1050 Castlefield Ave
Toronto, Ontario M6B
A 5-storey, 64-unit private rental building built in 1959.
- Property manager
- Signet Group 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
5 bylaw investigations at this address since Aug 2025; 1 notice or order to comply.
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
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 114241 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 246668 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 246142 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2025· Closed
- Bathroom: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely: Ceiling in bathroom is peeling/bubbling in multiple areas. (closed)
- Dwelling Unit: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely: Walls in bathroom and living room are cracking/peeling paint/have holes. (closed)
- Kitchen: The electrical receptacle are not maintained in good working order. Namely: Kitchen outlet has only one plug working. (closed)
Case 25 219116 PRS 00 IV
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 217530 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
5 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 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Alterations 1
- May 2021
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
PROPOSED: INSTALL NEW FIRE ALARM CONTROL PANEL TO REPLACE OLD PANELS
Permit 21 160906 FSU · est. $13,000
- Jun 2018
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
PROPOSED: INSTALLATION OF 2" DCVA BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE WITH EXPANSION TANK
Permit 18 184259 PSA · est. $3,500
- Jan 2002
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Interior alterations to convert existing indoor garages to create 4 dwelling units - Change of Use
Permit 02 105942 PLB
- Jan 2002
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Interior alterations to convert existing indoor garages to create 4 dwelling units - Change of Use
Permit 02 105942 HVA
- Jan 2002
Alterations · Change of Use · Closed
Interior alterations to convert existing indoor garages to create 4 dwelling units
Permit 02 105942 BLD · est. $70,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
33/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit66
18.1 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Fairbank (5 Eglinton Line), 620 m.
- Parks & trees8
5.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 180 m. 307 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling40
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 3.65 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.2 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby18
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Elementary School, 700 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities22
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 4 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety19
5 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Briar Hill-Belgravia
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).
- HomicideHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× 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
Allen Road, 1.0 km away
1.2 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Ryding Auto Body
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, 6.3 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 (x475)- 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
- 2
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
2700 Dufferin St · 280 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2025-06-27
The requested OPA seeks to redesignate the eastern portion of the subject site from General Employment Areas to Mixed Use Areas, while maintaining the general Employment Areas designation on the west end of the site.
City record2451 Dufferin St · 90 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2021-12-30
Site Plan Approval application for a mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 906 square metres, and 43,296 square metres of residential gross floor area. A total of 672 residential units in two towers of 20 and 27 st
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 | Briar Hill-Belgravia | York zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,381 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,840 | $1,706 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,124 | $2,067 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,344 | $2,547 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,991 | $1,864 | $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.
99 / 100City inspection score, June 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 64
- Built
- 1959
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Signet Group Inc
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- First floor, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 8
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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