Bloor Street West. Overall, the proposal will introduce 472 residential units and 798 square metres of retail gross floor area.
City record334 Bloor St W · 120 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-27
Site Plan Approval for a 36-storey mixed-use building containing 431 residential dwelling units (including 24 rental dwelling replacement units), retail at-grade and in the concourse levels and 2 levels of office space. The site includes a
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 | University/Annex | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,553 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,050 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,199* | $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 inventory of condominiums registered 2002–2018. Not resident reviews.
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 273
- Unit mix
- 37 studio · 215 one-bed · 21 two-bed
- Condo plan
- TSCC 1950, 1958
- Registered
- June 2008
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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