87 Jameson Ave
Toronto, Ontario M6K
A 9-storey, 94-unit private rental building built in 1959.
- Property manager
- DMS Property Management Ltd.
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Issues & maintenance
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City building permits
8 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Parking garage repair 2
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Alterations 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Jul 2023
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Garage Repairs;Localized Garage Roof Slab Concrete Repairs, Waterproofing, Ramp topping replacement.
Permit 23 175930 BLD
- Mar 2023
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed
Proposal to the modification to the proposed sprinkler system in the basement & ground floor vestibule. Several pendant sprinklers have been modified to become side-wall sprinklers.
Permit 23 120969 FSU · est. $600,000
- Jul 2020
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations of the locker rooms to residential units and gym.
Permit 20 168427 PLB
- Jul 2020
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations of the locker rooms to residential units and gym.
Permit 20 168427 HVA
- Jul 2020
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal for interior alterations of the locker rooms to residential units and gym.
Permit 20 168427 BLD
- Feb 2014
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal for concrete below-grade garage repairs
Permit 14 120143 BLD
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- Feb 2014
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Proposal to repair 89 balconies and repair railings
Permit 14 120135 BLD
- Mar 2013
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install 1 backflow prevention device in existing apartment building.
Permit 13 132599 PSA · 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
38/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit12
12 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Lansdowne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.8 km.
- Parks & trees58
16 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 70 m. 391 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling56
Within 1 km: 0.4 km of protected lanes, 4.15 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.35 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby37
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public School, 190 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 6 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety4
12 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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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, 150 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, 3.5 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d2.0) (x987)- 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
- 6
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1 Close Ave · 170 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-08-04
Site Plan Approval for an 8-storey supportive housing apartment building with 54 rental units.
City record1 Close Ave · 170 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-04-14
Proposed 8-storey 54-unit supportive housing project. The submission proposes a total GFA of 2,707 sm, including 137 sm (1,483 sf) of indoor amenity area and 120 sm of outdoor amenity area.
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.
95 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 9
- Units
- 94
- Built
- 1959
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- DMS Property Management
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 4
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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