TORONTO: The City of Toronto is conducting additional education and enforcement in residential apartment buildings and condominiums where multiple complaints have been received about mask usage in enclosed common spaces.
An analysis of 311 data revealed that from August 5, 2020, when the mask bylaw came into effect, to January 18, 2021, the City had received 1,950 complaints about improper mask usage in shared residential spaces.
Of these complaints, 263 locations have received three or more complaints and 12 locations have received more than 10 complaints related to mask-wearing.
Seventy-five per cent of the complaints are related to residential apartment buildings and twenty-five per cent are related to condominiums.
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The City’s RentSafeTO: Apartment Building Standards program’s enforcement team will be issuing letters to the landlords and property managers of each of these locations.