1475 Birchmount Rd
Toronto, Ontario M1P
A 5-storey, 28-unit private rental building built in 1967.
- 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
8 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 2 notices or orders to comply; 4 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
- Not enough heat 1
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 224935 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Order Issued
- 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: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 920 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard from a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosings. (open)
Case 26 225373 PRS 00 IV
- 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 224917 PRS 00 IV
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 223643 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 223639 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170528 000 00 IR
Show 2 older cases
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170527 000 00 IR
- Oct 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 228996 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
5 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 2
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- May 2021
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposal for balcony repairs and re-cladding of an existing apartment building.
Permit 21 148708 BLD
- Feb 2021
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Parking garage previously converted to 4 apartment suits to be renovated to meet code and legalized as legitimate rental units.
Permit 21 111784 PLB
- Feb 2021
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Parking garage previously converted to 4 apartment suits to be renovated to meet code and legalized as legitimate rental units.
Permit 21 111784 HVA
- Feb 2021
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Parking garage previously converted to 4 apartment suits to be renovated to meet code and legalized as legitimate rental units.
Permit 21 111784 BLD
- Jun 2018
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Backflow prevention device installation.
Permit 18 186772 PSA
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
20/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit3
6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 1 route.
- Parks & trees28
10.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 350 m. 271 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling2
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby22
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Manhattan Park Jr Public School, 690 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities3
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 1 licensed child care centre.
- 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
Highway 401, 1.8 km away
3.5 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly PFC Flexible Circuits 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, 12.2 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 (au67.0) (x753)- 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.
| Bedrooms | Dorset Park | Scarborough (Central) zone | Toronto 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.
82 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 28
- Built
- 1967
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Signet Group Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Ground level garage, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 21
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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