850 O'Connor Dr
Toronto, Ontario M4B
A 3-storey, 109-unit social housing building built in 1979.
- Property manager
- Canadian Macedonian Place Foundation
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
7 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 2 notices or orders 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
- Not enough heat 1
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2026· Order Issued
- Building – Throughout: Fixed window within dwelling units that extend to less than 1,000 millimetres from the floor is not protected by a guard to at least 1,000 millimetres above the floor, or designed to withstand the lateral design loads for balcony guards in… (open)
- South & Central Stairwells – Throughout: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (open)
Case 26 235369 PRS 00 IV
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 235302 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171344 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171343 000 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 117705 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Oct 2024· Closed
- Dwelling Unit: The property is not being kept free of pests.Namely, unit is reported to have a mice infestation. (open)
Case 24 231459 PRS 00 IV
Show 1 older case
- Oct 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 223298 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
4 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 2
- Alterations 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Dec 2014
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install 1 backflow prevention device in an existing apartment building.
Permit 14 260967 PSA · est. $12,500
- Aug 2006
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection
Plumbing - Interior alterations to lower and ground floor core areas
Permit 06 139592 PLB
- May 2006
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Interior alterations to lower and ground floor core areas
Permit 06 139592 BLD · est. $200,000
- May 2006
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed
sprinkler modifications to lower and ground floor level common areas
Permit 06 136662 FSU · est. $20,000
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
43/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit28
22.2 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sloane (5 Eglinton Line), 2.1 km.
- Parks & trees67
21.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 250 m. 143 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling38
Within 1 km: 0.1 km of protected lanes, 2.65 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.1 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby37
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Presteign Heights Elementary School , 430 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities26
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 2 community centres, 5 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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Also worth knowing
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Safety
O'Connor-Parkview
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (76% of the city median).
- RobberyAmong the lowest
Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (36% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (81% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (43% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Lower than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% 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, 1.2 km away
12.5 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly Mondelez Canada Inc East York Bakery
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, 6.8 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
Not in the city-wide by-law
This site is still governed by a former municipality’s zoning by-law, which the city-wide data does not cover.
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
- 2
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
793 O'Connor Dr · 240 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-06-03
Combined Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to permit a 16-storey mixed-use building with a height of 55.5 metres (60.5 metres with the mechnical penthouse). The proposed development will contain 219 residentia
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 | O'Connor-Parkview | East York zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,339 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,576 | $1,578 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,831 | $1,820 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,154 | $2,178 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,854 | $1,715 | $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.
94 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 109
- Built
- 1979
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Canadian Macedonian Place Foundation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Lower level, 7 AM-8 PM
- Pets
- Allowed - snakes, spiders, lizards,hamsters
- Parking
- Ground level garage, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 19
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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