570 Birchmount Rd
Toronto, Ontario M1K
A 10-storey, 112-unit private rental building built in 1969.
- Property manager
- Signet Group 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
11 bylaw investigations and 1 public health case at this address since Jan 2025; 1 notice or order to comply; 3 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 9
- Not enough heat 2
- Bedbugs 1
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 233652 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2026· Order Issued
- Stairway – Throughout Building: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (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)
- Stairway Landing – Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (open)
- Parking Garage: Alert signs are not prominently displayed on columns or walls 2.1 metres above the floor, measured from the top of the sign to the floor, so that there is 1 alert sign for every 25 parking stalls in the parking or storage garage, with the… (open)
- Parking Garage: Large safe-exit arrows are not displayed on safe-exit doors 1.5 metres above the floor, measured from the center of the arrow to the floor, with the arrow pointing down. (open)
- Parking Garage: Small safe-exit arrows are not prominently displayed on columns or walls 1.5 metres above the floor, measured from the center of the arrow to the floor; at least every ten (10) metres along the safe-exit route; at all safe-exit route decis… (open)
- Parking Garage: The floor drain is not maintained in good repair.Namely, the floor drains, throughout the parking garage, are not maintained in good repair, as they are missing drain caps. (open)
Case 26 222847 PRS 00 IV
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 219726 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 200453 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 185815 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 185725 PRS 00 IR
Show 6 older cases
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 184846 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 184348 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171144 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171143 000 00 IR
- Mar 2026
BedbugsPublic health· Under Investigation
Case 10870428
- Jan 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 108758 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
4 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 2
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Parking garage repair 1
- Jul 2019
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Cancelled
Proposed balcony guard replacement and concrete repairs.
Permit 19 196191 BLD
- Apr 2015
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install one new Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only)
Permit 15 141404 PSA · est. $5,000
- Jun 2009
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
localized concrete repair at parking garage roof slab area
Permit 09 147356 BLD · est. $735,000
- Jun 2006
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
108 balcony rehabilitation (no guard repairs)
Permit 06 142961 BLD · est. $325,000
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
46/ 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), 680 m.
- Parks & trees32
12.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 110 m. 170 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling22
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.75 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, 320 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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Map
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About 1.2 km around the building. Select anything on the map for details. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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, 9.9 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 · 60 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 record3449 St Clair Ave E · 60 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 record570 Birchmount Rd · 0 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.
82 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 10
- Units
- 112
- Built
- 1969
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Signet Group Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Main floor, 9AM-10PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, ground level garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 20
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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