50 Driftwood Ave
Toronto, Ontario M3N
A 14-storey, 109-unit private rental building built in 1970.
- Property manager
- Hazelview Property Services 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
22 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 2024; 2 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 16
- Not enough heat 5
- Zoning 1
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 231642 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 222957 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 192672 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 192496 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 26 179802 ZON 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 140146 PRS 00 IR
Show 16 older cases
- Jan 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 106864 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 271073 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 263490 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 251264 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 242330 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 234536 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 209276 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 166634 PRS 00 IR
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 164057 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 146162 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 138646 HEA 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 131750 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 125935 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 123643 HEA 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 101645 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 253022 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
7 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
- Fire and life safety 1
- Parking garage repair 1
- Jan 2024
Fire and life safety · Other(FS) · Closed
Proposal for a Standpipe booster pump replacement
Permit 24 103323 FSU
- Aug 2018
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal for concrete repairs and waterproofing for garage roof slab
Permit 18 213584 BLD
- May 2016
Alterations · Addition(s) · Closed
Enclosure over existing parking garage ramp.
Permit 16 164111 BLD
- Sep 2013
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Convert the existing ground floor office in suite 3 to a residential dwelling unit
Permit 13 237682 PLB
- Sep 2013
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Convert the existing ground floor office in suite 3 to a residential dwelling unit
Permit 13 237682 BLD
- Mar 2011
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install backflow preventer
Permit 11 152891 PSA · est. $15,000
Show 1 older permit
- Apr 2004
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
Garage slab and waterproofing and 104 balcony repairs.
Permit 04 128938 BLD
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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.
- Transit64
15.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Jane and Finch (6 Finch West Line), 650 m.
- Parks & trees79
29 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 80 m. 218 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling34
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 2.95 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.7 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Yorkwoods Public School, 180 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities83
Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 8 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety40
4 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
Shown for context. None of this is part of the living score.
Safety
Glenfield-Jane Heights
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- Break and enterLower than most
Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (63% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Bicycle theftLower than most
Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (44% of the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.6× 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, 1.3 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, 13.9 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) (x124)- 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 | Downsview | North York (Northwest) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,169 | $1,167 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,522 | $1,517 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,736 | $1,751 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $1,912 | $1,966 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,665 | $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, October 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 14
- Units
- 109
- Built
- 1970
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Hazelview Property Services Inc
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- 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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