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Building Review

90 Adelaide St E

Toronto, Ontario M5C

A 8-storey, 60-unit private rental building built in 1980.

Living score
72/100
Built
1980
Units
60
Storeys
8
City inspection
92/100
Contractor
Armstrong Baum · 2010

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Issues & maintenance

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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.

  • Alterations 2
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Feb 2010

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Permit Issued

    Proposal to install two backflow prevention devices in existing mixed-use building.

    Permit 10 122879 PSA · est. $5,000 · by Armstrong Baum

  • Aug 2006

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Proposal to replace fire alarm in exising multi-use building.

    Permit 06 165871 FSU

  • Jan 2002

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    alter plan as approved by providing 5 undersized parking spaces see: c. of a. dec.

    Permit 01 158435 BLD

  • Jul 2001

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Demolish non-load bearing walls in the portion underground parking garage area and provide four additional parking spaces.

    Permit 01 158435 CMB · 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

72/ 100

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

  • Transit94

    77.9 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 9 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: King (1 Yonge-University Line), 430 m.

  • Parks & trees36

    10.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 40 m. 421 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling98

    Within 1 km: 9.5 km of protected lanes, 2.3 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.65 km of shared routes. 22 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby79

    9 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Victoria Street Linc, 290 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities98

    Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 6 community centres, 13 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety5

    11 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Downtown Yonge East

  • AssaultAmong the highest

    Higher than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.0× the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the highest

    Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.1× the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest

    Higher than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.5× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the highest

    Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (17× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× 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 pollutionLow

Gardiner Expressway, 690 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

232.2 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly Redpath Sugar Ltd

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
Street Health, 860 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

Commercial Residential

Category
Mixed use
Zone label
CR 4.0 (c2.0; r4.0) SS1 (x2254)
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
24
Registered short-term rentals at this address
1
  • 134 Jarvis St · 300 m away

    Site plan · Application Received · submitted 2026-09-02

    Proposed commercial parking lot

    City record
  • 65 Adelaide St E · 130 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-11-28

    Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a new 63-storey mixed-use building, containing approximately 370 dwelling units.

    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
BedroomsChurch-Yonge CorridorToronto (Central) zoneToronto 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 2017). Not resident reviews.

92 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
8
Units
60
Built
1980
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 24
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
Yes
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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