415 Driftwood Ave
Toronto, Ontario M3N
A 16-storey, 135-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1967.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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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
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 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.
- Repairs and upkeep 4
- Not enough heat 1
- Snow and ice 1
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 179451 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173197 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173196 000 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 174025 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Snow and iceBylaw· Closed
Case 25 117872 SNI 00 IR
- Nov 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 235242 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
6 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 2
- Alterations 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Balcony repair 1
- May 2018
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection
Plumbing - RENOVATION OF RECREATION ROOM. NEW WASHROOM INSIDE THE RECREATION ROOM. NEW FINISHES, NEW LIGHTING, NEW PLUMBING FIXTURES.
Permit 18 167721 PLB
- May 2018
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - RENOVATION OF RECREATION ROOM. NEW WASHROOM INSIDE THE RECREATION ROOM. NEW FINISHES, NEW LIGHTING, NEW PLUMBING FIXTURES.
Permit 18 167721 HVA
- May 2018
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
RENOVATION OF RECREATION ROOM. NEW WASHROOM INSIDE THE RECREATION ROOM. NEW FINISHES, NEW LIGHTING, NEW PLUMBING FIXTURES.
Permit 18 167721 BLD · est. $90,000
- Sep 2014
Alterations · Other(BA) · Inspection
Hydro Vault Repairs for Toronto Community Housing.
Permit 14 223042 BLD
- Dec 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install one new Backflow Prevention Devices
Permit 09 195730 PSA · est. $5,000
- May 2008
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed - Dormant
120 balconies
Permit 08 162873 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
56/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit20
16.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Driftwood (6 Finch West Line), 1.0 km.
- Parks & trees95
54.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 90 m. 201 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling80
Within 1 km: 1.7 km of protected lanes, 6.85 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Brookview Mdl School & Brookview Linc, 170 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities64
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 4 community centres, 8 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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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Black Creek
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- Break and enterLower than most
Lower than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (54% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (76% of the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.6× the city median).
- HomicideAmong the highest
Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× 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 400, 1.4 km 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, 15.3 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 Commercial
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RAC (f30.0; a1375; d1.5) (x123)- 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 | Black Creek | North York (Northwest) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,167 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,501 | $1,517 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,781 | $1,751 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,034 | $1,966 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,772 | $1,700 | $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.
92 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 16
- Units
- 135
- Built
- 1967
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- TCH
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Main floor, 7:00 AM- 10:00 PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 7
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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