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Building Review

90 Shuter St

Toronto, Ontario M5B

A 10-storey, 77-unit social housing building built in 1983.

Living score
74/100
Built
1983
Units
77
Storeys
10
City inspection
92/100
Property manager
Homes First Society

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Issues & maintenance

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

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City bylaw and health cases

4 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 2025.

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.

  • Not enough heat 3
  • Repairs and upkeep 1
  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171052 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171051 000 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 106612 HEA 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 103583 HEA 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

12 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 4
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 4
  • Alterations 4
  • Dec 2020

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Revision 01 - changes to plumbingPlumbing - Proposed interior alterations to combine two suites with associate plumbing and HVAC

    Permit 20 117375 PLB

  • Dec 2020

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    Revision 01 - changes to mechancialHVAC - Proposed interior alterations to combine two suites with associate plumbing and HVAC

    Permit 20 117375 HVA

  • Dec 2020

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Revision 01 - changes to kitchen, laundry, utility and washroomsProposed interior alterations to combine two suites with associate plumbing and HVAC

    Permit 20 117375 BLD

  • Feb 2020

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Plumbing - Proposed interior alterations to combine two suites with associate plumbing and HVAC

    Permit 20 117375 PLB

  • Feb 2020

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC - Proposed interior alterations to combine two suites with associate plumbing and HVAC

    Permit 20 117375 HVA

  • Feb 2020

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Proposed interior alterations to combine two suites with associate plumbing and HVAC

    Permit 20 117375 BLD · est. $500,000

Show 6 older permits
  • Dec 2017

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Plumbing - Proposed interior alteration to 6th floor (west) single unit suite

    Permit 17 271536 PLB

  • Dec 2017

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC - Proposed interior alteration to 6th floor (west) single unit suite

    Permit 17 271536 HVA

  • Dec 2017

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Proposed interior alteration to 6th floor (west) single unit suite

    Permit 17 271536 BLD · est. $100,000

  • Jul 2003

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC -install hvac ductwork and furnace for 2nd floor in existing apartment building.

    Permit 03 135163 HVA

  • May 2003

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed - Dormant

    install new plumbing fixtures. See fixture schedule attached.

    Permit 03 135163 PLB

  • May 2003

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    make interior alterations to the 2nd floor West side of building in existing tenants amenity space. "extra plans that show full floor plan received May 23"

    Permit 03 135163 BLD · est. $70,000

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

74/ 100

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

  • Transit86

    58.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Queen (1 Yonge-University Line), 530 m.

  • Parks & trees52

    13.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 120 m. 435 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling94

    Within 1 km: 9.55 km of protected lanes, 1.15 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.6 km of shared routes. 15 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby93

    11 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Ecole Elementaire Gabrielle Roy, 200 m), plus 6 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities98

    Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 5 community centres, 17 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety1

    14 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 4 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Also worth knowing

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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, 1.1 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

144.8 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Walton Street 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
Street Health, 500 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 (x2517)
Height limit
Set by the zone

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
17
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 134 Jarvis St · 140 m away

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

    Proposed commercial parking lot

    City record
  • 217 Jarvis St · 80 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-03-31

    This application proposes to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a 32-storey mixed-use building, containing 315 dwelling units (including 38 replacement rental units), approximately 377 sq. m. of non-residential gross floor

    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, June 2024. How buildings are scored

Type
Social housing
Storeys
10
Units
77
Built
1983
Elevators
2
Heating
Electric
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Main floor, 7 AM-10 PM
Pets
Not allowed
Parking
Carport
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
13

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

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