3738 St Clair Ave E
Toronto, Ontario M1M
A 4-storey, 22-unit social housing building built in 1953.
- Property manager
- Wigwamen Incorporated
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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 Oct 2024; 1 notice or order to comply.
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.
- Long grass and weeds 2
- Repairs and upkeep 1
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 119074 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2024
Long grass and weedsBylawNotice to comply · Oct 2024· Closed
Case 24 224242 LGW 00 IV
- Oct 2024
Long grass and weedsBylaw· Closed
Case 24 224103 LGW 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
8 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 4
- Fire and life safety 1
- Demolition 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Construction 1
- Oct 2015
Plumbing and drains · Inside and Outside Drains · Closed
Revisions to a storm system. Relocating storm sewer to outside the building.Be advised a revisions to the plumbing permit is required- storm sewer locations and routing, elevator pit sanitary drain and new sump pit.
Permit 13 214833 STS
- Jun 2014
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related (DR) · Closed
Drain - For the development of a 4 storey, 22 unit (2 bachelor, 14 one bedroom and 6 two bedroom units) affordable housing building.
Permit 13 214833 DRN
- Jun 2014
Fire and life safety · Building Permit Related(FS) · Closed
FS - Sprinkler Shop Drawing - For the development of a 4 storey, 22 unit (2 bachelor, 14 one bedroom and 6 two bedroom units) affordable housing building.
Permit 13 214833 FSU
- Aug 2013
Demolition · Demolition · Closed
demolish existing one storey brick dwelling
Permit 13 214852 DEM
- Aug 2013
Plumbing and drains · Inside and Outside Drains · Closed
Drain - For the development of a 4 storey, 22 unit (2 bachelor, 14 one bedroom and 6 two bedroom units) affordable housing building.
Permit 13 214833 STS · est. $500,000
- Aug 2013
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - For the development of a 4 storey, 22 unit (2 bachelor, 14 one bedroom and 6 two bedroom units) affordable housing building.
Permit 13 214833 PLB
Show 2 older permits
- Aug 2013
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - For the development of a 4 storey, 22 unit (2 bachelor, 14 one bedroom and 6 two bedroom units) affordable housing building.
Permit 13 214833 HVA
- Aug 2013
Construction · Closed
For the development of a 4 storey, 22 unit (2 bachelor, 14 one bedroom and 6 two bedroom units) affordable housing building.
Permit 13 214833 BLD · est. $3,000,000
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
30/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit37
27.5 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Kennedy (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.1 km.
- Parks & trees17
9 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 380 m. 177 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling14
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.45 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St John Henry Newman Catholic High School (Future Site), 480 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities9
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 4 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety51
2 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Cliffcrest
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (82% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 50 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftLower than most
Lower than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (34% of the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% 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
None reported
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, 12.3 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 (au80.0) (x626)- 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
- 0
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
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 | Cliffcrest | Scarborough (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,520 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,657 | $1,610 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,866 | $1,843 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,132 | $1,932 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,813 | $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 2019). Not resident reviews.
99 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 22
- Built
- 1953
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Wigwamen Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- Main floor, 24/7
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 7 outdoor
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 20
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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