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3444 Keele St

Toronto, Ontario M3J

A 9-storey, 61-unit private rental building built in 1967.

Living score
58/100
Built
1967
Units
61
Storeys
9
City inspection
91/100

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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City building permits

8 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Parking garage repair 2
  • Plumbing and drains 2
  • Alterations 2
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Mar 2018

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Permit Issued

    Parking garage slab waterproofing and concrete repairs.

    Permit 18 132392 BLD

  • Dec 2012

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Permit Issued

    HVAC - Convert existing laundry room to one residential unit and relocate laundry room on ground floor

    Permit 12 267876 HVA

  • Oct 2012

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Plumbing - Convert existing laundry room to one residential unit and relocate laundry room on ground floor

    Permit 12 267876 PLB

  • Oct 2012

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection

    Convert existing laundry room to one residential unit and relocate laundry room on ground floor

    Permit 12 267876 BLD

  • Nov 2009

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

    Install backflow prevention device

    Permit 09 184922 PSA · est. $5,000

  • Nov 2008

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed

    Concrete slab and other repairs to existing parking garage for Keele Street Apartments

    Permit 08 224848 BLD

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  • Mar 2001

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    FIRE ALARM RETROFIT FOR 9 STROEY BUILDING

    Permit 01 115901 FSU

  • Jun 1999

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    RETROFIT

    Permit 99 251251 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

58/ 100

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

  • Transit73

    30 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Downsview Park (1 Yonge-University Line), 770 m.

  • Parks & trees85

    35.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 120 m. 434 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling76

    Within 1 km: 1.9 km of protected lanes, 5.2 km of bike lanes and trails, 1 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby29

    4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Jerome Catholic Elementary School, 160 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities12

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 5 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety51

    3 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

York University Heights

  • AssaultAmong the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the highest

    Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.5× the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the highest

    Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest

    Higher than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the highest

    Higher than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.2× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • ShootingsHigher than most

    Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • HomicideAmong the lowest

    Lower than 100 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (45% 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

Traffic pollutionLow

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

5.9 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly Metro Dock

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, 12.5 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 (f30.0; a1375; d1.5) (x776)
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
  • 3595 Keele St · 220 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-03-24

    Rezoning Application proposing a new replacement building for the existing 252-bed Long Term Care Home to be built on the existing surface parking lot before demolition of the existing building to provide for an additional seniors retiremen

    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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsDownsviewNorth York (Northwest) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,169$1,167$1,491
1 bed$1,522$1,517$1,761
2 beds$1,736$1,751$2,045
3+ beds$1,912$1,966$2,294
All units$1,665$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.

2016
0.80% lower rent · tenants notified

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.

91 / 100City inspection score, July 2024. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
9
Units
61
Built
1967
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Main floor, 8 AM TO 10 PM
Pets
Allowed - as per leasing agreement
Parking
Underground garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
6

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

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