77 Pembroke St
Toronto, Ontario M5A
A 4-storey, 16-unit private rental building built in 1896.
- Property manager
- Metcap Living Management Inc.
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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
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2025.
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
- Not enough heat 2
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171054 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171053 000 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 127077 000 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 126043 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 259889 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 258042 PRS 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
7 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 3
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Jun 2025
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Inspection
Fire Protection work consists of installing a new fire sprinkler system, and consists of installing new heat detectors in all suites in accordance with the approved alternative solution proposal dated November 5th 2024 and accepted by Toro…
Permit 25 170236 FSU · est. $120,000
- Jun 2020
Alterations · Other(BA) · Permit Issued
Proposed corrective measures with respect to exiting using fire escape. The scope of work includes replacement of access windows, installation of fire shutters, and repair of guards.
Permit 20 155007 BLD · est. $80,000
- Nov 2018
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Permit Issued
Proposal to install a backflow prevention device in an existing apartment building.
Permit 18 259394 PSA · est. $3,500
- Feb 2006
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposed rear yard detached garage. Convenience address - 79 Pembroke St
Permit 06 107919 BLD
- Sep 2001
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing -Install fixtures in basement for 4 relocated dwelling units: 4 w.b., 4 w.c., 4 b.t., 4 2-compt. sinks, 4 v.f.d.
Permit 01 175373 PLB
- Sep 2001
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - install electric baseboard heaters in basement for relocated dwelling units (4).
Permit 01 175373 HVA
Show 1 older permit
- Sep 2001
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
Make interior alterations to basement to relocate 4 dwelling units to basement and construct basement entrances at front & rear. Underpin foundation walls in existing crawlspaces. Also extend fire alarm system and sprinklers to basement. s…
Permit 01 175373 BLD · est. $100,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
68/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit74
33.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: TMU (1 Yonge-University Line), 760 m.
- Parks & trees39
11.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 260 m. 389 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling92
Within 1 km: 9 km of protected lanes, 1.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.55 km of shared routes. 10 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
14 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Ecole Elementaire Gabrielle Roy, 260 m), plus 9 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities98
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 5 community centres, 20 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety2
13 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 3 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Moss Park
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.4× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.6× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (7.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).
- HomicideHigher than most
Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× 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, 1.4 km away
15.3 tonnes a year from 1 facility, mostly Toronto Metropolitan University
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
- Street Health, 200 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) (x865)- 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
- 25
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
339 George St · 190 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-10-15
Lift the Hold application related to a new 10-storey building, containing 80 emergency shelter beds, 100 transitional shelter beds, 124 long-term care beds, 70 supportive housing units, and a 2,269 square metre community hub. The proposal w
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 | Moss Park/Regent Park | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,278* | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,987 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,484 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,904 | $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.
74 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 16
- Built
- 1896
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Metcap Living Management Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Main floor, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- 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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