1236 Birchmount Rd
Toronto, Ontario M1P
A 15-storey, 220-unit private rental building built in 2023.
- Property manager
- Homes First Property Management Inc.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
19 bylaw investigations and 1 public health case at this address since Feb 2025; 2 notices or orders 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 15
- Not enough heat 4
- Bedbugs 1
- Aug 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 223336 HEA 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171096 000 00 IR
- May 2026
BedbugsPublic health· Under Investigation
Case 10873410
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 138560 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 135599 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 110606 HEA 00 IR
Show 14 older cases
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 233611 PRS 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 231245 PRS 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 222400 PRS 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 221620 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 218467 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 214211 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 214140 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2025· Closed
- Entranceway: The floor and every appurtenance, surface cover and finish is not maintained. Namely: Laminate flooring in entraceway corner is lifting. (closed)
- Entranceway – Closet: Interior door(s), frames(s), glass pane(s), and/or hardware not maintained in good repair.Namely: The entraceway closet rightside doors plastic track guide has come off the top of the door. (closed)
Case 25 210526 PRS 00 IV
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 208668 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 207041 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 200909 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 121002 HEA 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2025· Closed
Case 25 154916 PRS 00 IV
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 116776 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.
City building permits
12 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 5
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 3
- Demolition 2
- Alterations 1
- Construction 1
- Oct 2023
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Revison 01 - revised plumbing drawing to ammend existing as requested by inspectorPlumbing - Construct a new 15 storey building with 1 storey underground parking garage, with retail space and 220 residential units
Permit 21 110979 PLB
- Aug 2023
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposed Interior fit-up permit for Coffee shop, located on ground floor of existing building.
Permit 23 192197 PLB
- Aug 2023
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposed Interior fit-up permit for Coffee shop, located on ground floor of existing building.
Permit 23 192197 HVA
- Aug 2023
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposed Interior fit-up permit for Coffee shop, located on ground floor of existing building.
Permit 23 192197 BLD
- Apr 2023
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
REV 01 - HVAC - comments recieved to add Fire smoke dampers in the make up air duct riser. New ammendmant came on 28 February 2023 waived this requirement. Based on this we are applying to review our building permit drawings again so inspe…
Permit 21 110979 HVA
- Feb 2021
Plumbing and drains · Site Service · Closed
Site Services -Construct a new 15 storey building with 220 residential affordable rental units, retail space and a 1 storey underground parking garage
Permit 21 110979 STS · est. $200,000
Show 6 older permits
- Feb 2021
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Construct a new 15 storey building with 1 storey underground parking garage, with retail space and 220 residential units
Permit 21 110979 PLB
- Feb 2021
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Construct a new 15 storey building with 1 storey underground parking garage, with retail space and 220 residential units
Permit 21 110979 HVA
- Feb 2021
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related (DR) · Closed
Drain - Construct a new 15 storey building with 1 storey underground parking garage, with retail space and 220 residential units
Permit 21 110979 DRN
- Feb 2021
Construction · Closed
Construct a new 15 storey building with 220 residential affordable rental units, retail space and a 1 storey underground parking garage
Permit 21 110979 BLD
- Apr 2020
Demolition · Demolition · Closed
Demolition of existing building to construct residential housing
Permit 20 135785 DEM
- Sep 2017
Demolition · Demolition · Cancelled
Proposed demolition of existing building to construct residential housing
Permit 17 229951 DEM
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
31/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit31
24.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Birchmount (5 Eglinton Line), 1.9 km.
- Parks & trees7
6.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 300 m. 153 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling17
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.3 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.05 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby37
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: General Crerar Public School, 460 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 safety80
1 collision 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
Wexford/Maryvale
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the highest
Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the highest
Higher than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.1× the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% 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
No expressway within 2 km
8.4 tonnes a year from 6 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, 11.4 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
Employment Industrial
- Category
- Employment
- Zone label
E 1.0- 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
2130 Lawrence Ave E · 220 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-07-25
Proposal for redevelop the Subject Lands with two residential high-rise buildings withheights of 36 and 40 storeys and a 15 storey mixed-use mid-rise building with a total net FSI of 7.96. Proposed total floor area 88,265.1 sq. m. (950,078
City record2157-2183 Lawrence Ave E · 120 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-04-16
Proposal for a mixed-use development comprised of a 34-storey building (Tower A) fronting the intersection of Lawrence Avenue East and Birchmount Road and an 11-storey building (Tower B) along the easterly portion of the Lawrence Avenue Eas
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 | Wexford-Maryvale | Scarborough (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,685 | $1,520 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,667 | $1,610 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,980 | $1,843 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $1,770 | $1,932 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,812 | $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. 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 2025). Not resident reviews.
95 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 15
- Units
- 220
- Built
- 2023
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Homes First Property Management Inc.
- Heating
- Forced air gas
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- Ground floor, 24/7
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 100 indoor, 30 outdoor
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room, outdoor rec facilities, child play area
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 21
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