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825 Bay St

Toronto, Ontario

A 731-unit condominium registered in 2009 (TSCC 2037).

Living score
64/100
Units
731

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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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.

  • Plumbing and drains 5
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 5
  • Alterations 3
  • Fire and life safety 2
  • Construction 2
  • Feb 2022

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

    Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to existing retail space to construct a new optical retail store including new partitions, repaint, flooring, and lights.

    Permit 22 111056 PLB

  • Feb 2022

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

    HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to existing retail space to construct a new optical retail store including new partitions, repaint, flooring, and lights.

    Permit 22 111056 HVA

  • Feb 2022

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection

    Proposal for interior alterations to existing retail space to construct a new optical retail store including new partitions, repaint, flooring, and lights.

    Permit 22 111056 BLD · est. $20,000

  • Jan 2013

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

    HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to ground floor retail area to create 2 suites, including a new exterior door (140.7m2) in existing mixed-use building.

    Permit 13 108164 HVA

  • Jan 2013

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued

    Proposal for interior alterations to ground floor retail area to create 2 suites, including a new exterior door (140.7m2) in existing mixed-use building.

    Permit 13 108164 BLD · est. $70,000

  • May 2009

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

    Plumbing - Interior alterations to temporary decor centre.

    Permit 09 142937 PLB

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  • May 2009

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

    HVAC - Interior alterations to temporary decor centre.

    Permit 09 142937 HVA

  • May 2009

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Interior alterations to temporary decor centre.

    Permit 09 142937 BLD

  • Jan 2009

    Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Closed

    Proposal to install 6 electomagnetic locks in new condominium building. 4 maglocks with 2 key switches on the ground floor and 2 maglocks on the third floor.

    Permit 09 103652 FSU · est. $5,000

  • Jun 2008

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

    Revision to add 2 additional floors to south tower. 15 new residential units. (See HVAC permit for drawings)

    Permit 05 146395 PLB

  • Jun 2008

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

    Revision to add 2 additional floors to south tower. 15 new residential units.

    Permit 05 146395 HVA

  • Jun 2008

    Construction · Closed

    Revision to add 2 additional floors to south tower. Total will be 45 storey.( not including Mech.PH) 15 new residential units. See C.O.A. - A0475/08

    Permit 05 146395 BLD

  • Nov 2007

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

    Plumbing - To construct 2 condominium towers (35 and 43 storey)( North tower - 317 units & South tower - 397 units) with six levels of below grade parking (470 spaces for tenants & 43 spaces for visitors), ground floor retail. In connectio…

    Permit 05 146395 PLB

  • Jan 2007

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

    Drain - To construct 2 condominium towers (35 ans 43 storey) with seven levels of below grade parking, ground floor retail. In connection with 04-165384 STE

    Permit 05 146395 DRN

  • Jan 2007

    Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed

    Sprinklers in connection with BLD 05 146395.

    Permit 07 102496 FSU

  • Jun 2005

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

    HVAC - To construct 2 condominium towers (35 ans 43 storey) with seven levels of below grade parking, ground floor retail. In connection with 04-165384 STE - New Building

    Permit 05 146395 HVA

  • Jun 2005

    Construction · Closed

    To construct 2 condominium towers (35 and 43 storey)( North tower - 317 units & South tower - 397 units) with six levels of below grade parking (470 spaces for tenants & 43 spaces for visitors), ground floor retail. In connection with 04-1…

    Permit 05 146395 BLD · est. $13,800,000

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

64/ 100

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

  • Transit86

    56 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: College (1 Yonge-University Line), 250 m.

  • Parks & trees35

    10.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 190 m. 393 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling93

    Within 1 km: 7.65 km of protected lanes, 2.35 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.35 km of shared routes. 19 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby93

    9 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Joseph'S College School, 380 m), plus 12 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities53

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 14 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety3

    12 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 3 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Bay-Cloverhill

  • AssaultAbout typical

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

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 100 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (16% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

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

  • Theft over $5,000Among the highest

    Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (6.0× the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the lowest

    Lower than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (41% 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

207.5 tonnes a year from 11 facilities, mostly Walton Street Steam Plant

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, 1.0 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

Commercial Residential

Category
Mixed use
Zone label
CR 7.8 (c2.0; r7.8) SS1 (x1941)
Height limit
61 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
26
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 27 Grosvenor St · 90 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-04-15

    Zoning By-law Amendment to amend the Section 37 Agreement of By-law 1096-2021 to reduce the size of the child-care centre previously approved, while increasing capacity to 62 children (from 49).

    City record
  • 444 Yonge St · 280 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-07-09

    Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application for three towers of 65, 75 and 96 storeys proposed above the existing designated heritage College Park building, which will form the base of the towers. A total of 2,342 reside

    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
BedroomsBay Street CorridorToronto (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio$2,048$1,606$1,491
1 bed$2,619$2,042$1,761
2 beds$3,811$2,776$2,045
3+ beds-$3,580*$2,294
All units$2,975$2,163$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 inventory of condominiums registered 2002–2018. Not resident reviews.

Type
Condominium
Units
731
Unit mix
56 studio · 352 one-bed · 320 two-bed · 3 three-bed+
Condo plan
TSCC 2037
Registered
November 2009

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

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