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Building Review

396 Avenue Rd

Toronto, Ontario M4V

A 6-storey, 51-unit private rental building built in 1931.

Living score
51/100
Built
1931
Units
51
Storeys
6
City inspection
98/100
Property manager
Cromwell Management Inc.

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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 Mar 2025.

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 2
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172278 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172277 000 00 IR

  • Mar 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 131287 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

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 3
  • Parking garage repair 2
  • Alterations 2
  • Roof and cladding 1
  • Apr 2022

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Cancelled

    Revision 01 - ammendment to widening of existing opening between 394 & 396 Avenue RdProposal for localized concrete repairs to the slab on grade in existing underground parking garage.

    Permit 20 174931 BLD

  • Jul 2020

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Inspection

    Proposal for localized concrete repairs to the slab on grade in existing underground parking garage.

    Permit 20 174931 BLD

  • Mar 2019

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

    NSTALLATION OF A BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE BY THE WATER METER AREA IN THE HOT WATER TANK ROOM.

    Permit 19 124575 PSA

  • Jun 2018

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

    Proposal for restoration to exterior brick on the east side of existing apartment building.

    Permit 18 177422 BLD · est. $300,000

  • May 2018

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

    Plumbing - INTERIOR ALTERATIONS: FOR KITCHEN, REPLACE CABINETS, CERAMIC FLOOR TILES AND BACKSPLASH. FOR W/C, REPLACE CERAMIC FLOOR/WALL TILES, VANITY, PLUMBING FIXTURES, GYPSUM BOARD WITH MOISTURE RESISTANT GYPSUM BOARD, IF REQUIRED. Unit…

    Permit 18 158471 PLB

  • May 2018

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

    Plumbing - Interior alterations existing residential unit. Unit 417.

    Permit 18 149262 PLB

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  • May 2018

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued

    INTERIOR ALTERATIONS: FOR KITCHEN, REPLACE CABINETS, CERAMIC FLOOR TILES AND BACKSPLASH. FOR W/C, REPLACE CERAMIC FLOOR/WALL TILES, VANITY, PLUMBING FIXTURES, GYPSUM BOARD WITH MOISTURE RESISTANT GYPSUM BOARD, IF REQUIRED. Unit 318:

    Permit 18 158471 BLD

  • Apr 2018

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued

    Interior alterations existing residential unit. Unit 417.

    Permit 18 149262 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

51/ 100

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

  • Transit53

    2.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 1 route. Nearest subway or LRT: Summerhill (1 Yonge-University Line), 710 m.

  • Parks & trees53

    13.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 330 m. 461 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling83

    Within 1 km: 2.8 km of protected lanes, 5.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.8 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby14

    2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Brown Jr Public School, 330 m), plus 8 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities53

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 10 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety64

    2 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

Casa Loma

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% of the city median).

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest

    Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (51% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× 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 kmModerate

212 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Avenue Collision Inc

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, 2.3 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

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (d2.0) (x814)
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
4
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 440 Avenue Rd · 230 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-08-10

    Proposed development of the site for a 24-storey residential building

    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
BedroomsCasa LomaToronto (North) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,560$1,570$1,491
1 bed$2,001$1,892$1,761
2 beds-$2,476$2,045
3+ beds-$2,985$2,294
All units$2,677*$2,057$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.

98 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
6
Units
51
Built
1931
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
None on site
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
25 indoor
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
12

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

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