85 Laing St
Toronto, Ontario M4L
A 3-storey, 13-unit private rental building built in 1921.
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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
20 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 4 notices or orders to comply.
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 15
- Garbage 5
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 174432 PRS 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 162573 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 102234 WST 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawNotice to comply · Jan 2026· Closed
Case 26 101912 PRS 00 IV
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jan 2026· Closed
- Bathroom: The plumbing system is not kept free from leaks or defects.Namely, the shower diverter is not fully functioning. (closed)
Case 26 101897 PRS 00 IV
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 101732 PRS 00 IR
Show 14 older cases
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 101669 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 101660 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 101649 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 268821 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 248858 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2025· Closed
- Interior: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: the ceiling is cracked in several areas. (closed)
- Interior: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: the baseboards are damaged, with holes and cracks. (closed)
Case 25 160329 PRS 00 IV
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 157933 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 156071 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
GarbageBylawNotice to comply · Jun 2025· Closed
Case 25 172517 WST 00 IV
- May 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 153799 WST 00 IR
- Mar 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 133248 WST 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 130579 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 254811 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2024
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 24 225967 WST 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.
From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
54/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit31
24.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Donlands (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.1 km.
- Parks & trees53
15 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 90 m. 337 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling84
Within 1 km: 2.3 km of protected lanes, 7.65 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Joseph Catholic Elementary School, 450 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 13 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety40
4 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
Greenwood-Coxwell
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the lowest
Lower than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (54% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.0× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Lower than 52 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
No expressway within 2 km
34.3 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly City Of Toronto Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment 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
- Street Health, 3.5 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
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR 2.5 (c1.0; r2.0) SS2 (x2224)- Height limit
- 12 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
- 10
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
46 Laing St · 100 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2022-12-23
Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications resulting from a settlement at the OLT.The proposed development consists of two seven-storey (7-storey) residential buildings with a total of 227 residential dwelling units.
City record50 Laing St · 90 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2022-12-23
Site Plan application to permit two apartment buildings (Building A: 7 storeys, 24.5m and Building B: four storeys, 13.8m) of with a total of 130 dwelling units. A total of 16 vehicular and 143 bicycle parking spaces are proposed.
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 | Woodbine Corridor/Greenwood-Coxwell | Toronto (East) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,525 | $1,213 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,702* | $1,692 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,907 | $1,869 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $1,876* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,746 | $1,685 | $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. Not resident reviews.
80 / 100City inspection score, December 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 13
- Built
- 1921
- Elevators
- 0
- Ward
- 14
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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