41 Blackfriar Ave
Toronto, Ontario M9R
A 6-storey, 32-unit private rental building built in 1965.
- Property manager
- Capreit
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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
5 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 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.
- Not enough heat 2
- Repairs and upkeep 2
- Garbage 1
- Jun 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 182131 WST 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173768 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173767 000 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 130263 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 253534 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
6 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
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Nov 2022
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Installation of a ballasted rooftop net metering solar array.
Permit 22 232300 BLD
- Dec 2014
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install back flow prevention device in the existing apartment building.
Permit 14 259752 PSA · est. $10,000
- May 2012
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - Proposal to convert lobby space into office space
Permit 12 176983 HVA
- May 2012
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Proposal to convert lobby space into office space
Permit 12 176983 BLD · est. $10,000
- Jul 2005
Plumbing and drains · Piping: Other Buildings · Closed
513 lm of water supply lines to suites on 5th and 2nd floors. Hot & cold risers from 2nd to 6th floor. All through partition walls only
Permit 05 160503 PSA · est. $5,000
- Jun 1999
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed - Dormant
BALCONY REPAIRS TO APARTMENT BUILDING
Permit 99 083663 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
38/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit33
25.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes.
- Parks & trees49
13.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 160 m. 395 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling2
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Transfiguration Of Our Lord Catholic Elementary School, 450 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities35
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 2 community centres, 7 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety31
5 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
Kingsview Village-The Westway
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterLower than most
Lower than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (76% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (18% of the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 66 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
Highway 401, 470 m away
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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 13.3 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 (f24.0; au139.0)- 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 | Kingsview Village-The Westway | Etobicoke (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,693 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,790 | $1,874 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,066 | $2,200 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,371 | $2,529 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,039 | $2,162 | $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.
- 2017
- 1.23% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 0.82% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2019
- 0.79% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2020
- 0.79% lower rent · tenants notified
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.
88 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 6
- Units
- 32
- Built
- 1965
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Capreit
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Ground floor, 24 HRS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 1
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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