1 A Birchlea Ave
Toronto, Ontario M8W
A 3-storey, 21-unit private rental building built in 1955.
- Property manager
- Shahukar Properties Corp
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
17 bylaw investigations at this address since Mar 2025; 6 notices or orders to comply; 2 still open.
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 13
- Not enough heat 2
- Snow and ice 2
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2026· Order Issued
- Parking Area: Steps, landings, walks, driveways, parking spaces, ramps and similar areas of a yard shallbe maintained in good repair so as to afford safe passage under normal use. Namely, the driveway and parking spaces. (open)
Case 26 157764 PRS 00 IV
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 155987 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 124796 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Snow and iceBylawNotice to comply · Feb 2026· Closed
- Exterior: Exterior areas including: steps, landings, walks, driveways, parking spaces, ramps have not been cleared of snow and ice within twenty four (24) hours of a snow fall. (open)
Case 26 114602 SNI 00 IV
- Feb 2026
Snow and iceBylaw· Closed
Case 26 114553 SNI 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Feb 2026· Closed
- Bathroom: The plumbing system is not kept free from leaks or defects. Namely, the leak in the bathroom from the ceiling. (closed)
- Living Room: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely, the crack in the ceiling in the living area. (closed)
Case 26 113263 PRS 00 IV
Show 11 older cases
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 109379 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Dec 2025· Closed
- Roof Of Building: The roof or one of its component is not free from leaks. Namely, the roof above the unit. (closed)
- Bedroom: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely, the ceiling in the bedroom. (closed)
Case 25 269540 PRS 00 IV
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 269535 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 269337 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 264809 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Oct 2025· Closed
- Living Room: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely, the ceiling in the living room. (closed)
- Washroom: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely, the wall in the washroom. (closed)
- Kitchen: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely, the baseboards in the kitchen. (closed)
Case 25 242456 PRS 00 IV
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 242070 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 138937 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Apr 2025· Closed
- Kitchen: The ventilation system or unit is not kept in good repair and maintained in good working condition at all times.Namely, hood vent in kitchen. (closed)
- Kitchen: The floor and every appurtenance, surface cover and finish is not maintained. Namely, the kitchen floor. (closed)
- The property is not being kept free of pests.Namely, mice and cockroaches. (closed)
Case 25 140549 PRS 00 IV
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 135113 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 132094 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.
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 & trees27
6.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 40 m. 642 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling44
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 3.4 km of bike lanes and trails, 4.25 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby79
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: James S Bell Jr Mdl Sports And Wellness Academy, 290 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities83
Within 1 km: 1 library, 4 community centres, 8 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety80
1 collision with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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About 1.2 km around the building. Select anything on the map for details. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Also worth knowing
Shown for context. None of this is part of the living score.
Safety
Long Branch
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (58% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (89% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× 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
No expressway within 2 km
61.1 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Atlas Roofing Corporation
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, 12.3 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 Multiple Dwelling
- Category
- Low-rise residential
- Zone label
RM (x476)- 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
- 1
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
105 Thirty First St · 290 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-11-08
Proposal to construct an 8-unit, 4-storey stacked-townhouse building with all units having independent access from the frontage along 31st Street.
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 | Long Branch | Etobicoke (South) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,502 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,413 | $1,493 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $1,762 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | - | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,357* | $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; * 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 2019). Not resident reviews.
87 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 21
- Built
- 1955
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Shahukar Properties Corp
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Ground floor, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 3
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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