544 Birchmount Rd
Toronto, Ontario M1K
A 11-storey, 131-unit private rental building built in 1969.
- Property manager
- Medallion Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 2025; 1 notice or order to comply.
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 5
- Not enough heat 1
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 185127 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 184105 PRS 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 154297 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jan 2026· Closed
- Living Room: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: Walls in living room found in a state of disrepair (closed)
Case 25 270472 PRS 00 IV
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 267349 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 105402 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
13 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 4
- Alterations 3
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Balcony repair 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Construction 1
- Demolition 1
- Oct 2022
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Permit Issued
Proposal to construct concrete balcony repairs and railing replacement.
Permit 22 213307 BLD
- Aug 2015
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Inspection
Install 2" backflow prevention device.
Permit 15 202865 PSA · est. $2,000
- May 2010
Fire and life safety · Building Permit Related(FS) · Closed
FS - Sprinkler Shop Drawing - To construct a new 10 storey, 153 unit apartment building with a 2 storey parking garage.
Permit 09 154816 FSU
- Mar 2010
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - To construct a new 10 storey, 153 unit apartment building with a 2 storey parking garage.
Permit 09 154816 PLB
- Aug 2009
Plumbing and drains · Inside and Outside Drains · Inspection
Drain - To construct a new 10 storey,c 153 unit apartment building with a 2 storey parking garage.
Permit 09 154816 STS · est. $70,000
- Aug 2009
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - To construct a new 10 storey,c 153 unit apartment building with a 2 storey parking garage.
Permit 09 154816 HVA
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- Aug 2009
Construction · Closed
To construct a new 10 storey, 153 unit apartment building with a 2 storey parking garage.
Permit 09 154816 BLD · est. $26,000,000
- Aug 2009
Demolition · Demolition · Closed
demolish underground parking garage & ramp
Permit 09 153204 DEM · est. $100,000
- Jun 2008
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - 7 new one bedroom apts., 1 new two bedroom apt., one new recreation room
Permit 08 114614 HVA
- Jun 2008
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - 7 new one bedroom apts., 1 new two bedroom apt., one new recreation room
Permit 08 114614 PLB
- Feb 2008
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
7 new one bedroom apts., 1 new two bedroom apt., one new recreation room
Permit 08 114614 BLD · est. $100,000
- Mar 2003
Alterations · Addition(s) · Closed
CONSTRUCT GARBAGE DISPOSAL SHED AT REAR
Permit 03 118619 BLD · est. $20,000
- Dec 2002
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
INTERIOR ALTERATIONS FOR LOCKERS ON FLOORS 3 - 11
Permit 02 193508 BLD · est. $8,100
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
48/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit77
36.9 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Warden (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 730 m.
- Parks & trees38
12.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 200 m. 261 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling25
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.95 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby29
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Danforth Gardens Public School , 260 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities35
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 3 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety51
2 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Clairlea-Birchmount
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- Auto theftHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× 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 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftLower than most
Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× 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
No expressway within 2 km
113 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Toronto Transit Commission Birchmount Garage
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, 9.8 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 (au27.7) (x527)- 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
- 1
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
570 Birchmount Rd · 260 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-08-24
The proposed SPA application is for an infill development of a 4-storey purposebuilt rental building, comprised of 28 stacked back-to-back townhouse units, in the southern portion of the subject site. The existing building on the subject si
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.
| Bedrooms | Clairlea-Birchmount | Scarborough (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,520 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,484 | $1,610 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,771 | $1,843 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $1,932 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,630 | $1,754 | $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 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 11
- Units
- 131
- Built
- 1969
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Medallion Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Main floor, 7AM - 11PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking, parking deck
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Bike parking
- 16 outdoor
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 20
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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