625 Finch Ave W
Toronto, Ontario M2R
A 14-storey, 123-unit social housing building built in 1987.
- Property manager
- H & R Property Management Ltd
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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 at this address since Oct 2025; 1 notice or order to comply; 7 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 11
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 246000 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 224087 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 215239 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 204319 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 199752 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Mar 2026· Order Issued
- Kitchen: The ventilation system or unit is not kept in good repair and maintained in good working condition at all times. (open)
- Kitchen: The electrical fixtures are not maintained in good working order. (open)
- Bathroom: The ventilation system or unit is not kept in good repair and maintained in good working condition at all times. (open)
- Bathroom: The supplied facility in or on the property is not constructed, installed and/or maintained so that it will function safely and effectively. (open)
- Dwelling Unit: Interior door(s), frames(s), glass pane(s), and/or hardware not maintained in good repair. (open)
- Bathroom: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
Case 26 133345 PRS 00 IV
Show 5 older cases
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 131867 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 107529 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 268234 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 263328 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 244738 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
4 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Parking garage repair 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Alterations 1
- May 2025
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal to Concrete Repair for exterior walls and slabs
Permit 25 161936 BLD · est. $460,000
- May 2017
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed
Proposal to replace dry sprinkler system piping in exisitng parking garage.
Permit 17 158206 FSU · est. $100,000
- Jun 2015
Alterations · Fire Damage · Permit Issued
fire restoration to apartment building units #701 and #801(drywall damage repair to unit #701 and guard rail repairs to unit 701 & 801 balconies)
Permit 15 170844 BLD
- Apr 2012
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Parking garage repairs on P1 level
Permit 12 151990 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
57/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit23
18 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sheppard West (1 Yonge-University Line), 2.4 km.
- Parks & trees97
60.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 60 m. 206 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling54
Within 1 km: 1.15 km of protected lanes, 3.2 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.1 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby37
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Forest Valley Outdoor Education Centre, 390 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities81
Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 7 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety80
1 collision with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Westminster-Branson
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the lowest
Lower than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (39% of the city median).
- RobberyAmong the lowest
Lower than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (33% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (84% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).
- ShootingsLower than most
Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of 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
38 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Finch Cleaners
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, 12.9 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 (f30.0; a1375) (x193)- 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 | Westminster-Branson | North York (N.Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,471 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,782 | $1,771 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,106 | $2,039 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,370 | $2,324 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,082 | $1,989 | $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.
95 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 14
- Units
- 123
- Built
- 1987
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- H & R Property Management Ltd
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, ground level garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking, parking deck
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 6
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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