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Building Review

39 Harcourt Ave

Toronto, Ontario M4K

A 3-storey, 15-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1989.

Living score
64/100
Built
1989
Units
15
Storeys
3
City inspection
94/100

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Issues & maintenance

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

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City building permits

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

  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Jun 2019

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Proposal to replace fire alarm control panel in existing apartment building.

    Permit 19 175662 FSU · est. $10,000

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

64/ 100

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

  • Transit87

    59.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Pape (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 340 m.

  • Parks & trees33

    9.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 200 m. 428 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling70

    Within 1 km: 2.1 km of protected lanes, 2.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 4.35 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    11 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Holy Name Catholic Elementary School, 230 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities74

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 16 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

North Riverdale

  • AssaultAbout typical

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

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (67% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

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

  • Theft over $5,000Lower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.1× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

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

  • HomicideHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× 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

Don Valley Parkway, 1.3 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmLow

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, 2.9 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

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (d0.6) (x736)
Height limit
11 m

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
8
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 680 Danforth Ave · 240 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-10-25

    Site Plan Approval for the Pape Station as part of the Ontario Line Subway

    City record
  • 656 Danforth Ave · 230 m away

    Rezoning · Appeal Received · submitted 2022-08-03

    The proposal is to construct a new 49-storey mixed-use building with three levels of underground parking. The ground level includes a shared residential and office lobby as well as retail and commercial uses fronting onto Danforth Avenue an

    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
BedroomsRiverdaleToronto (East) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,213$1,491
1 bed$1,656$1,692$1,761
2 beds-$1,869$2,045
3+ beds-$1,876*$2,294
All units$1,593*$1,685$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; * marks an estimate CMHC rates poor. 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.

94 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Toronto Community Housing
Storeys
3
Units
15
Built
1989
Elevators
0
Managed by
TCH
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Main floor, 7:00 AM- 10:00 PM
Pets
Not allowed
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
14

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

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