98 Cavell Ave
Toronto, Ontario M8V
A 6-storey, 100-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1992.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
5 bylaw investigations and 1 public health case at this address since Nov 2024.
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 5
- Bedbugs 1
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 210842 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2026
BedbugsPublic health· Under Investigation
Case 10872113
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 222830 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 149008 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 115926 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 238266 PRS 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
11 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 5
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 3
- Fire and life safety 2
- Alterations 1
- Feb 2022
Plumbing and drains · Other(PS) · Inspection
Replacement of all DHW and DCW riser isolation valves, all DHWR balancing valves, all in-suit DHW and DCW isolation valves, main distribution DHW and DCW piping and main DHWR line.
Permit 22 109852 PSA · est. $378,000
- Sep 2019
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Installation of new premise isolation backflow preventer.
Permit 19 226388 PSA
- Aug 2018
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Boiler/Furnace/AC Replacement · Closed
Proposal for Replacement of existing two heating boilers with new at 98 Cavell and Installation of two new Hot Water Heaters for each building at 98-100 Cavell.
Permit 18 205928 MSA · est. $650,000
- Aug 2018
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Revision Issued
Revision 01 - as per attached drawingsPlumbing - Proposal for interior alterations, accessibility improvement to apartment building.
Permit 17 267138 PLB
- Aug 2018
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
Revision 01 - as per attached drawingsHVAC - Proposal for interior alterations, accessibility improvement to apartment building.
Permit 17 267138 HVA
- Nov 2017
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations, accessibility improvement to apartment building.
Permit 17 267138 PLB
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- Nov 2017
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations, accessibility improvement to apartment building.
Permit 17 267138 HVA
- Nov 2017
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal for interior alterations, accessibility improvement to apartment building.
Permit 17 267138 BLD
- Dec 2013
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Revision Issued
Revision 01: Fire alarm panel replacement-relocation to 98 Cavell Ave.
Permit 13 202594 FSU
- Jul 2013
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Inspection
Fire alarm panel replacement.
Permit 13 202594 FSU · est. $200,000
- Mar 2012
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Permit Issued
Installation of one backflow prevention device.
Permit 12 138672 PSA · est. $5,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
45/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit9
10.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes.
- Parks & trees33
9.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 200 m. 489 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling56
Within 1 km: 0.35 km of protected lanes, 4.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.25 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby85
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Leo Catholic Elementary School, 210 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 10 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety40
3 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Mimico-Queensway
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.3× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (88% of the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (50% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (80% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% 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, 800 m away
660 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Alps Auto Repair
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, 8.7 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 Apartment
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RA (d1.5) (x17)- 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
- 19
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
286 Royal York Rd · 240 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-05-22
The proposed development includes one 40-storey building which will deliver approximately 467 new residential units with 39,654.5 square metres of residential gross floor area (GFA), 3,526.6 square metres of non-residential space, 325 vehic
City record327 Royal York Rd · 190 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-04-23
Proposed redevelopment of the subject site with a transit-supportive mixed-usedevelopment comprised of a 51-storey mixed-use building on the western portion of thesubject site fronting Royal York Road and a 55-storey residential building on
City record8 Newcastle St · 280 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-07-05
Proposed mixed-use building containing 1,058 units, 23-storey and 27-storey towers atop a nine-storey base building.
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 | Mimico | Etobicoke (South) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,237 | $1,502 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,399 | $1,493 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,537 | $1,762 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,306 | - | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,447 | $1,630 | $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.
96 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 6
- Units
- 100
- Built
- 1992
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- On site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 3
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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