9 Birchlea Ave
Toronto, Ontario M8W
A 3-storey, 13-unit private rental building built in 1955.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
7 bylaw investigations and 1 public health case at this address since Jun 2025; 2 notices or orders 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 5
- Heat, water or power cut off 1
- Mould 1
- Not enough heat 1
- Jun 2026
Heat, water or power cut offBylaw· Closed
Case 26 191026 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172039 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172038 000 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jun 2026· Closed
- Bathroom: Previously finished surface(s) have marks, stains, graffiti, smoke damage, painted slogans and/or other defacements. (closed)
- Bathroom: The ventilation system or unit is not kept in good repair and maintained in good working condition at all times. (closed)
- Bathroom: Previously finished wall(s) have marks, stains, graffiti, smoke damage, painted slogans and/or other defacements. (closed)
- Bathroom: The supplied facility in or on the property is not constructed, installed and/or maintained so that it will function safely and effectively. Namely: Bathtub requires reglazing or replacement (closed)
Case 26 178365 PRS 00 IV
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 162921 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
MouldPublic health· Under Investigation
Case 10849676
Show 2 older cases
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2025· Closed
- Bathroom: The sanitary convenience room is not provided with adequate natural or mechanical ventilation. Namely, the bathroom. (closed)
- Bathroom: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely, the walls in the bathroom. (closed)
Case 25 184783 PRS 00 IV
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 178782 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.
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.
- Transit9
10.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes.
- Parks & trees27
6 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 80 m. 690 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling41
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 3.1 km of bike lanes and trails, 4.25 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby41
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: James S Bell Jr Mdl Sports And Wellness Academy, 250 m), plus 2 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
Long Branch
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (58% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (89% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× 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
61.1 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Atlas Roofing Corporation
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, 12.3 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 Multiple Dwelling
- Category
- Low-rise residential
- Zone label
RM (x476)- 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
- 4
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
21 Park Blvd · 280 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2023-04-17
The proposed Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, Draft Plan of Subdivision and Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion applications would provide for the phased demolition of the five existing 7-storey rental apartment buildi
City record21 Park Blvd · 280 m away
Subdivision · OMB Appeal · submitted 2023-04-17
Draft Plan of Subdivision, 2 lots.
City record105 Thirty First St · 270 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-11-08
Proposal to construct an 8-unit, 4-storey stacked-townhouse building with all units having independent access from the frontage along 31st Street.
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 | Long Branch | Etobicoke (South) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,502 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,413 | $1,493 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $1,762 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | - | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,357* | $1,630 | $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; * marks an estimate CMHC rates poor. 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 2024). Not resident reviews.
90 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 13
- Built
- 1955
- Elevators
- 0
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 9 AM - 9 PM
- Pets
- Allowed - non
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 3
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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