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Building Review

10 Dora Ave

Toronto, Ontario M6H

A 8-storey, 134-unit social housing building built in 1995.

Living score
60/100
Built
1995
Units
134
Storeys
8
City inspection
97/100

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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

1 bylaw investigation at this address since Feb 2025.

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 1
  • Feb 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 116359 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.

  • Alterations 2
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Feb 2023

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Permit Issued

    PROPOSED: INSTALLATION OF NEW MOULDINGS ON EIFS CONTROL JOINTS AT EXTERIOR WALLS.

    Permit 23 111949 BLD · est. $220,000

  • Apr 2022

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

    Installation of backflow preventer and expansion tank

    Permit 22 139860 PSA · est. $2,000

  • Sep 2018

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Inspection

    Proposal to replace fire alarm panel.

    Permit 18 220269 FSU · est. $14,500

  • Jun 1993

    Alterations · Unknown · Closed

    ALTER PLANS AS APPROVED UNDER APPL.342208 BY CONSTRUCTING HYDRO TRANSFORMER VAULT BELOW GRADE SS

    Permit 93 017743 BLD · est. $18,000

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

60/ 100

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

  • Transit89

    64.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Lansdowne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 380 m.

  • Parks & trees4

    4.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 220 m. 282 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling81

    Within 1 km: 2.45 km of protected lanes, 4.25 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.5 km of shared routes. 6 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby85

    11 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Saint Frere Andre Secondary School, 450 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities26

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 0 community centres, 9 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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Safety

Dufferin Grove

  • AssaultAmong the highest

    Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the highest

    Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Higher than most

    Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (9.3× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of the city median).

  • HomicideAmong the highest

    Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.4× 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

Gardiner Expressway, 2.0 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

12.1 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Nitta Gelatin Canada Inc

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, 3.3 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

Not in the city-wide by-law

This site is still governed by a former municipality’s zoning by-law, which the city-wide data does not cover.

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
11
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 221 Sterling Rd · 280 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-11-07

    Site Plan Approval for three residential towers of 27, 24 and 21 storeys in height. There will be a total gross floor area of 55,236.7 square metres and a total of 861 condominium units and 58 rental replacement units.

    City record
  • 158 Sterling Rd · 230 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-05-30

    Site Plan Approval for a 31-storey mixed-use building which includes 25,493m2 of residential gross floor area with 388 residential units and 838m2 of non-residential GFA. A two-storey commercial building including 1,030m2 of non-residential

    City record
  • 1405 Bloor St W · 290 m away

    Site plan · Refused · submitted 2023-08-10

    Proposed 19-storey residential mixed-use building (69.8 metres in height), stepping down to 14-, 9- and 4-storeys to the south. A total gross floor area of 21,298 square metres is proposed, comprised of 20,948 square metres of residential g

    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
BedroomsToronto (West) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,410$1,491
1 bed$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.

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 2018). Not resident reviews.

97 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Social housing
Storeys
8
Units
134
Built
1995
Elevators
2
Heating
Forced air gas
Air conditioning
Central air
Laundry
Main level, 8 AM - 10 PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Free
Bike parking
25 outdoor
Amenities
Indoor recreation room
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
9

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

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