8 Castleton Ave
Toronto, Ontario M6N
A 3-storey, 17-unit private rental building built in 1965.
- Property manager
- Orchard Park Property 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
11 bylaw investigations at this address since Apr 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.
- Garbage 6
- Repairs and upkeep 3
- Not enough heat 2
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 183296 HEA 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173953 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173952 000 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 146628 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 202672 WST 00 IR
- Jul 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 194783 WST 00 IR
Show 5 older cases
- Jul 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 191513 WST 00 IR
- May 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 155193 WST 00 IR
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 154466 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 152082 WST 00 IR
- Apr 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 151748 WST 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
6 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
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Jul 2020
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Revision Issued
REV02: fire alarm
Permit 19 214423 BLD
- Jul 2020
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
Rev 01 - Interior alteration to create additional unit in basement from storage/office, to change dryers to ventless type and to add corridor ventilation fan.HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to all 17 units within the existing 2 st…
Permit 19 214423 HVA
- Feb 2020
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Revision Issued
Revision #1: Interior alteration to create additional unit on ground floor from storage/officeProposal for interior alterations to all 17 units within the existing 2 storey apartment building
Permit 19 214423 BLD · est. $30,000
- Oct 2019
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to all 17 units within the existing 2 storey apartment building
Permit 19 214423 PLB
- Oct 2019
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to all 17 units within the existing 2 storey apartment building
Permit 19 214423 HVA
- Aug 2019
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Proposal for interior alterations to all 17 units within the existing 2 storey apartment building
Permit 19 214423 BLD · est. $255,000
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
56/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit43
32 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Runnymede (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.1 km.
- Parks & trees61
18 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 320 m. 294 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling51
Within 1 km: 0.4 km of protected lanes, 3.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.95 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: George Syme Community School, 390 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities67
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 9 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
Rockcliffe-Smythe
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (87% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- HomicideHigher than most
Higher than 87 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
70.9 tonnes a year from 7 facilities, mostly ICS Universal Drum Reconditioning GP INC.
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, 6.8 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 Multiple Dwelling
- Category
- Low-rise residential
- Zone label
RM (f12.0; u4; d0.8) (x252)- 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
- 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.
| Bedrooms | Rockcliffe-Smythe | York zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,162 | $1,381 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,593 | $1,706 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,050 | $2,067 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,201 | $2,547 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,837 | $1,864 | $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 2017). Not resident reviews.
95 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 17
- Built
- 1965
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Orchard Park Property Management
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 9:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M.
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 5
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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