781 St Clair Ave W
Toronto, Ontario M6C
A 3-storey, 16-unit private rental building built in 1921.
- Property manager
- 781 Birch Properties Inc
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
7 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 1 notice or order to comply; 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 3
- Not enough heat 2
- Garbage 1
- Zoning 1
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2026· Order Issued
- Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. Namely, all landings in the building regarding stairs. (open)
- Stairway: 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: Fixed window within dwelling units that extend to less than 1,000millimetres from the floor is not protected by a guard to at least 1,000millimetres above the floor, or designed to withstand the lateraldesign loads for balcony guards in ac… (open)
Case 26 198079 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 198064 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172264 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172263 000 00 IR
- Sep 2025
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 25 219591 ZON 00 IR
- May 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 156869 WST 00 IR
Show 1 older case
- Oct 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 223407 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
5 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
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Aug 2020
Alterations · Addition(s) · Closed
REV 01 - Changes as per bubbled drawing. [Proposal to construct a partial 3rd floor addition to create 4 additional residential units to an existing mixed use building. See also 16 264773 ZZC and 17 121078 MV.]
Permit 19 199453 BLD
- Aug 2019
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal to construct a partial 3rd floor addition to create 4 additional residential units to an existing mixed use building. See also 16 264773 ZZC and 17 121078 MV.
Permit 19 199453 PLB
- Aug 2019
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal to construct a partial 3rd floor addition to create 4 additional residential units to an existing mixed use building. See also 16 264773 ZZC and 17 121078 MV.
Permit 19 199453 HVA
- Aug 2019
Alterations · Addition(s) · Closed
Proposal to construct a partial 3rd floor addition to create 4 additional residential units to an existing mixed use building. See also 16 264773 ZZC and 17 121078 MV.
Permit 19 199453 BLD
- Sep 2014
Alterations · Fire Damage · Closed
Permit to repair fire damage as per inspectors report.
Permit 14 219248 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
39/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit14
12.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Clair West (1 Yonge-University Line), 1.1 km.
- Parks & trees15
4.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 120 m. 574 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling62
Within 1 km: 0.05 km of protected lanes, 5.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.95 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Mcmurrich Jr Public School, 320 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 1 community centre, 17 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety64
1 collision 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
Wychwood
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (66% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (65% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- HomicideAmong the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× 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
218 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Nick's Carstar Collision Centre
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, 3.4 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d0.6) (x730)- Height limit
- 11 m
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 | Wychwood | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,304 | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,681 | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | - | $1,945 | $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
- 1.46% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 0.97% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2019
- 0.94% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2020
- 0.95% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2021
- 0.74% 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.
90 / 100City inspection score, July 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 16
- Built
- 1921
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- 781 Birch Properties Inc
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement
- Pets
- Allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 12
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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