76 Grange Ave
Toronto, Ontario M5T
A 3-storey, 11-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1993.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing 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
7 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2025; 1 notice or order to comply; 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
- Snow and ice 2
- Not enough heat 1
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawNotice to comply · Sep 2026· Notice Issued
- Interior – top of stairs, main hallway, kitchen: Floor(s) and/or floor covering(s) not maintained free from trip or other hazardous condition. (open)
- Bathroom – Tub: The plumbing system is not kept free from leaks or defects. (open)
- Interior – hallway, storage closet: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
Case 26 232165 PRS 00 IV
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Notice Issued
Case 26 226635 PRS 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 159349 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Snow and iceBylaw· Closed
Case 26 105635 SNI 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Snow and iceBylaw· Closed
Case 25 270064 SNI 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 267702 HEA 00 IR
Show 1 older case
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 259325 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
1 permit 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
- Dec 2018
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
install backflow preventor
Permit 18 267316 PSA · est. $10,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
63/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit71
27 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Patrick (1 Yonge-University Line), 740 m.
- Parks & trees21
6.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 300 m. 473 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling94
Within 1 km: 7.55 km of protected lanes, 4.35 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.45 km of shared routes. 12 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
10 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Ogden Jr Public School, 280 m), plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 2 community centres, 21 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety3
13 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Kensington-Chinatown
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.3× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.1× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (14× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 1.5 km away
105.7 tonnes a year from 8 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, 700 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 (f4.5; d1.0) (x834)- Height limit
- 13 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
- 3
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
14 Grange Ave · 210 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2024-10-15
Combined Official Plan Amendment (OPA) & Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) for two residential buildings with a central courtyard, totalling 22 units. The front building is 5 storeys (16.2 metres) in height and the rear building is 4.5 storeys
City record182 Spadina Ave · 300 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2021-12-21
Site Plan Approval for a hotel development comprised of two towers, one fronting Spadina Avenue (14 storeys - 41.45 metres including the mechanical penthouse) and the other fronting Cameron Street (19 storeys - 57 metres including the mecha
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 | Kensington-Chinatown | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | - | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,497* | $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.
80 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 11
- Built
- 1993
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- TCH
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Main floor, 7:00 AM- 10:00 PM
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 10
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