3001 Finch Ave W
Toronto, Ontario M9M
A 14-storey, 166-unit social housing building built in 1993.
- Property manager
- Ahmadiyya Abode Of Peace
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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
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.
- Zoning 2
- Graffiti 1
- Jul 2026
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 26 211609 ZON 00 IR
- Apr 2026
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 26 145030 ZON 00 IR
- Nov 2025
GraffitiBylaw· Closed
Case 25 257362 GRA 00 IR
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City building permits
16 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
- Alterations 4
- Fire and life safety 3
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Parking garage repair 2
- Jan 2024
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Refusal Notice
Proposed Backflow Preventer installation for existing apartment building.
Permit 24 104890 PSA
- Jul 2022
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Inspection
Replacement of fire alarm control panel
Permit 22 183911 FSU · est. $29,185
- Apr 2021
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Permit Issued
Retrofit of fire alarm system to accomodate elevator modernization
Permit 21 140525 FSU · est. $35,000
- Dec 2019
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
REV01: Revision to permit 17-170669 BLD as per bubbled area. Proposal to change the entrance design. Construct interior alteration and addition for a board/mulit use room (68m2)
Permit 17 170669 BLD
- Nov 2019
Fire and life safety · Multiple Projects · Inspection
relocate siamese stand pipe pumper connection, reloate fire hose cabinet at 3rd floor
Permit 19 249954 FSU · est. $15,000
- Sep 2018
Plumbing and drains · Other(PS) · Inspection
Relocate laundry from second floor to the 4th floor, no building demolishing is required, existing drain, dcw and dhw raisers.
Permit 18 219510 PSA · est. $5,000
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- Jun 2017
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Construct interior alteration for a board/mulit use room (68m2)
Permit 17 170669 HVA
- May 2017
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Construct interior alteration and addition for a board/mulit use room (68m2)
Permit 17 170669 BLD · est. $80,000
- Dec 2011
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposed installation of two arrays of PV solar panels on south elevation of existing apartment building, panels to be installed over Solar Wall system with void for ductwork to be run between Solar Wall and existing exterior wall o…
Permit 11 280243 HVA
- Aug 2011
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Proposed installation of roof top solar thermal panels for domestic hot water heating to an existing apartment building. Also refer to #11-249520 DST.
Permit 11 258448 PSA · est. $1,000
- Nov 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Inspection
Install 1 Backflow Prevention Device to a Meter Room area at the basement floor (rear side) of Appartment Building.
Permit 10 300685 PSA · est. $2,000
- Nov 2005
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed - Dormant
interior alters to unused space and to convert to storage space on 13th and 14th (area on each floor is 14 sq. m.
Permit 05 199167 BLD
- May 2005
Plumbing and drains · Other(PS) · Inspection
hot water rcirculation system repair and add a seperate plumbing stack for laundry drainage
Permit 05 136594 PSA
- Jan 2003
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Permit Issued
PARKING GARAGE- REINFORCE THE STRUCTURAL SLAB
Permit 02 162067 BLD
- Aug 2002
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed - Dormant
PARKING GARAGE- REINFORCE THE WALLS WITH CARBON FIBRE AND CORRECT WALL CRACKS BY INJECTING FILLER AND IMPROVE DRAINAGE ALONG THE WALL PERIMETER.
Permit 02 162067 BLD
- Aug 1999
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed - Dormant
GARAGE & INT REPAIR
Permit 99 251431 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
54/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit66
18.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Pearldale (6 Finch West Line), 90 m.
- Parks & trees99
68.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 250 m. 326 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling39
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 3.85 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby20
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Humber Summit Mdl School, 420 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities7
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 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
No expressway within 2 km
2.3 tonnes a year from 1 facility, mostly Vision Coaters 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, 16.3 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 (f30.0; a1370; d1.5)- 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
- 1
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
3001 Finch Ave W · 0 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-04-14
Site Plan Control application to construct a five-storey, 4,032 square-metre mixed use addition to the existing building. The addition will contain 18 studio and one-bedroom seniors units, contained within levels four and five in Building B
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 2018). Not resident reviews.
95 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 14
- Units
- 166
- Built
- 1993
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Ahmadiyya Abode Of Peace
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- 2nd floor, 7th floor and 12th floor, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 10 indoor, 10 outdoor
- Amenities
- Child play area
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 7
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