88 Oxford St
Toronto, Ontario M5T
A 4-storey, 11-unit private rental building built in 1895.
- Property manager
- Turtledove Management
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
12 bylaw investigations at this address since Sep 2025; 4 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 8
- Long grass and weeds 2
- Garbage 1
- Not enough heat 1
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2026· Closed
Case 26 202811 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 202805 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 202423 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Order Issued
- The yards and /or other part of property is not being kept clean and free from accumulation of junk, rubbish, brush, refuse, litter, garbage and/or other debris. (open)
- The garbage containers are not water tight.Namely: damaged bin lids. (open)
Case 26 214469 PRS 00 IV
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 179588 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172700 000 00 IR
Show 6 older cases
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172699 000 00 IR
- Oct 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 235096 WST 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2025· Closed
- Exterior – West: The hedge(s), shrub(s), tree(s) and/or plant has been planted and/or maintained in a manner which is overhanging and/or encroaching upon the pavement, sidewalk or travelled portion of a street or highway. (closed)
Case 25 227391 PRS 00 IV
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 227388 PRS 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Long grass and weedsBylawNotice to comply · Sep 2025· Closed
Case 25 227371 LGW 00 IV
- Sep 2025
Long grass and weedsBylaw· Closed
Case 25 226137 LGW 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.
- Alterations 3
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Sep 2009
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed - Dormant
Plumbing - Proposal to alter the existing three-storey apartment building containing nine dwellings units and one superintendent's suite by creating one additional residential dwelling unit in the basement.See also 07 244656 BLD, 09 127679…
Permit 09 164440 PLB
- Sep 2009
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
This permit is only for work done in the basement. FOr work done on GF, 2nd and 3rd floor see permit 07-244656.Proposal to alter the existing three-storey apartment building containing nine dwellings units and one superintendent's suite by…
Permit 09 164440 BLD
- Nov 2008
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Revision Issued
REVISION: To maintain existing superintendent suite in the basement; see highlited plans and notes on plans.
Permit 07 244656 BLD
- Jul 2007
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection
Plumbing - Interior alterations to portions of dwelling units in an existing three-storey 11 unit apartment building. Addition of dishwashers to dwelling units.
Permit 07 244656 PLB
- Jul 2007
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Interior alterations to portions of dwelling units and basement in an existing three-storey, 9-unit apartment building.
Permit 07 244656 BLD · est. $75,000
- Jun 2007
Heating, cooling and ventilation · HVAC: Other Group C Buildings · Inspection
Permit to install new heating system to replace old one - apartment building.
Permit 07 230976 MSA · est. $45,000
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
51/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit47
37.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Queen's Park (1 Yonge-University Line), 1.2 km.
- Parks & trees9
3.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 320 m. 506 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling84
Within 1 km: 3.3 km of protected lanes, 5.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.5 km of shared routes. 7 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
12 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Kensington Community School, 100 m), plus 5 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 1 community centre, 14 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety12
8 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Map
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About 1.2 km around the building. Select anything on the map for details. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Also worth knowing
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Safety
Kensington-Chinatown
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.3× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.1× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (14× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% 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, 2.0 km away
60.3 tonnes a year from 6 facilities, mostly University Of Toronto Central 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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 140 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 (f4.5; d1.0) (x847)- Height limit
- 13 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
- 3
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
309 Augusta Ave · 200 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-07-22
Proposed six storey hotel with restaurant components containing 2194sqm of non-residential gross floor area. No parking is proposed.
City record333 College St · 240 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2025-12-23
A 20-storey privately-owned student residence building containing 17,649 square metres of residential gross floor area and 60 square metres of retail gross floor area at grade.
City record452 Bathurst St · 260 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2021-10-15
Site Plan Approval application to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 6-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 365.70 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 5,543.5 square metres. A
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 | Kensington-Chinatown | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | - | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,497* | $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 2017). Not resident reviews.
75 / 100City inspection score, July 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 11
- Built
- 1895
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Turtledove Management
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 8-10
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 8 outdoor
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 11
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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