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Building Review

1169 Birchmount Rd

Toronto, Ontario M1P

A 4-storey, 18-unit private rental building built in 1960.

Living score
37/100
Built
1960
Units
18
Storeys
4
City inspection
87/100
Property manager
Kovacs Investments Ltd

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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

6 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2026; 2 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 5
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Closed

    • Throughout Building: In a dwelling unit, a window located more than 2,000 millimetres above grade opens within 1,500 millimetres of the floor not leading to a balcony does not employ a controlled sash operation to restrict, when engaged, the opening of the ope… (open)

    Case 26 223307 PRS 00 IV

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Order to Comply Appealed

    • Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (open)
    • Throughout Building: Required handrails on stairs or ramps are less than 865mm or more than 965mm high (open)
    • Throughout Building: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (open)
    • Throughout Building: Handrails on both sides of stair or ramp 1,100mm in width or more not provided (open)
    • Throughout Building: A window in a stairway that extends to less than 1,070 millimetres above the landing is protected by a guard that is less than 1,070 millimetres high measured to the top of the guard from the surface of the landing. (open)

    Case 26 223237 PRS 00 IV

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order to Comply Appealed

    Case 26 222707 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 222705 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 170508 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 170507 000 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

1 permit 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 1
  • Jun 2018

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

    Proposal to install a 1 1/2 inch backflow prevention device.

    Permit 18 173679 PSA · est. $2,400

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

37/ 100

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

  • Transit3

    6.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 1 route. Nearest subway or LRT: Birchmount (5 Eglinton Line), 1.4 km.

  • Parks & trees46

    14.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 460 m. 222 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling30

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 2.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.35 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby68

    5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: General Crerar Public School, 470 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities31

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 2 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety95

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

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Safety

Dorset Park

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Higher than most

    Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× 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

17.5 tonnes a year from 8 facilities, mostly Radison Manufacturing Company Limited

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
Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 11.2 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

Category
Apartment
Zone label
RA (au99.0) (x751)
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
0
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0

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
BedroomsDorset ParkScarborough (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,520$1,491
1 bed-$1,610$1,761
2 beds$1,642*$1,843$2,045
3+ beds$1,814$1,932$2,294
All units$1,670*$1,754$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.

2014
0.58% lower rent · tenants notified
2016
0.57% lower rent · tenants notified

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.

87 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
18
Built
1960
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Main floor, 9-9
Pets
Allowed - queit pets only
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
21

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

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