8 Oakburn Cres
Toronto, Ontario M2N
A 3-storey, 11-unit private rental building built in 1945.
- Property manager
- KG Group
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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
1 bylaw investigation at this address since Aug 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 1
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 217699 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.
- Demolition 1
- Oct 2007
Demolition · Demolition · Closed
Demolition of rental apartment building with accessory structure garage. enviromnental assessment in lead permit n.r.
Permit 07 266225 DEM
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
52/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit60
11 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sheppard-Yonge (1 Yonge-University Line), 670 m.
- Parks & trees27
8.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 50 m. 465 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling32
Within 1 km: 1.55 km of protected lanes, 0.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Toronto District School Board - Oakburn Centre, 130 m), plus 12 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities31
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 10 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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About 1.2 km around the building. Select anything on the map for details. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Also worth knowing
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Safety
Avondale
- AssaultLower than most
Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (58% of the city median).
- Break and enterLower than most
Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (63% of the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (45% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the lowest
Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- ShootingsLower than most
Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% 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
Highway 401, 180 m away
65 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Forest Lawn Mausoleum And Cremation Centre
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
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 10.2 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 Detached
- Category
- Low-rise residential
- Zone label
RD (f9.0; a275)- Height limit
- 10 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
- 21
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
38 Avondale Ave · 290 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-05-05
Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of a 49-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 504 residential units, being a mix of studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 3-bedroom units. A paved access from A
City record38 Avondale Ave · 290 m away
Rezoning · Appeal Received · submitted 2025-05-05
OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of a 49-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 504 residential units, being a mix of studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 3-bedroom units. A paved access from Avon
City record8 Oakburn Cres · 0 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-28
Proposal for two 18-storey purpose built rental apartment buildings with a total gross floor area of 35,830.7square metres for 452 rental residential units, resulting in a density of 4.51 FSI. (21-185510 NNY 18OZ)
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 | Willowdale East/Newtonbrook East | North York (Northeast) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,498 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,847 | $1,815 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,319 | $2,156 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,745 | $2,342 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,098 | $2,081 | $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.
98 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 11
- Built
- 1945
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- KG Group
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Ground level garage, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 18
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