40 Falstaff Ave
Toronto, Ontario M6L
A 19-storey, 224-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1970.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
7 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 2025; 1 notice or order to comply; 1 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 6
- Not enough heat 1
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 232617 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171572 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171571 000 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 25 235614 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 157288 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jan 2025· Closed
- Immediate action has not been taken to eliminate an unsafe condition. Namely: hanging electrical cable from the exterior of the building. (open)
- Lobby: An exterior door has a defective locking mechanism. Namely: main entrance door does not close and lock without force. (open)
Case 25 110497 PRS 00 IV
Show 1 older case
- Jan 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 107218 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
9 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 3
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Fire and life safety 2
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Parking garage repair 1
- Jun 2019
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - Replacment of existing hot water circulating pumps with new pumps with all associated equipment and piping. Adding Thermostatic valves for in-suite baseboard heaters. Replacment of existing MAU with new ERV with all associated equip…
Permit 19 177383 HVA
- Jun 2019
Alterations · Other(BA) · Inspection
Replacment of existing hot water circulating pumps with new pumps with all associated equipment and piping. Adding Thermostatic valves for in-suite baseboard heaters. Replacment of existing MAU with new ERV with all associated equipment an…
Permit 19 177383 BLD
- Sep 2018
Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Closed
Proposed to install two new Electromagnetic Locks to P1 and P2
Permit 18 232713 FSU
- May 2018
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Inspection
Recladding of exterior building, new windows and doors in exisiting locations, structural repairs (local) on balconies
Permit 18 157324 BLD · est. $7,500,000
- Mar 2017
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for interior altertaions to an existing basement laundry room.
Permit 17 130174 PLB
- Mar 2017
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - Proposal for interior altertaions to an existing basement laundry room.
Permit 17 130174 HVA
Show 3 older permits
- Mar 2017
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Proposal for interior altertaions to an existing basement laundry room.
Permit 17 130174 BLD
- Jul 2014
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal for localized parking garage repair including localized garage roof re-waterproofing.
Permit 14 199371 BLD · est. $1,300,000
- Sep 2012
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Fire allarm upgrade.
Permit 12 252149 FSU · est. $300,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
33/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit16
14.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes.
- Parks & trees36
11.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 80 m. 296 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling13
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby7
2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Antoine Daniel Catholic Elementary School (Temp Loc), 460 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities62
Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 3 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety95
0 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
Rustic
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Break and enterLower than most
Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the lowest
Lower than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (44% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (76% of the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the highest
Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.0× the city median).
- HomicideHigher than most
Higher than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× 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
Highway 401, 160 m away
520 kg a year from 2 facilities, mostly Blue Bonnet Cleaners
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, 10.6 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)- 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 | North York (Southwest) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,379 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,567 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,814 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,243 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,728 | $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.
86 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 19
- Units
- 224
- Built
- 1970
- Elevators
- 3
- Managed by
- TCH
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 7:00 AM- 10:00 PM
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, ground level garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 5
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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