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800 Lansdowne Ave

Toronto, Ontario M6H

A 4-storey, 138-unit private rental building built in 1992.

Living score
55/100
Built
1992
Units
138
Storeys
4
City inspection
82/100

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Issues & maintenance

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City bylaw and health cases

12 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2024.

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
  • Zoning 2
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 203801 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 202729 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 197527 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 195926 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 179501 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 131505 PRS 00 IR

Show 6 older cases
  • Feb 2026

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 117633 ZON 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 266065 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2025

    ZoningBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 207820 ZON 00 IR

  • Apr 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 142927 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 110513 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2024

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 240877 HEA 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

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

  • Alterations 10
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 3
  • Fire and life safety 3
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Mar 2006

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Revise plans as approved under original permit by changing approved retail to office space in connection with a community centre & relocate exterior ground floor wall on west building elevation.

    Permit 02 127682 BLD

  • Oct 2005

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Interior alterations to existing warehouse for Live Work Studios. Retail Parking garage.239 live-work units. Relocation of existing stair and corridor at basement

    Permit 02 127682 BLD

  • Sep 2005

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Revision to 2nd and 4th Floor Corridor Headrooms, to Clear Heights of 6' 8".

    Permit 02 127682 BLD

  • Apr 2005

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC - Interior alterations to create new Dollarama store - Interior Alterations

    Permit 05 127556 HVA

  • Apr 2005

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Interior alterations to create new Dollarama store

    Permit 05 127556 BLD · est. $50,000

  • Dec 2004

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Revision to delete 7th floor Suite bounded by grid lines 7, 8, P and Q; terminate Stair No. 5 at the 7th floor; provide exterior steel stair from the low roof at the 7th floor to the main roof; and provide catwalks to serve Stair No. 5 on…

    Permit 02 127682 BLD

Show 11 older permits
  • Dec 2004

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    Revision to HVAC re: exhaust units. HVAC - Install HVAC in relation to Building Permit 02-127682BLD SEE BUILDING PERMIT FILE FOR PLANS

    Permit 02 127682 HVA

  • Nov 2004

    Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Closed

    To install 8 maglocks to live/work building

    Permit 04 190658 FSU · est. $8,000

  • Nov 2004

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Revision to make various changes to building D

    Permit 02 127682 BLD

  • Jun 2004

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Revise plans as previously approved under 02-127682 BLD by changing the headroom shown on the approved plans on floors 3,4,5 and 6.

    Permit 02 127682 BLD

  • Jan 2004

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Revise plans as previously approved under 02-127682 BLD by making structural changes; Interior alterations to existing warehouse for Live Work Studios. Retail Parking garage.239 live-work units.

    Permit 02 127682 BLD

  • Jan 2004

    Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed

    Install sprinklers - whole building. See bp02-127682.

    Permit 04 104207 FSU

  • Jan 2004

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed

    Install window washing & maintenance anchors on roof of buildings C(35 anchors) & D(25 anchors)- Phase II.

    Permit 04 103145 BLD

  • Jan 2004

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Plumbing - Interior alterations to existing warehouse for Live Work Studios. Retail Parking garage.239 live-work units. - Interior Alterations (Install 8" sanitary drain, 8" storm drain, 8" and 6" water services and install fixtures (see a…

    Permit 02 127682 PLB

  • Jun 2003

    Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Cancelled

    Provide shop drawings for sprinkler system in connection with B.P 02-127682 cost included

    Permit 03 148369 FSU

  • May 2003

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC - Install HVAC in relation to Building Permit 02-127682BLD SEE BUILDING PERMIT FILE FOR PLANS

    Permit 02 127682 HVA

  • Apr 2002

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Interior alterations to existing warehouse for Live Work Studios. Retail Parking garage.239 live-work units.

    Permit 02 127682 BLD

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

55/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit70

    25.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Lansdowne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 710 m.

  • Parks & trees34

    11.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 220 m. 285 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling82

    Within 1 km: 1.65 km of protected lanes, 6.65 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.05 km of shared routes. 5 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby68

    9 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Luigi Catholic Elementary School, 500 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities40

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 8 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety24

    4 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Also worth knowing

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Safety

Junction-Wallace Emerson

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (61% of the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (54% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.5× the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (50% 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

Traffic pollutionLow

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

9.2 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly Nitta Gelatin Canada 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, 3.6 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

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (d0.6) (x740)
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
4
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 224 Wallace Ave · 290 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-05-14

    Standalone Official Plan Amendment application to redesignate the subject site from Core Employment Areas to Mixed Use Areas.

    City record
  • 213 Emerson Ave · 250 m away

    Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2022-04-05

    Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment to increase the approved height and density onsite to accomodate additional purpose built and affordable rental dwelling units. On Block 3, Tower 3A increases by 13 storeys and Tower 3B increases b

    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
BedroomsDovercourt/Davenport/JunctionToronto (West) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,633*$1,410$1,491
1 bed$2,054*$1,798$1,761
2 beds-$2,252$2,045
3+ beds-$3,238$2,294
All units$2,410*$1,945$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.

82 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
138
Built
1992
Elevators
2
Heating
Forced air gas
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Ground level, 24 HRS
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Bike parking
20 outdoor
Amenities
Indoor recreation room, indoor exercise room
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
9

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

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