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Building Review

831 Kennedy Rd

Toronto, Ontario M1K

A 6-storey, 50-unit private rental building built in 1954.

Living score
63/100
Built
1954
Units
50
Storeys
6
City inspection
93/100

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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

2 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 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 2
  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 109210 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 269997 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

3 permits 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
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Jun 2022

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Railing replacement and minor balcony repairs

    Permit 22 167756 BLD · est. $100,000

  • Nov 2015

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed

    Proposal to install a 2" DCVA backflow prevention device in existing apartment building.

    Permit 15 254370 PSA · est. $2,000

  • Mar 2013

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Fire alarm system upgrade for audibility and main panel replacement in existing building. (6 Storey apartment building)

    Permit 13 128622 FSU · est. $15,000

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

63/ 100

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

  • Transit90

    66 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 10 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Kennedy (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 570 m.

  • Parks & trees48

    14 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 50 m. 320 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling43

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 3.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.85 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby41

    4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Ionview Public School, 470 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities53

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 6 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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Safety

Ionview

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Break and enterLower than most

    Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (89% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

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

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (84% of the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about 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 kmModerate

200 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Unibody & Frame 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, 11.5 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 Apartment

Category
Apartment
Zone label
RA (au67.0) (x710)
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
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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsIonviewScarborough (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,546$1,520$1,491
1 bed$1,594$1,610$1,761
2 beds$1,695$1,843$2,045
3+ beds$1,962$1,932$2,294
All units$1,661$1,754$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.

93 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
6
Units
50
Built
1954
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Corridor of each floors 2-6, 8:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M.
Pets
Not allowed
Parking
Ground level garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
21

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

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