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Building Review

370 McCowan Rd

Toronto, Ontario M1J

A 15-storey, 207-unit private rental building built in 1965.

Living score
35/100
Built
1965
Units
207
Storeys
15
City inspection
97/100
Property manager
Capreit

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Issues & maintenance

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City bylaw and health cases

10 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2024.

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 8
  • Not enough heat 2
  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 226618 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 210882 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 186391 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 145344 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 265225 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 212587 PRS 00 IR

Show 4 older cases
  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 109797 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2024

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 246963 HEA 00 IR

  • Nov 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 245292 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2024

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 245291 HEA 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

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

  • Alterations 8
  • Plumbing and drains 4
  • Parking garage repair 3
  • Fire and life safety 3
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 3
  • Roof and cladding 1
  • Oct 2023

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Revision Issued

    REVISION#1: This project will include garage overburden replacement and localized concrete repairs to slabs, walls an columns, accessible ramp installation, Installation of Balcony staircases to two (2) ground floor units.Localized Repair…

    Permit 22 216870 BLD

  • Oct 2022

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Inspection

    Localized Repair of the Exterior Walls . This work would entail performing localized concrete sectionschipping and re-instatement at shear walls.Spalled and cracked bricks to be replaced and new

    Permit 22 216870 BLD · est. $85,962

  • Jul 2022

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Permit Issued

    REPLACEMENT OF EXISITNG FIRE ALARM CONTROL PANEL

    Permit 22 179958 FSU · est. $15,000

  • Jul 2020

    Roof and cladding · Re-Roofing/Re-Cladding · Closed

    Proposed localized repair of the exterior walls. This work would entail performing localized concrete sections chipping and re-instatement bticks to be replaced and new paint to be applied where the existing is peeling-off as part of the p…

    Permit 20 172784 BLD

  • Aug 2017

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

    REV - 01 Proposed revision to office areaPlumbing - interior alterations to convert existing swimming pool to management office

    Permit 15 194249 PLB

  • Aug 2017

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

    REV - 01 Proposed revision to office areaHVAC - interior alterations to convert existing swimming pool to management office

    Permit 15 194249 HVA

Show 16 older permits
  • Jun 2016

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    REV. #1 - revise north office area layoutinterior alterations to convert existing swimming pool to management office

    Permit 15 194249 BLD

  • Jun 2016

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Cancelled

    Rev 1: Proposed revision to office area interior alterations to convert existing swimming pool to management office

    Permit 15 194249 BLD

  • Nov 2015

    Fire and life safety · Building Permit Related(FS) · Application On Hold

    FS - Sprinkler Shop Drawing - interior alterations to convert existing storage rooms to new fitness room and amenity space

    Permit 15 194256 FSU

  • Jul 2015

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

    Plumbing - interior alterations to convert existing storage rooms to new fitness room and amenity space

    Permit 15 194256 PLB

  • Jul 2015

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

    HVAC - interior alterations to convert existing storage rooms to new fitness room and amenity space

    Permit 15 194256 HVA

  • Jul 2015

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    interior alterations to convert existing storage rooms to new fitness room and amenity space

    Permit 15 194256 BLD · est. $50,000

  • Jul 2015

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

    Plumbing - interior alterations to convert existing swimming pool to management office

    Permit 15 194249 PLB

  • Jul 2015

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

    HVAC - interior alterations to convert existing swimming pool to management office

    Permit 15 194249 HVA

  • Jul 2015

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    interior alterations to convert existing swimming pool to management office

    Permit 15 194249 BLD · est. $50,000

  • Dec 2014

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

    Proposal to install back flow prevention device in the existing apartment building.

    Permit 14 259762 PSA · est. $10,000

  • Dec 2013

    Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Inspection

    replace sprinkler system in parking garage

    Permit 13 279508 FSU · est. $90,000

  • Apr 2013

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Inspection

    parking garage repair

    Permit 13 158765 BLD · est. $1,400,000

  • Mar 2010

    Alterations · Addition(s) · Closed

    Rev #1 - Reduce size of shelter telecomunication shelter

    Permit 08 174132 BLD

  • Feb 2009

    Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed

    REPAIR 210 BALCONIES, RAILING REPAIR

    Permit 09 111310 BLD · est. $543,025

  • Jun 2008

    Alterations · Addition(s) · Closed

    telecomunication shelter

    Permit 08 174132 BLD · est. $25,000

  • Jun 2004

    Alterations · Fire Damage · Closed

    COMPLETE APT. RENOVATION DUE TO FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE

    Permit 04 145067 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

35/ 100

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

  • Transit37

    28 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Kennedy (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.1 km.

  • Parks & trees78

    27.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 210 m. 296 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling47

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 4.45 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.15 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby7

    2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Pere Philipe Lamarche Catholic Secondary School, 150 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities2

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 0 community centres, 4 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety24

    5 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Eglinton East

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (87% of the city median).

  • RobberyHigher than most

    Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest

    Higher than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • HomicideLower than most

    Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (60% 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

2.1 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly D Crupi And Sons Limited Brimley Asphalt Plant

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
Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 13.7 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 (au54.0) (x55)
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
  • 2911 Eglinton Ave E · 300 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2021-12-05

    The application seeks amendments to the City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 and the Former City of Scarborough Eglinton Community By-law 10048 to permit development on the southeast corner of the subject lands for a 6-storey self-storage

    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
BedroomsEglinton EastScarborough (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,360$1,520$1,491
1 bed$1,486$1,610$1,761
2 beds$1,676$1,843$2,045
3+ beds$1,971$1,932$2,294
All units$1,665$1,754$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.

97 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
15
Units
207
Built
1965
Elevators
3
Managed by
Capreit
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 7:30AM TO 11:00PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Paid
Bike parking
12 outdoor
Amenities
Child play area
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
21

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

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