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Building Review

11 Catford Rd

Toronto, Ontario M3J

A 9-storey, 218-unit private rental building built in 1968.

Living score
50/100
Built
1968
Units
218
Storeys
9
City inspection
82/100

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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

9 bylaw investigations at this address since Mar 2025; 1 notice or order to comply; 1 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 7
  • Garbage 2
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 236675 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 196160 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 188729 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 180694 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 179691 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 179490 PRS 00 IR

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  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 168730 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2025

    GarbageBylawNotice to comply · Mar 2025· Closed

    Case 25 135389 WST 00 IV

  • Mar 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 133396 WST 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

6 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
  • Alterations 1
  • Parking garage repair 1
  • Balcony repair 1
  • Apr 2024

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Inspection

    Fire alarm panel replacement and smoke detector installation for elevator modernization

    Permit 24 135481 FSU

  • May 2018

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Plumbing - Interior alterations to change a daycare at the ground floor to 4 residential units as per the original permit.

    Permit 18 158617 PLB

  • May 2018

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Interior alterations to change a daycare at the ground floor to 4 residential units as per the original permit.

    Permit 18 158617 BLD

  • Aug 2014

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed

    installation of backflow preventer for premise isolation

    Permit 14 211712 PSA · est. $10,000

  • Sep 2011

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Permit Issued

    Repairs to underground parking

    Permit 11 269269 BLD

  • Feb 2010

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Revocation Pending

    Balcony repair to 120 balconies

    Permit 10 112853 BLD · est. $350,000

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Cleared permits and active permits. Contractors are named only on permits filed since 2017.

From City of Toronto open data

Neighbourhood

Living score

50/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit67

    22 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Finch West (1 Yonge-University Line), 740 m.

  • Parks & trees42

    11.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 350 m. 414 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling50

    Within 1 km: 1.3 km of protected lanes, 3 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Derrydown Public School, 190 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities31

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 2 community centres, 6 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety40

    4 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

York University Heights

  • AssaultAmong the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the highest

    Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.5× the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the highest

    Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest

    Higher than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the highest

    Higher than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.2× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • ShootingsHigher than most

    Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • HomicideAmong the lowest

    Lower than 100 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (45% 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

Traffic pollutionLow

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

8.1 tonnes a year from 7 facilities, mostly Metro Dock

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, 13.4 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 Commercial

Category
Apartment
Zone label
RAC (f30.0; a1375; d1.5) (x122)
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
8
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 25 Broadoaks Dr · 200 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-08-06

    Proposal consists of an 8 storey purpose built rental apartment building on the vacant portion of the site, while retaining the existing two 9 storey rental buildings.

    City record
  • 11 Catford Rd · 0 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-08-23

    Site Plan Control application to permit the redevelopment of the site with two 4-storey residential townhouse blocks, a 12-storey mixed use building, and an 18-storey and 30-storey residential tower connected by a 6-storey podium. The exist

    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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsDownsviewNorth York (Northwest) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,169$1,167$1,491
1 bed$1,522$1,517$1,761
2 beds$1,736$1,751$2,045
3+ beds$1,912$1,966$2,294
All units$1,665$1,700$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.

82 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
9
Units
218
Built
1968
Elevators
3
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
First floor, 8AM TO 10PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
7

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

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