8 Hector Ave
Toronto, Ontario M6N
A 3-storey, 18-unit private rental building built in 1957.
- Property manager
- Sterling Karamar 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 May 2025; 2 notices or orders to comply.
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 8
- Not enough heat 1
- Snow and ice 1
- Zoning 1
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 202457 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173620 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173619 000 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Feb 2026· Closed
- Main Entrance: Dwelling unit is not connected by two way voice communication system and security locking release mechanism to the principle entrance of the building. Namely: Dwelling units are not capable of unlocking principle entrance door. (closed)
Case 26 119359 PRS 00 IV
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 119213 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Snow and iceBylaw· Closed
Case 26 107241 SNI 00 IR
Show 5 older cases
- Jan 2026
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 26 103783 ZON 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2025· Closed
- Dwelling Unit: Communication system is not maintained in good repair and in operative condition. Namely: Tenant's in unit intercom system is unable to unlock the front door when buzzed from the main communication system. (closed)
Case 25 186011 PRS 00 IV
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 185294 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 177371 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 157687 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.
From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
49/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit4
8 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Mount Dennis (5 Eglinton Line), 950 m.
- Parks & trees92
45.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 130 m. 542 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling66
Within 1 km: 0.45 km of protected lanes, 6.25 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.3 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Cordella Jr Public School , 220 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities44
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 5 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety80
1 collision 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
None reported
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, 7.5 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
- 11 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.
| 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.
- 2016
- 2.10% lower rent · tenants notified
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.
90 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 18
- Built
- 1957
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Sterling Karamar Property Management
- Heating
- Forced air gas
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Inside the building, 8.00 10.00
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 5
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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