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Building Review

1901 Martin Grove Rd

Toronto, Ontario M9V

A 7-storey, 136-unit private rental building built in 1970.

Living score
47/100
Built
1970
Units
136
Storeys
7
City inspection
78/100

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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

6 bylaw investigations 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 4
  • Snow and ice 2
  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 196219 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 196017 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2025· Closed

    • The property is not being kept free of pests. (closed)
    • The property is not being kept free of conditions which may encourage infestation. (closed)
    • Adequate ventilation has not been provided. (closed)
    • The supplied facility in or on the property is not constructed, installed and/or maintained so that it will function safely and effectively. (closed)

    Case 25 209136 PRS 00 IV

  • Aug 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 205608 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2025

    Snow and iceBylawNotice to comply · Feb 2025· Closed

    Case 25 123355 SNI 00 IV

  • Feb 2025

    Snow and iceBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 123043 SNI 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.

  • Plumbing and drains 2
  • Balcony repair 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Alterations 1
  • Sep 2023

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Repair of 1 balcony concrete slab edges

    Permit 23 207527 BLD · est. $50,000

  • Sep 2022

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Inspection

    Replace the existing fire alarm panel and annunicator panel. Reconnect all existing alarm and supervisory zones to new panel

    Permit 22 206273 FSU · est. $20,000

  • Aug 2022

    Plumbing and drains · Piping: Other Buildings · Inspection

    Proposal for domestic hot and cold piping replacement in an existing apartment building.

    Permit 22 186063 PSA · est. $1,260,430

  • Aug 2009

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

    Install 1 Backflow Prevetion Device to Apartment Building.

    Permit 09 153011 PSA · est. $9,500

  • May 1997

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed - Dormant

    GARAGE REPAIRS TO APARTMENT BUILDING

    Permit 97 083551 BLD

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

47/ 100

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

  • Transit62

    13.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Albion (6 Finch West Line), 610 m.

  • Parks & trees49

    13.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 160 m. 378 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling12

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0.85 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby68

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

  • Daily amenities22

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 2 community centres, 4 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

Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the lowest

    Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (37% of the city median).

  • RobberyHigher than most

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

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

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

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftLower than most

    Lower than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (51% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the highest

    Higher than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.7× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about 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 kmModerate

624 kg a year from 2 facilities, mostly ORBIS Canada Ltd

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, 18.3 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 (f24.0; au116.0)
Height limit
14 m

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
BedroomsMount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown/ThistletownEtobicoke (North) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,342*$1,491
1 bed$1,759$1,718$1,761
2 beds$2,108$2,015$2,045
3+ beds$2,596$2,321$2,294
All units$2,182$2,047$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.

78 / 100City inspection score, June 2024. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
7
Units
136
Built
1970
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
1st floor, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
1

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

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