739 Birchmount Rd
Toronto, Ontario M1K
A 9-storey, 124-unit private rental building built in 1963.
- 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
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Mar 2025; 2 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 5
- Garbage 1
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 218536 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 192374 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 185428 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 258396 WST 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 258391 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 128944 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
3 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
- Apr 2018
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install a Backflow Prevention Device in existing apartment building.
Permit 18 138221 PSA · est. $2,500
- Apr 2012
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Inspection
Replace guards on 112 balconies
Permit 12 150878 BLD · est. $800,000
- Sep 2011
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Cancelled
repairs to 112 balconies
Permit 11 278071 BLD · est. $150,000
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
32/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit56
6.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 1 route. Nearest subway or LRT: Birchmount (5 Eglinton Line), 610 m.
- Parks & trees12
7.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 140 m. 238 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling21
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby9
2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: General Brock Public School , 720 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities12
Within 1 km: 1 library, 0 community centres, 5 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
Ionview
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Break and enterLower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (89% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (84% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about 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
11.2 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly Dextran Products Limited
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, 10.4 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 (au80.0) (x449)- 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 | Ionview | Scarborough (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,546 | $1,520 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,594 | $1,610 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,695 | $1,843 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $1,962 | $1,932 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,661 | $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.
96 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 9
- Units
- 124
- Built
- 1963
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Signet Group Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- 2nd floor, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Ground level garage, carport, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- 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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