85 Spencer Ave
Toronto, Ontario M6K
A 7-storey, 57-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1974.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
4 bylaw investigations at this address since Jul 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 3
- Not enough heat 1
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171774 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171773 000 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 112925 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 193283 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
6 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Fire and life safety 2
- Parking garage repair 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Sep 2023
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed
Replacement of all sprinkler lines in parking garage of existing residential apartment building
Permit 23 202787 FSU · est. $85,000
- Apr 2022
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Replacement of existing removable concrete slab structure and waterproofing of Hydro Vault room roof slab.
Permit 22 138340 BLD
- May 2015
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Boiler/Furnace/AC Replacement · Closed
Replacement of an existing Boiler System to Appartment Building.
Permit 15 160778 MSA · est. $157,000
- Mar 2012
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
permit to install one backflow device in basement of existing apartment building.
Permit 12 143509 PSA · est. $5,000
- Sep 2002
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
replace existing fire alarm system with new fire alarm system. also replace voice communication system and upgarde fire alarm audibility. (8 stories) Job card created
Permit 02 169245 FSU · est. $250,000
- Aug 2001
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Balcony repairs - all elevations (54 balconies) and replace 229 m of balcony guards.
Permit 01 165995 CMB · est. $100,000
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.
- Transit59
49 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Dufferin (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.6 km.
- Parks & trees67
17.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 240 m. 553 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling76
Within 1 km: 0.4 km of protected lanes, 6 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.5 km of shared routes. 8 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Holy Family Catholic Elementary School, 400 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities85
Within 1 km: 1 library, 4 community centres, 9 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety24
6 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
South Parkdale
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (56% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 480 m away
134 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Moveable 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, 3.0 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d2.0) (x811)- Height limit
- 23 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
- 5
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1339 King St W · 200 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2025-05-26
Site Plan Control application for a new 10-storey infill residential building with 92 affordable rental units. The existing apartment building ('Phoenix Place') at 1355 King St W will be fully retained on the site.
City record1304 King St W · 140 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2023-10-12
This proposal was appealed to the OLT and subsequently settled with Council adoption in April 2025. The proposal is for an 18-storey (57m excluding mechanical penthouse) building comprised of a total of 14,850 m2 (14,517m2 of residential, 3
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 | South Parkdale/King West | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,436 | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,826 | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,436 | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $3,747 | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,931 | $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. 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.
86 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 7
- Units
- 57
- Built
- 1974
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- 8:00AM TO 8:00PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 4
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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