99 Dowling Ave
Toronto, Ontario M6K
A 5-storey, 111-unit private rental building built in 1955.
- Property manager
- Metcap Living Management Inc.
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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
12 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 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 8
- Not enough heat 4
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 210892 PRS 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 221514 PRS 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 220366 PRS 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 220068 PRS 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 219997 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 181848 PRS 00 IR
Show 6 older cases
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 126562 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 108077 HEA 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 107619 HEA 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 107534 HEA 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 107502 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 246447 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
2 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Parking garage repair 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Jun 2016
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal for parking garage and window sill repairs to an existing apartment building.
Permit 16 170804 BLD
- Sep 2013
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install one backflow preventor.
Permit 13 242099 PSA · est. $3,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
38/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit12
12 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Lansdowne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.6 km.
- Parks & trees55
15 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 220 m. 396 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling56
Within 1 km: 0.4 km of protected lanes, 3.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.45 km of shared routes. 5 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby37
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public School, 220 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities81
Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 7 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety2
13 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 3 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
South Parkdale
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (56% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 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
Gardiner Expressway, 120 m away
None reported
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, 3.6 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d1.0) (x439)- Height limit
- 18 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
- 4
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
138 Dowling Ave · 190 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-03-10
Proposal to construct a 14 storey residential purpose-built rental building.
City record1464 King St W · 140 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2024-12-27
OPA & Rezoning to permit the development of a 13 storey mixed use building with ground-floor retail and daycare uses and a proposed temple with religious residences.
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 | South Parkdale/King West | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,436 | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,826 | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,436 | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $3,747 | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,931 | $1,945 | $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.
94 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 111
- Built
- 1955
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Metcap Living Management Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, ground level garage
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 10 indoor, 10 outdoor
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 4
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