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Building Review

1191 Birchmount Rd

Toronto, Ontario M1P

A 4-storey, 41-unit private rental building built in 1955.

Living score
37/100
Built
1955
Units
41
Storeys
4
City inspection
89/100

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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

20 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 3 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 16
  • Not enough heat 3
  • Snow and ice 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 246289 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Order Issued

    • Throughout Building: Dwelling unit window that is capable of being opened has no screen. (open)
    • Throughout Building: Dwelling unit window that is capable of being opened has screen that is not maintained in good repair and free from defects or missing components. (open)
    • 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 224486 PRS 00 IV

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 223638 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Closed

    • Rear – Exterior Of Building: A barrier or deflector to prevent lighting and motorized or non-motorized vehicle lighting from shining directly into a dwelling unit is not provided and/or maintained.Namely: Building rear lighting is shinning directly into apartment adja… (closed)

    Case 26 222958 PRS 00 IV

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 221256 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 208931 PRS 00 IR

Show 14 older cases
  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 170510 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 170509 000 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 146733 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 146707 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Feb 2026· Closed

    • Exterior Of Building – Stairway: Exterior steps, not maintained.Namely: The front entrance concrete stair leading to the sidwalk has a large piece of conrete missing from the second stair. (closed)

    Case 26 115907 PRS 00 IV

  • Feb 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 115187 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2026

    Snow and iceBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 115178 SNI 00 IR

  • Jan 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 105401 HEA 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 268174 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 265843 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 262355 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 260064 PRS 00 IR

  • Oct 2024

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 225852 HEA 00 IR

  • Oct 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 222500 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

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), 1.5 km.

  • Parks & trees46

    13.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 420 m. 294 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling28

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 2.4 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, 380 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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Also worth knowing

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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

12.1 tonnes a year from 7 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, 11.3 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 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.

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.

89 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
41
Built
1955
Elevators
1
Heating
Forced air gas
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Main level, 8AM - 10:30PM
Pets
Not allowed
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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