3470 Keele St
Toronto, Ontario M3J
A 4-storey, 59-unit social housing building built in 1994.
- Property manager
- Affordable Property Management
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Aug 2025; 1 notice or order to comply; 2 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 5
- Garbage 1
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 197428 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 190460 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 188662 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 260312 WST 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2025· Order Issued
- Dwelling Unit: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
- Dwelling Unit - Living Room: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
- Dwelling Unit - Hall: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
- Bedroom: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
- Bedroom: Interior door is not a good fit in its frame. (open)
- The electrical fixtures are not maintained in good working order. (open)
- Dwelling Unit: The electrical receptacle are not maintained in a safe and complete condition. (open)
- Dwelling unit window that is capable of being opened has no screen. (open)
- Living Room: 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)
- Bathroom: The supplied facility in or on the property is not constructed, installed and/or maintained so that it will function safely and effectively. (open)
Case 25 226284 PRS 00 IV
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 25 215159 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.
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Parking garage repair 1
- Mar 2023
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Permit Issued
Fire panel replacement to existing building
Permit 23 123704 FSU · est. $16,000
- Sep 2013
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Other(MS) · Permit Issued
Install one new vent to new shower unit 3
Permit 13 233318 MSA · est. $2,000
- Sep 2013
Plumbing and drains · Other(PS) · Inspection
Install one new fixture new shower unit 3
Permit 13 233300 PSA · est. $3,200
- Jun 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed - Dormant
Backflow preventor
Permit 10 196701 PSA
- Nov 2007
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Inspection
Parking garage roof slab
Permit 07 278112 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
59/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit76
34 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Downsview Park (1 Yonge-University Line), 730 m.
- Parks & trees77
25.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 100 m. 378 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling62
Within 1 km: 1.85 km of protected lanes, 3.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.25 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Jerome Catholic Elementary School, 380 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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Also worth knowing
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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
No expressway within 2 km
6.6 tonnes a year from 5 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, 12.7 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 Commercial
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RAC (f30.0; a1375; d1.5) (x122)- 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 · 260 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.
| Bedrooms | Downsview | North York (Northwest) zone | Toronto 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.
- 2014
- 0.67% lower rent · 1 of 2 units notified
- 2016
- 0.67% lower rent · 1 of 2 units notified
Where several units are listed, the cut shown is the median. 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.
81 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 59
- Built
- 1994
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Affordable Property Management Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Ground level, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room, child play area
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 7
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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