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560 Birchmount Rd

Toronto, Ontario M1K

A 13-storey, 103-unit private rental building built in 1972.

Living score
47/100
Built
1972
Units
103
Storeys
13
City inspection
77/100
Property manager
Medallion 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

12 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2025; 3 notices or orders to comply; 5 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 10
  • Garbage 1
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Order Issued

    • Kitchen: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: Wall behind upper kitchen cabinet and wall below upper kitchen cabinet (open)
    • Throughout Dwelling Unit: The floor and every appurtenance, surface cover and finish is not maintained. Namely: Parquet flooring though the unit found in a state of disrepair (open)
    • Hall: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
    • Bathroom: Vanity is not maintained in a satisfactory condition. (open)
    • Bathroom: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated material (open)
    • Throughout Dwelling Unit: The property is not being kept free of pests. (open)

    Case 26 227626 PRS 00 IV

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 224893 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Order to Comply Appealed

    • Stairway Landing – Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (open)
    • Stairway – Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 920 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard from a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosings. (open)

    Case 26 221376 PRS 00 IV

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order to Comply Appealed

    Case 26 218798 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 185952 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171146 000 00 IR

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  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171145 000 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 133611 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Dec 2025· Closed

    • Living Room: The floor and every appurtenance, surface cover and finish is not maintained. Namely: Flooring in the living room and hallway found in a state of disrepair (open)
    • Living Room: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely: wall(s) in living room and hallway found in a state of disrepair (open)

    Case 25 264028 PRS 00 IV

  • Nov 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 258634 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 227004 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 170222 WST 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
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Balcony repair 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Nov 2017

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Replacement of existing fire alarm panel and addition of fire detection devices to lobby stairwells to accomodate existing elevator modernization project requirement

    Permit 17 257102 FSU

  • Oct 2017

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Inspection

    Proposal to replace existing railings and balcony concrete paintings

    Permit 17 247985 BLD · est. $180,000

  • Mar 2010

    Alterations · Addition(s) · Closed

    Rev #1 - Reduce size of shelter rooftop telecommunication equipment shelter

    Permit 08 174128 BLD

  • Jun 2008

    Alterations · Addition(s) · Closed

    rooftop telecommunication equipment shelter

    Permit 08 174128 BLD · est. $25,000

  • Jul 2005

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Plumbing - INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO CREATE 4 SUITES LEGALAIZE 1 UNUSED SUITE - Interior Alterations

    Permit 05 163712 PLB

  • Jul 2005

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC - INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO CREATE 4 SUITES LEGALAIZE 1 UNUSED SUITE - Interior Alterations

    Permit 05 163712 HVA

Show 1 older permit
  • Jul 2005

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO CREATE 4 SUITES LEGALAIZE 1 UNUSED SUITE

    Permit 05 163712 BLD · est. $90,000

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

47/ 100

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

  • Transit76

    33.9 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Warden (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 700 m.

  • Parks & trees36

    12 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 230 m. 266 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling23

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby29

    4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Joachim Catholic Elementary School, 360 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

Traffic pollutionLow

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

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, 9.9 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

Category
Apartment
Zone label
RA (au67.0) (x523)
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
3
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 3449 St Clair Ave E · 180 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2022-09-20

    Filed in conjunction with rezoning application 21 165800 ESC 20 OZ and 22 206341 ESC 20 SA for 3431-3449 St. Clair Ave. E. Proposes redsignation of 67 Elfreda Boulevard for inclusion in the larger development. The application proposes a

    City record
  • 3449 St Clair Ave E · 180 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-09-20

    The application proposes a 16-storey mixed-use building on the subject lands, with residential, retail and amenity uses at grade. The remaining residential units and amenity uses would be located on floors 2 to 16. The proposed development

    City record
  • 570 Birchmount Rd · 120 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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsClairlea-BirchmountScarborough (Central) zoneToronto 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.

2017
0.52% 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.

77 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
13
Units
103
Built
1972
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Main floor, 7AM - 11PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Amenities
Child play area
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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