1525 Dundas St W
Toronto, Ontario M6K
A 6-storey, 106-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1959.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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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
10 bylaw investigations and 1 public health case at this address since Oct 2024; 1 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 9
- Bedbugs 1
- Not enough heat 1
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 215429 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 198659 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 196813 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 181051 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 179514 PRS 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 167170 PRS 00 IR
Show 5 older cases
- Feb 2026
BedbugsPublic health· Under Investigation
Case 10868861
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 213664 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 193795 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 191682 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 223281 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
8 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 5
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Nov 2022
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Permit Issued
HVAC - Proposal to replace boiler and make-up air unit
Permit 22 226509 HVA
- Nov 2022
Alterations · Other(BA) · Inspection
Proposal to replace boiler and make-up air unit
Permit 22 226509 BLD · est. $1,200,000
- Feb 2022
Plumbing and drains · Site Service · Closed
Proposal to replace the watermain in an existing apartment building.
Permit 22 111355 STS
- Jul 2013
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install a 4" back flow preventer in existing apartment building.
Permit 13 205080 PSA · est. $5,000
- Sep 2007
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Construct new exterior accessiblity ramp on East portion of lot, to an existing Toronto Community Housing apartment building
Permit 07 262766 BLD · est. $80,000
- Jun 1995
Alterations · Unknown · Closed
MAKE REPAIR TO EXISTING BALCONIES AND BALCONY CANOPY ROOFS. EDC
Permit 95 017897 BLD · est. $191,000
Show 2 older permits
- Sep 1994
Alterations · Unknown · Closed
MAKE ALTERATIONS TO GROUND FLOOR LEVEL FOR STAFF LUNCHROOM AND LOCKER ROOM FACILITIES. /LM
Permit 94 021019 BLD · est. $28,000
- Mar 1993
Alterations · Unknown · Closed
MAKE INTERIOR ALTERATIONS IN GARAGE COMPACTOR ROOM. SF
Permit 93 014290 BLD · est. $30,000
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
52/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit42
31.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Dufferin (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.3 km.
- Parks & trees20
6.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 210 m. 464 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling77
Within 1 km: 0.7 km of protected lanes, 5.25 km of bike lanes and trails, 6.3 km of shared routes. 5 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby79
11 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Shirley St Jr & City View Alternative, 350 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 1 library, 4 community centres, 14 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety19
6 collisions 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
Little Portugal
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.5× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (67% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 1.6 km away
6.6 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Mondelez Canada Inc Gladstone Plant
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, 2.5 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 (d1.0) (x804)- 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
- 3
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1478 Dundas St W · 110 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-02-15
The proposed SPA application will facilitate the development of an 8-storey mixed usebuilding containing 57 residential dwelling units totalling 3,966 square metres ofresidential gross floor area and 372 square metres of commercial gross fl
City record646 Dufferin St · 130 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-02-14
The proposed SPA application will facilitate the development of an 8-storey apartmentbuilding containing 135 residential dwelling units, 40 parking spaces within one levelof underground parking, and 137 bicycle parking spaces. The total gro
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 | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto 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 2017). Not resident reviews.
79 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 6
- Units
- 106
- Built
- 1959
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- 7:00AM TO 10:00PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 9
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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