85 Wellesley St E
Toronto, Ontario M4Y
A 8-storey, 88-unit private rental building built in 1965.
- Property manager
- Hazelview Properties
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
7 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 1 notice or order to comply; 2 still open.
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 6
- Garbage 1
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 161414 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 107097 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 184765 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2025· Order Issued
- Unit 201 – Kitchen: The supplied appliance(s) is not maintained in good repair and good working order. Namely: The kitchen stove does not work properly. (open)
- Unit 201 – Kitchen: The cupboard is not maintained in good repair and good working order.Namely: The kitchen cabinets are damaged and chipped, and the drawers are not functioning properly. (open)
- Unit 201 – Inside the unit.: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: The ceiling is covered with the cracks and peeling paint throughout the unit, (open)
- Unit 201 – Inside the unit.: The floor and every appurtenance, surface cover and finish is not reasonably smooth and level. Namely: The flooring in the unit is uneven, with holes, missing sections, and chipped or peeling paint on the parquet. (open)
- Unit 201 – Inside the unit: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: The walls throughout the unit are not maintained, with cracks, peeling paint, and holes. (open)
- Unit 201 – Kitchen: The supplied facility in or on the property is not constructed, installed and/or maintained so that it will function safely and effectively.Namely: The kitchen countertop is damaged and in disrepair. (closed)
- Unit 201 – Inside the unit: The property is not being kept free of pests.Namely: The unit is infested with cockroaches. (open)
- Unit 201 – Inside the unit: Interior lighting fixtures or lamps are not maintained.Namely: The light fixtures in the unit are missing covers. (closed)
Case 25 226286 PRS 00 IV
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 25 173772 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 108896 WST 00 IR
Show 1 older case
- Oct 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 226600 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
1 permit 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 1
- Oct 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed - Dormant
permit for one backflow device in existing apartment building - basement level - 2"
Permit 10 287470 PSA · est. $8,500
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
70/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit84
52.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Wellesley (1 Yonge-University Line), 280 m.
- Parks & trees47
11.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 110 m. 550 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling93
Within 1 km: 8.2 km of protected lanes, 2.4 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.35 km of shared routes. 15 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Jarvis Collegiate Institute, 180 m), plus 9 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 1 community centre, 15 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety10
10 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
Church-Wellesley
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (34% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (7.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (33% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% 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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.8 km away
144.7 tonnes a year from 2 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, 390 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 1
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 (d2.5) (x513)- Height limit
- 30 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
- 61
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
568 Church St · 120 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-02-20
Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law amendment for a 36-storey purpose built rental mixed-use tower atop a 5-storey podium with 409 residential rental units and retail at grade.
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 | Church-Yonge Corridor | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,698 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,922 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,536 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,008 | $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 RentSafeTO registry, as reported by the landlord (registered 2018). Not resident reviews.
78 / 100City inspection score, September 2024. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 8
- Units
- 88
- Built
- 1965
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Hazelview Properties
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- 2nd floor, 9 TO 9
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Ground level garage, carport, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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