Skip to content
Building Review

9 Bales Ave

Toronto, Ontario

A 94-unit condominium registered in 2016 (TSCC 2507).

Living score
60/100
Units
94

Reviews

No reviews yet

If you live here, or used to, you know things a listing never mentions.

Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

Sign in to report a problem or maintenance work here.

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.

  • Demolition 1
  • Apr 2013

    Demolition · Demolition · Closed

    Demolition of single family dwelling and detached garage in the side yard for a new proposal to Construct a 12 storey residential building with 94 units & 3 levels of under ground parking . 28 Avondale Avenue ( former #9 and #15 Bales Ave.…

    Permit 13 155755 DEM

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

60/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit94

    78.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sheppard-Yonge (1 Yonge-University Line), 380 m.

  • Parks & trees40

    9.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 180 m. 571 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling26

    Within 1 km: 1.05 km of protected lanes, 0.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby93

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Toronto District School Board - Oakburn Centre, 480 m), plus 10 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities26

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 9 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety31

    5 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.

What matters to you?

Change how much each category counts. The score above updates as you go; nothing is saved.

Map

Turn layers on and off to see what is around the building.

Loading the neighbourhood map…

About 1.2 km around the building. Select anything on the map for details. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Also worth knowing

Shown for context. None of this is part of the living score.

Safety

Avondale

  • AssaultLower than most

    Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (58% of the city median).

  • Break and enterLower than most

    Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (63% of the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (45% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the lowest

    Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 82 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

Traffic pollutionModerate

Highway 401, 450 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

65 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Forest Lawn Mausoleum And Cremation Centre

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, 10.3 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
43
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 17 Johnston Ave · 210 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-02-06

    OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of a 48-storey mixed-use building providing residential and commercial use at grade. The building will provide a total of 479 residential units, being a mix of 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 3-

    City record
  • 19 Poyntz Ave · 230 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-11-12

    An Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application has been made to the City for the lands municipally known as 15-25 Poyntz Avenue. The proposal is seeking to permit a 51-storey tall building, containing 604 residential units on the

    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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsWillowdale East/Newtonbrook EastNorth York (Northeast) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,498$1,491
1 bed$1,847$1,815$1,761
2 beds$2,319$2,156$2,045
3+ beds$2,745$2,342$2,294
All units$2,098$2,081$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 inventory of condominiums registered 2002–2018. Not resident reviews.

Type
Condominium
Units
94
Unit mix
54 one-bed · 40 two-bed
Condo plan
TSCC 2507
Registered
February 2016

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

Discussion

Sign in to join the discussion.

No questions yet. Ask the first one.