2397 Finch Ave W
Toronto, Ontario M9M
A 11-storey, 121-unit private rental building built in 1970.
- Property manager
- Sterling Karamar Property Management
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
3 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2025.
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.
- Garbage 1
- Not enough heat 1
- Repairs and upkeep 1
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173149 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173148 000 00 IR
- Nov 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 250645 WST 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
6 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
- Parking garage repair 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Dec 2020
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal for localized concrete repairs to the parking garage ramp and podium deck structure of the existing apartment building.
Permit 20 229247 BLD
- May 2018
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Balcony and exterior wall restoration and repairs.
Permit 18 151306 BLD
- Feb 2018
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Replacement of existing fire alarm panel and installation of hallway smoke detector for elevator moderaization project.
Permit 18 121749 FSU
- Feb 2011
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Inspection
(1) backflow preventer to sprinkler room of garage in basement, level P1 of apartment building
Permit 11 126692 PSA · est. $5,000
- Sep 1998
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
180 WINDOW REPLACEMENTS
Permit 98 251357 BLD
- May 1996
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
FIRE ALARM RETROFIT
Permit 96 251100 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
44/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit72
29 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Emery (6 Finch West Line), 220 m.
- Parks & trees53
17 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 110 m. 157 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling21
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby5
2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Daystrom Public School, 410 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities18
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 2 community centres, 3 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety64
2 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
Humbermede
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (76% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the highest
Higher than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (28% of the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 58 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
Highway 400, 1.1 km away
122.6 tonnes a year from 8 facilities, mostly GFL Environmental Inc Fenmar
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, 15.5 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 (d2.5) (x180)- 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
3400 Weston Rd · 180 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-12-31
Proposal for a 30-storey residential building with a five-storey base building, containing 403 rental dwelling units and a daycare facility.
City record3406-3434 Weston Rd · 190 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2024-05-21
The application is proposing to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to construct two towers with building heights of 39 and 35 storeys connected by a seven storey base building. The application includes a total of 832 dwelling units,
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 | Black Creek | North York (Northwest) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,167 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,501 | $1,517 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,781 | $1,751 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,034 | $1,966 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,772 | $1,700 | $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 2017). Not resident reviews.
99 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 11
- Units
- 121
- Built
- 1970
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Sterling Karamar Property Management
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Ground floor, 8:00 AM TO 9:30 PM
- Pets
- Allowed - no restrictions
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking, parking deck
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 7
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