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Building Review

80 Gowan Ave

Toronto, Ontario M4K

A 11-storey, 88-unit private rental building built in 1968.

Living score
56/100
Built
1968
Units
88
Storeys
11
City inspection
95/100

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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

10 bylaw investigations at this address since Feb 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 9
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 194864 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 170968 000 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 269644 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 215163 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 190810 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 185153 PRS 00 IR

Show 4 older cases
  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 184536 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 184085 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 166385 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 119729 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

1 permit the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Balcony repair 1
  • Jan 2021

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Proposal to repair balconies and railing replacement for existing apartment building

    Permit 21 110473 BLD · est. $250,000

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.

  • Transit59

    50.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Pape (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.0 km.

  • Parks & trees63

    17.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 400 m. 458 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling70

    Within 1 km: 1 km of protected lanes, 5.15 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.25 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Chester Elementary School , 60 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities53

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 11 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety31

    5 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

Broadview North

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the lowest

    Lower than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (27% of the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesLower than most

    Lower than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Lower than most

    Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • ShootingsHigher than most

    Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× 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

Traffic pollutionLow

Don Valley Parkway, 670 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

467 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Bestway Donlands Cleaners

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, 3.0 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 Apartment Commercial

Category
Apartment
Zone label
RAC (d2.0)
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
5
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 1030 Pape Ave · 250 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-10-22

    Site Plan Approval for the Cosburn Station as part of the Ontario Line Subway

    City record
  • 16 Cosburn Ave · 230 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-26

    Applicaton for a 25-storey residential building inclusive of a 6-storey podium having a gross floor area of 19,263 square metres (FSI 8.94). The application includes 299 residential dwelling units, incuding 29 rental replacement units. A

    City record
  • 5 Cosburn Ave · 240 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-26

    Application for a 24-storey resdidential building inclusive of a four-storey podium, consisting of 424 residential units. The proposal also consists of 186 vehicle parking spaces and 425 bike parking spaces. The site includes a public pa

    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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsBroadview NorthEast York zoneToronto region
Studio$1,463$1,339$1,491
1 bed$1,597$1,578$1,761
2 beds$1,922$1,820$2,045
3+ beds$2,258$2,178$2,294
All units$1,687$1,715$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, September 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
11
Units
88
Built
1968
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Ground floor, 24HRS
Pets
Allowed - leashed
Parking
Underground garage, ground level garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Bike parking
64 indoor, 4 outdoor
Amenities
Indoor exercise room
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
14

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

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