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Building Review

620 Northcliffe Blvd

Toronto, Ontario M6E

A 9-storey, 68-unit private rental building built in 1968.

Living score
56/100
Built
1968
Units
68
Storeys
9
City inspection
90/100

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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

4 bylaw investigations at this address since Mar 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 4
  • Jan 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 105611 PRS 00 IR

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Dec 2025· Closed

    • Stairway Landing(s) – Throughout Building: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (closed)
    • 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. (closed)
    • Stairway – Throughout Building: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (closed)
    • Stairway – Throughout Building: Required handrails on stairs or ramps are less than 865mm or more than 965mm high (closed)

    Case 25 264175 PRS 00 IV

  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 264142 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 134147 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

8 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 3
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Alterations 1
  • Parking garage repair 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Balcony repair 1
  • Mar 2023

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

    propose to construct a new fitness centre from an existing storage room

    Permit 23 118455 DRN

  • Feb 2023

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

    propose to construct a new fitness centre from an existing storage room

    Permit 23 118455 PLB

  • Feb 2023

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

    propose to construct a new fitness centre from an existing storage room

    Permit 23 118455 HVA

  • Feb 2023

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    propose to construct a new fitness centre from an existing storage room

    Permit 23 118455 BLD · est. $180,000

  • Jun 2020

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Permit Issued

    Parking garage repairs and concrete repairs

    Permit 20 160692 BLD

  • Oct 2017

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Replace existing main fire alarm panel and annunciator and new smoke detectors

    Permit 17 244103 FSU · est. $10,000

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  • Aug 2011

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Replace all railings

    Permit 11 253427 BLD

  • Aug 2009

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

    Install backflow prevention device

    Permit 09 154522 PSA · est. $6,000

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

56/ 100

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

  • Transit81

    47.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Fairbank (5 Eglinton Line), 310 m.

  • Parks & trees19

    7 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 100 m. 404 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling47

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 4.4 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.25 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby79

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Fairbank Public School , 170 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities67

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 9 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety15

    6 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Oakwood Village

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (88% of the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (81% of the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (54% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesLower than most

    Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the lowest

    Lower than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (49% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× 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

Allen Road, 1.0 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

1.2 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Ryding Auto Body

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, 5.4 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 (x777)
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
28
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 1731 Eglinton Ave W · 300 m away

    Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2024-08-02

    A combined Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment for a 39-storey (129.0 metre, plus mechanical penthouse), 26,800-square metre mixed use building, with 423 dwelling units (including 8 rental replacement units) and 500 square metres of n

    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
BedroomsOakwood-VaughanYork zoneToronto region
Studio$1,354$1,381$1,491
1 bed$1,757$1,706$1,761
2 beds-$2,067$2,045
3+ beds-$2,547$2,294
All units$1,788$1,864$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.

90 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
9
Units
68
Built
1968
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Ground floor, 24HRS
Pets
Allowed - leashed
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
Yes
Ward
12

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

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