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Building Review

437 Jarvis St

Toronto, Ontario M4Y

A 7-storey, 76-unit private rental building built in 1960.

Living score
63/100
Built
1960
Units
76
Storeys
7
City inspection
83/100
Property manager
683927 Ontario Limited

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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

8 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 2024; 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 7
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 228857 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 175887 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172097 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172096 000 00 IR

  • Aug 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 215905 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 102585 PRS 00 IR

Show 2 older cases
  • Dec 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 251744 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2024

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 246470 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

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

  • Balcony repair 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Mar 2021

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Proposal to repair concrete balconies and replace balcony guards and dividers.

    Permit 21 131303 BLD · est. $85,000

  • Jun 2009

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

    Proposal to install 1 backflow prevention device to the existing water line.

    Permit 09 146803 PSA · est. $3,000

  • Nov 1995

    Fire and life safety · Unknown · Closed

    RETROFIT UNDER THE FIRE CODE FOR FIRE ALARM AND EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS. /LM

    Permit 95 023033 FSU · est. $23,579

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

63/ 100

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

  • Transit68

    23 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Wellesley (1 Yonge-University Line), 550 m.

  • Parks & trees38

    11 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 220 m. 403 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling90

    Within 1 km: 6.95 km of protected lanes, 2.45 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.25 km of shared routes. 14 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby93

    12 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Church St Jr & Native Learning Ctr, 200 m), plus 9 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities74

    Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 1 community centre, 18 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety8

    11 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Cabbagetown-South St.James Town

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the highest

    Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (46% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

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

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.5× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of 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, 1.6 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

144.7 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Walton Street Steam Plant

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, 560 m
Sites within 1 km
2

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 (d2.5) (x644)
Height limit
46 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
  • 405 Sherbourne St · 280 m away

    Site plan · Application Received · submitted 2026-03-09

    Site Plan Control Application for a 35-storey (112.6) metre building (excluding mechanical penthouse) 25,069 square metres of residential gross floor area and 388 square metres of non-residential gross floor area and a landscaped mid-block

    City record
  • 110 Maitland St · 230 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-09-22

    Site Plan Approval for a 56-storey mixed-use building. The proposed building contains a total of 579 dwelling units, of which 36 are rental replacement units, and a total of approximately 4,739 square metres of institutional space for the S

    City record
  • 110 Maitland St · 230 m away

    Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2025-07-03

    Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a 56-storey mixed-use building. The proposed building contains a total of 579 dwelling units, of which 36 are rental replacement units, and a total of approximately 4,739 square metres of

    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
BedroomsCabbagetown-South St. James TownToronto (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,349$1,606$1,491
1 bed$1,903$2,042$1,761
2 beds$2,331$2,776$2,045
3+ beds-$3,580*$2,294
All units$1,829$2,163$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.

83 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
7
Units
76
Built
1960
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, ANY TIME
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
10 indoor
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
13

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

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